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TikTok Shop blocks 70M items, tightens rules for global sellers
Business World Philippines
|December 03, 2025
TIKTOK SHOP blocked more than 70 million noncompliant items globally before they reached the platform in the first half of 2025, part of expanded measures to protect buyers, the company said in its latest Global Safety Report.
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From January to June, the e-commerce arm of the social media platform also removed over 200,000 restricted or prohibited products after listing, deactivated more than 700,000 seller accounts for policy violations, and disabled e-commerce features for two million creators who failed to meet its standards.
This story is from the December 03, 2025 edition of Business World Philippines.
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