TikTok Blocks Over 49,000 Live Sessions in Nigeria Over Sexual Content Violations

TikTok has, for the first time, released detailed data on how it enforces its Live Monetization rules, following a spike in creators livestreaming explicit sexual activities. The figures were unveiled at the West Africa Safety Summit in Dakar, Senegal, held in collaboration with AfricTivistes.

According to the platform, TikTok took action against 2.3 million Live sessions and 1.04 million creators worldwide in the second quarter of 2025 for violating monetization rules. In Nigeria alone, 49,512 Live sessions were shut down for breaching the guidelines.

The Dakar Summit brought together government officials, policy experts, regulators, NGOs, media representatives, and industry leaders from across West Africa—including Nigeria, Senegal, Mali, Côte d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Chad, and Ethiopia—to develop stronger approaches to online safety and content moderation.

TikTok described the event as a significant milestone in its #SaferTogether initiative aimed at improving user safety and promoting responsible content creation across Sub-Saharan Africa.

Duduzile Mkhize, TikTok’s Outreach and Partnerships Manager for Sub-Saharan Africa, stressed the importance of collaboration.

> “While we are a global platform, our day-to-day efforts remain hyper-local. Only through shared insights and cooperation with policymakers and partners across West Africa can we avoid a fragmented and unsafe digital environment,” she said.



Dr. Akinola Olojo, a Nigerian expert on preventing violent extremism and member of TikTok’s Sub-Saharan Africa Safety Advisory Council, echoed this view.

> “The discussions in Dakar show that our partnership with TikTok is yielding results. We must continue developing proactive systems that help communities resist radicalization and use online spaces for positive engagement,” he noted.



On a global scale, TikTok removed 189 million videos in Q2 2025—representing 0.7% of all uploads—with 99.1% detected proactively. The platform also deleted 76.9 million fake accounts and another 25.9 million accounts suspected to belong to users under 13.

In Nigeria, TikTok removed 3.78 million videos between April and June 2025 for violating Community Guidelines. Of these, 98.7% were taken down before anyone viewed them, and 91.9% were removed within 24 hours.

The data, contained in TikTok’s Q2 2025 Community Guidelines Enforcement Report, highlights the company’s ongoing efforts to build a safer online environment for its users.