Kathmandu, Dec 4: TikTok has removed 6,078 videos that were posted against the ‘community guidelines’ in Nepal in two months.
TikTok's representative said out of the videos posted in April and June 99.1 percent of the videos were removed immediately while 93.2 percent videos were deleted within 24 hours.
The data was presented at the 'Digital Safety Summit Nepal' organized by TikTok in coordination with the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology in Kathmandu on Tuesday.
On the occasion, TikTok representative Sidra Jalil presented a working paper on the regualtory guidelines prepared by TikTok.
Jalil said that the age group has also been categorically allocated to create a dignified and systematic TikTok platform.
According to the guidelines, the user has minimum age of 16 years to directly send message to TikTok and 18 years to go for live.
In lack of awareness on the proper use of social media, the guidelines were not followed properly, the representative said.
On the occasion, TikTok's Head of Public Policy and Government Relations for South Asia, Fordous Mottakin said that tiktok is committed to continuously collaborating with the Government of Nepal to promote digital literacy and online safety.
He said that the guideline has been put in place for the online safety of children and youth in particular.
Noting that some precautionary steps have been taken towards creating a safe online environment in Nepal, he said that there is a special concern for the safety of TikTok users.
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