📊 TikTok Moderation: Sri Lanka & Global Q1 2026 Metrics

TikTok's Q1 2026 Transparency Report reveals strict enforcement trends, highlighting a heavily automated approach to digital safety and platform integrity that directly impacts local user engagement. • Sri Lanka Enforcement: A total of 441,089 videos were removed in Sri Lanka (accounting for ~0.5% of local uploads). Highlighting rapid moderation, 99.1% were caught proactively before any user report, and 95% of those were deleted within 24 hours. A total of 20,051 videos were restored upon review. • Global Content Moderation: Globally, 184.01 Mn videos were removed (~0.5% of all global uploads). Automated detection tech spearheaded this, wiping out 178.01 Mn videos. Conversely, global comment removals spiked to 237.51 Mn (up from 218.79 Mn in Q4 2025). • Account & Policy Breakdowns: TikTok purged 86.28 Mn fake accounts and 25.76 Mn suspected underage accounts worldwide. Major global policy violation triggers for video takedowns included: - Sensitive/mature themes: 18.6% - Dangerous activities: 16.5% - Body exposure/sexualized behavior: 12.9% - Safety & civility standards: 12.6% - Edited media & AI-generated content (AIGC): 2.1%