TikTok confirmed on Tuesday that it had removed more than 45,000 videos that violated its election-integrity policies between June and September 2026 ahead of the October 27 Israeli elections.
The social media company also said it had removed 1,431 accounts impersonating Israeli candidates and elected officials
Included in the removals, TikTok’s compliance teams dismantled a five-account network in June that it assessed was operated from Iran and targeted audiences in Israel and the United States using fictitious identities and pro-Iranian messaging.
A separate network of 306 accounts, with more than 12,000 followers, was removed in July after TikTok assessed that it was operated from Israel to amplify messaging about Israeli politics.
The news comes after multiple incidents of contentious social media usage on the campaign trail and allegations of disinformation.
Last month, National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir removed a video of him taunting female Palestinian prisoners from social media, following a complaint to Israel’s electoral authorities.
In the clip, he berated the prisoner after she complained about conditions in the detention centre, saying: “I am proud that we have succeeded in reducing the terrorists’ prison conditions to the bare minimum.”
The video resulted in a complaint from the Committee Against Torture NGO, which argued it violated electoral laws by using official state apparatus for political purposes.
Following the group’s appeal, the video was removed from Ben-Gvir’s official social media channels, though he has yet to comment publicly on why it was deleted.
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