TikTok says a quarter of videos removed involve misbehaving kids

TikTok said 24.8% of the clips removed were 'depicting harmful, dangerous, or illegal behaviour by minors, like alcohol or drug use, as well as more serious content we take immediate action to remove'. — Bloomberg

Almost a quarter of the videos TikTok took down in 2019’s second half involved inappropriate behaviour by minors, from illegal drug use to sexual activity.

The Chinese-owned social video service said 24.8% of the clips removed were “depicting harmful, dangerous, or illegal behaviour by minors, like alcohol or drug use, as well as more serious content we take immediate action to remove”. Another 15.6% “violated our suicide, self-harm, and dangerous acts policy”, TikTok said in its second transparency report.