TikTok UAE Video Removal: Over 1 Million Videos Removed in Q3 2025 Report

TikTok has released its Community Guidelines Enforcement Report for the third quarter of 2025, revealing that over 17.4 million videos were removed across the MENA region. According to TikTok's official press release, the platform continues to rely heavily on automated detection to keep the feed clean, with UAE-specific numbers showing high efficiency in catching violative content before users even see it.

The latest TikTok transparency report for Q3 2025 details community guidelines enforcement efforts from July to September, highlighting a significant crackdown on both standard videos and violative livestreams across the MENA region. While the sheer volume of content removed is massive, the speed of removal stands out—globally, nearly 95% of violative videos were taken down within 24 hours.

Key takeaways

• 17.4 million videos removed across the MENA region in Q3 2025.
• 1,032,534 videos removed in the UAE, with a 99% proactive detection rate.
• 73,702 LIVE hosts banned in the UAE for violating guidelines.
• 22 million under-13 accounts removed globally to protect minors.
• 94.9% of UAE violations were removed within 24 hours.

TikTok UAE Content Moderation: Key Video Removal Statistics

In the UAE, TikTok removed 1,032,534 videos between July and September. The data shows that the platform's automated systems are doing the heavy lifting, achieving a 99.0% proactive removal rate. This means the vast majority of harmful content is identified by AI before a user ever reports it.

Speed is also a major factor here. The report notes that 94.9% of these videos were removed within 24 hours of being posted. This efficiency mirrors trends in other sectors, such as automated verification systems used in gaming, and highlights TikTok's advanced AI safety features, where automated detection is increasingly responsible for immediate content moderation.

For users who felt their content was removed unfairly, the appeals process remains active. In the UAE, 48,675 videos were restored after successful appeals during the quarter, showing that while the automated net is wide, human review still plays a role in correcting errors.

TikTok UAE & MENA: Cracking Down on Livestreams

Live content is notoriously harder to moderate than pre-recorded video, but the Q3 numbers show a significant enforcement push. In the UAE alone, TikTok banned 73,702 LIVE hosts and interrupted 168,205 livestreams for violating community standards.

Across the monitored MENA countries (Egypt, UAE, Iraq, Lebanon, Morocco), over 2.4 million livestreams were interrupted. This suggests a zero-tolerance approach to real-time violations, which often include harassment, dangerous behaviour, or regulated goods.

TikTok's Global Efforts: Protecting Younger Users

One of the most critical metrics in the report is the removal of suspected under-age accounts. Globally, TikTok removed over 22 million accounts suspected of belonging to users under 13. This aligns with the platform's push to maintain age-appropriate experiences, a challenge that persists across all major social platforms.

The reliance on technology allows human safety teams to focus on complex cases. As the report states, automated technologies now handle 91% of removals globally, freeing up human moderators to handle appeals and high-risk contexts.

TikTok MENA: Regional Content Moderation Comparison

Iraq led the region in total removals, while the UAE and Saudi Arabia showed some of the highest efficiency rates in proactive detection. Here is how the numbers break down across the region:

The high proactive rates across the board—all above 99%—indicate that the regional differences in total removals likely reflect the size of the user base and upload volume rather than differing moderation standards.

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