TikTok Takes down Nearly 400,000 Videos in Kenya over Sexual Content

TikTok is deleting more videos in Kenya for violating community guidelines, as the company looks to avoid government scrutiny over content moderation for sexually explicit content. TikTok pulled down 360,000 videos in Kenya in the three months to June, according to its newly published Q2 enforcement report…The platform was compelled by Kenya’s government in April to share quarterly compliance reports because it faced a petition that threatened to see it banned in the country…TikTok’s enforcement report further disclosed that the platform banned nearly 60,000 accounts in Kenya for violating various community guidelines…In August TikTok set up an advisory council with experts drawn from across the continent to help inform its policies and improve its content moderation…The country’s technology ministry, however, told Parliament that it preferred to enhance regulation of the platform as opposed to a ban. (Semafor)