Following Surge in Explicit Content: TikTok Suspends Late-Night LIVE Feature for Nigerian Users.

As part of an ongoing safety investigation, TikTok has imposed a temporary limitation on its LIVE feature for Nigerian users during late-night hours. Creators received a system notification on Sunday at midnight (Nigerian time) confirming the move, which the platform says is intended to “ensure our platform remains safe and our community stays protected.” The restriction focuses on limiting LIVE broadcasts late at night.

The notification was exclusively sent to creators with at least 1,000 followers, which is the minimum requirement for hosting a LIVE session. Several users confirmed that all LIVE activities were halted overnight. Despite the disruption, creators who earn through LIVE gifting found their balances and previous earnings intact, alleviating immediate financial concerns. As of Monday morning, LIVE access had been restored, leading to widespread social media speculation regarding the cause of the sudden, nationwide restriction

Here are a few ways to rephrase the final details regarding the context of the LIVE restriction, its impact on streamers, and the scale of previous violations:

For Nigerian streamers, the late night-time hours represent peak periods for revenue generation through interactive content like matches and entertainment segments that attract virtual gifts. This development follows TikTok’s recent safety statistics release in West Africa. The company reported that in Q2 2025, it acted against 2,321,813 LIVE sessions and 1,040,356 LIVE creators worldwide. The data highlighted Nigeria, where 49,512 LIVE sessions were banned in the same period. Additionally, 3.78 million videos were removed in Nigeria for violating Community Guidelines, with the vast majority (98.7%) taken down before receiving any views. TikTok Live, the feature at the heart of the issue, enables real-time broadcasting, comments, and direct engagement via virtual gifts.