TikTok has suspended access to its late-night LIVE feature in Nigeria following a surge in livestreams containing explicit sexual content, including cases of users engaging in real-time sex acts before large online audiences.
The suspension was communicated to Nigerian users on Monday through an in-app system notification, in which the company said it was conducting a safety review to "ensure the platform remains safe and our community stays protected." TikTok did not specify how long the restriction will remain in place.
According to internal enforcement data shared during TikTok's West Africa Safety Summit in Dakar, Senegal, the platform has struggled with escalating misuse of its LIVE feature in Nigeria. The company reported that in the second quarter of 2025 alone, it issued warnings and demonetised more than 2.3 million LIVE sessions and penalised over one million creators for violating monetisation rules.
