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| 0 | Terms of Service | TikTok U.S. Terms of Service Last updated: January 22, 2026 Welcome to TikTok. | 0 | Terms of Service | TikTok U.S. Terms of Service Last updated: July 15, 2026 Welcome to TikTok. |
| 5 | If you are under 13 years of age, you cannot use the Platform, unless you are using the the separate Under 13 Experience which limits the information we collect and includes additional safety protections. | 5 | If you are under 13 years of age, or under 14 years of age in Florida, you cannot use the Platform, unless you are using the the separate experience of the Platform in the United States (the “Under 13 Experience” ) which limits the information we collect and includes additional safety protections. |
| 52 | If you are under 13 years of age, you may not use the Platform, unless you are using the separate Under 13 Experience. | 52 | If you are under 13 years of age, or under 14 years of age in Florida, you may not use the Platform, unless you are using the separate Under 13 Experience. |
| 59 | In short: If you are under 13 years of age, you cannot use the Platform unless you are using the Under 13 Experience. | 59 | In short: If you are under 13 years of age, or under 14 years of age in Florida, you cannot use the Platform unless you are using the Under 13 Experience. |
| 63 | For example, you must not use, or help anyone else use, the Platform to: do anything misleading or harmful, do anything that we determine violates or risks violating applicable laws, regulations, or requirements where you live or where we operate, including anti-corruption, anti-money laundering, counter terrorist financing, import controls, export controls, and economic sanctions laws or regulations, engage with minors in an exploitative or inappropriate way, upload content in violation of applicable laws, including laws requiring the consent of individuals whose images appear in Your Content, or their legally authorized representatives, upload viruses or malicious code, or do anything that could disable, overburden, interfere with, or undermine, the Platform’s operations or security, reverse engineer, disassemble, or decompile the Platform or any of its components, including its algorithms, code, or infrastructure, without explicit written authorization from TikTok USDS Joint Venture, engage in inauthentic commercial behaviors, such as by operating spam or impersonation accounts or any other means further detailed in our Community Guidelines , submit appeals, reports, notices or complaints which are unfounded, scrape, crawl, export or otherwise extract any data or content in any form, for any purpose, from the Platform using any automated system or software, including automated “bots,” except as approved in writing by TikTok USDS Joint Venture, use or attempt to use another user’s account without authorization, use TikTok Content (as defined in Section 3.5), another user's content or generative AI-enabled features for commercial purposes unless permitted by TikTok USDS Joint Venture or the user, respectively (including via applicable account settings), violate or exceed the license terms in Section 3.5. In short: Enjoy using our Platform and, for the benefit of all of our users, make sure you follow the rules. | 63 | For example, you must not use, or help anyone else use, the Platform to: do anything misleading or harmful, do anything that we determine violates or risks violating applicable laws, regulations, or requirements where you live or where we operate, including anti-corruption, anti-money laundering, counter terrorist financing, import controls, export controls, and economic sanctions laws or regulations, engage with minors in an exploitative or inappropriate way, upload content in violation of applicable laws, including laws requiring the consent of individuals whose images appear in Your Content, or their legally authorized representatives, upload viruses or malicious code, or do anything that could disable, overburden, interfere with, or undermine, the Platform’s operations or security, reverse engineer, disassemble, or decompile the Platform or any of its components, including its algorithms, code, or infrastructure, without explicit written authorization from TikTok USDS Joint Venture, engage in inauthentic commercial behaviors, such as by operating spam or impersonation accounts or any other means further detailed in our Community Guidelines , submit appeals, reports, notices or complaints which are unfounded, scrape, crawl, export or otherwise extract any data or content in any form, for any purpose, from the Platform using any automated system or software, including automated “bots,” except as approved in writing by TikTok USDS Joint Venture, use or attempt to use another