TikTok removes 62 million videos for breaking its rules in just three months

TikTok revealed it had removed more than 7.2 million accounts because they believed they belonged to someone under the age of 13 during the first three months of the year.

TikTok has become massively popular with young users (Peter Byrne/PA)

TikTok removed nearly 62 million videos from the platform in the first three months of 2021, the firm’s latest transparency report has revealed.

The video-sharing service said this accounted for less than 1% of all videos uploaded to the app.