<p>TikTok removed more than seven million accounts of users suspected of being under age 13 in the first three months of 2021, the popular social media operator said Wednesday in a transparency report.</p>.<p>The Chinese-owned app which is wildly popular with young smartphone users, also said it took down nearly 62 million videos in the first quarter for violating community standards -- including for "hateful" content, nudity, harassment or safety for minors.</p>.<p>In its first disclosure on underage users, TikTok said it uses a variety of methods, including a safety moderation team, that monitors accounts where users are suspected of being untruthful about their age.</p>.<p><strong>Read more: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/pakistan-high-court-bans-tiktok-for-spreading-immorality-1002573.html" target="_blank">Pakistan high court bans TikTok for ‘spreading immorality’ </a></strong></p>.<p>Those age 12 or younger are directed to "TikTok for Younger Users" in the United States.</p>.<p>TikTok, owned by China-based ByteDance, is believed to have some one billion users worldwide including more than 100 million in the United States.</p>.<p>Last month, the Biden adminstration reversed orders from former president Donald Trump which would have banned TikTok or forced its sale to American investors.</p>.<p>The report comes with social media operators facing increased pressure to remove abusive and hateful content while remaining open to a variety of viewpoints.</p>.<p>TikTok's transparency report said that in addition to the suspected underage users, accounts from nearly four million users additional were deleted for violating the app's guidelines.</p>.<p>"Our TikTok team of policy, operations, safety, and security experts work together to develop equitable policies that can be consistently enforced," the report said.</p>.<p>"Our policies do take into account a diverse range of feedback we gather from external experts in digital safety and human rights, and we are mindful of the local cultures in the markets we serve."</p>.<p>TikTok said its automated systems detect and remove the vast majority of offending content: "We identified and removed 91.3 percent before a user reported them, 81.8 percent before they received any views, and 93.1 percent within 24 hours of being posted."</p>.<p>Overall, fewer than one percent of the videos uploaded on TikTok were taken down for violations.</p>
<p>TikTok removed more than seven million accounts of users suspected of being under age 13 in the first three months of 2021, the popular social media operator said Wednesday in a transparency report.</p>.<p>The Chinese-owned app which is wildly popular with young smartphone users, also said it took down nearly 62 million videos in the first quarter for violating community standards -- including for "hateful" content, nudity, harassment or safety for minors.</p>.<p>In its first disclosure on underage users, TikTok said it uses a variety of methods, including a safety moderation team, that monitors accounts where users are suspected of being untruthful about their age.</p>.<p><strong>Read more: <a href="https://www.deccanherald.com/international/pakistan-high-court-bans-tiktok-for-spreading-immorality-1002573.html" target="_blank">Pakistan high court bans TikTok for ‘spreading immorality’ </a></strong></p>.<p>Those age 12 or younger are directed to "TikTok for Younger Users" in the United States.</p>.<p>TikTok, owned by China-based ByteDance, is believed to have some one billion users worldwide including more than 100 million in the United States.</p>.<p>Last month, the Biden adminstration reversed orders from former president Donald Trump which would have banned TikTok or forced its sale to American investors.</p>.<p>The report comes with social media operators facing increased pressure to remove abusive and hateful content while remaining open to a variety of viewpoints.</p>.<p>TikTok's transparency report said that in addition to the suspected underage users, accounts from nearly four million users additional were deleted for violating the app's guidelines.</p>.<p>"Our TikTok team of policy, operations, safety, and security experts work together to develop equitable policies that can be consistently enforced," the report said.</p>.<p>"Our policies do take into account a diverse range of feedback we gather from external experts in digital safety and human rights, and we are mindful of the local cultures in the markets we serve."</p>.<p>TikTok said its automated systems detect and remove the vast majority of offending content: "We identified and removed 91.3 percent before a user reported them, 81.8 percent before they received any views, and 93.1 percent within 24 hours of being posted."</p>.<p>Overall, fewer than one percent of the videos uploaded on TikTok were taken down for violations.</p>