Why TikTok Had To Delete Pakistani Videos?

Web Desk — According to the short video sharing application TikTok, more than 12.4 million inappropriate videos were deleted from the application in the first quarter of this year i.e. from January to March in Pakistan.

A statement released by TikTok said that 96 percent of videos that violated community guidelines were deleted before they were viewed by anyone, while 97 percent of videos were deleted after 24 hours.

According to the statement, after deleting a record number of videos in the first quarter of the year, Pakistan came second in the list of inappropriate video deletions, which means Pakistan has the highest number of deleted videos in the world after the United States.

According to TikTok, in the first quarter of 2022, a total of more than 102.5 million videos were deleted from around the world, which was one percent of all videos uploaded on the application.

In a statement issued by the application management, it was also mentioned that the ads that violated the community guidelines were also removed from the app to ensure the delivery of better and more useful content to the world.

Tik Tok has started deleting videos for some time now, the said app is facing criticism all over the world including in Pakistan and the USA due to inappropriate, violent, and obscene videos.

Tik Tok has been banned several times in various countries due to misinformation, inappropriate, violent, and obscene content, and has also been banned in Pakistan several times.