Tik Tok's latest report came to demonstrate its commitment to its content posting policy and its seriousness with users. The short video network's document covered self-reported data points about video and account removals, arguably the most notable among them related to fake accounts.

TikTok reports that it removed 33.6 million fake accounts in the quarter between April 1 and June 30. According to the platform, this represents a 61% increase from the 20.8 million accounts removed in the previous quarter.

Comparing this data with that of the same period last year noted that the rate of removal of fake TikTok accounts grew by more than 2.000% in 12 months.

The definition of a fake account varies, but generally refers to any account that pretends to be someone or something it is not - this could mean a celebrity, political figure, brand, or some other 'scammer' with nefarious intentions.

While its removals of fake accounts have apparently increased, the number of spam accounts blocked at the signup stage has dropped dramatically, falling from around 202 million during the first quarter to around 75 million. This is no coincidence, according to TikTok, which says it has implemented measures to "conceal enforcement actions from malicious actors," essentially to prevent them from obtaining information about TikTok's detection capabilities.