Singapore: Infocomm Media Development Authority issued letter of caution to TikTok over detection and removal of child sexual exploitation material and terrorism content

On 31 March 2026, the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) issued a letter of caution to TikTok after detecting 17 cases of terrorism content shared by Singapore-based accounts for the first time in 2025, primarily comprising edited footage or audio related to known transnational terrorist organisations. It was stated that when some of this content was reported through TikTok's own in-application reporting mechanism, TikTok incorrectly assessed it as not violating its community guidelines, removing the content only after IMDA intervened. It was further stated that TikTok has been placed under enhanced supervision and must improve its automated detection systems, while also addressing a separate decline in its user report action rate, which fell from 39% in 2024 to 25% in 2025, with rectification measures to be evidenced by 30 June 2026.