user’s account without authorization, use TikTok Content (as defined in Section 3.5), another user's content or generative AI-enabled features for commercial purposes unless permitted by TikTok USDS Joint Venture or the user, respectively (including via applicable account settings), sell, transfer, export, reexport, finance, order, buy, remove, conceal, store, use, loan, dispose of, transport, forward, or otherwise service, in whole or in part, any technology, software, commodity, or other item: to any country or territory for which the United States, United Kingdom, European Union, Singapore or any other applicable jurisdiction requires an export license, in violation of export controls or economic sanctions laws of the United States, United Kingdom, European Union, Singapore, or any other applicable jurisdiction, to any country or territory against which comprehensive sanctions are imposed, administered, implemented or enforced by any relevant government authority or regulatory body ( "Embargoed Jurisdictions" ). |
| 64 | Embargoed Jurisdictions include, but are not limited to, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, and the following regions of Ukraine: the Crimea region, Donetsk People's Republic, and Luhansk People's Republic, occupied portions of Kherson, and occupied portions of Zaporizhzhia, to anyone on any list of sanctioned parties issued and maintained by any relevant government authority or regulatory body, including but not limited to the United Nations Security Council Consolidated Sanctions List, the EU Consolidated Financial Sanctions List, any restricted party list published by the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control, such as the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List ( "SDN List" ), and the U.S. Department of Commerce Denied Person's List, Military End-User List, or Entity List (collectively, "Sanctioned Party Lists" ), or anyone owned, controlled, or acting on behalf of such a sanctioned party, or in support of the development or production of any firearm or military weapon, which includes any chemical, biological, or nuclear weapon or their means of delivery. violate or exceed the license terms in Section 3.5. In addition, you certify that you are not: located in, organized under the laws of, or ordinarily resident in an Embargoed Country, designated on any Sanctioned Party Lists, or if any entity or organization, directly or indirectly, 50% or more, owned or controlled by, or acting on behalf of any party on any Sanctioned Party Lists and your officers, directors, controlling shareholders, employees, and agents are not designated on Sanctioned Party Lists In short: Enjoy using our Platform and, for the benefit of all of our users, make sure you follow the rules. | ||
| 112 | EXCEPT AS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW, WE SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE WHICH MAY BE INCURRED BY YOU AS A RESULT OF: ANY RELIANCE PLACED BY YOU ON THE COMPLETENESS, ACCURACY OR EXISTENCE OF ANY ADVERTISING, OR AS A RESULT OF ANY RELATIONSHIP OR TRANSACTION BETWEEN YOU AND ANY ADVERTISER OR SPONSOR WHOSE ADVERTISING APPEARS ON THE PLATFORM, ANY CHANGES WHICH WE MAY MAKE TO THE SERVICES, OR FOR ANY PERMANENT OR TEMPORARY INTERRUPTION OR CESSATION IN THE PROVISION OF THE PLATFORM (OR ANY FEATURES WITHIN THE SERVICES), YOUR FAILURE TO KEEP YOUR PASSWORD OR ACCOUNT DETAILS SECURE AND CONFIDENTIAL, ERRORS, MISTAKES, OR INACCURACIES ON THE PLATFORM, INCLUDING WITH RESPECT TO OUTPUT THAT IS INACCURATE, INCOMPLETE, MISLEADING, OBJECTIONABLE, INAPPROPRIATE, UNLAWFUL, OR UNFIT FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, PERSONAL INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE RESULTING FROM YOUR USE OF THE PLATFORM, ANY ACTIONS TAKEN OR NOT TAKEN IN RELIANCE ON OUTPUT, ANY UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR USE OF THE PLATFORM, ANY VIRUSES OR MALICIOUS CODE TRANSMITTED TO OR THROUGH THE PLATFORM BY ANY THIRD PARTY, ANY CONTENT WHETHER SUBMITTED BY A USER OR TIKTOK USDS JOINT VENTURE, INCLUDING YOUR USE OF CONTENT, AND/OR THE REMOVAL OR UNAVAILABILITY OF ANY CONTENT, INCLUDING DUE TO ENFORCEMENT OF OUR RULES OR COMPLIANCE WITH COURT ORDERS. | 113 | EXCEPT AS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW, WE SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE WHICH MAY BE INCURRED BY YOU AS A RESULT OF: ANY RELIANCE PLACED BY YOU ON THE COMPLETENESS, ACCURACY OR EXISTENCE OF ANY ADVERTISING, OR AS A RESULT OF ANY RELATIONSHIP OR TRANSACTION BETWEEN YOU AND ANY ADVERTISER OR SPONSOR WHOSE ADVERTISING APPEARS ON THE PLATFORM, ANY CHANGES WHICH WE MAY MAKE TO THE SERVICES, OR FOR ANY PERMANENT OR TEMPORARY INTERRUPTION OR CESSATION IN THE PROVISION OF THE PLATFORM (OR ANY FEATURES WITHIN THE SERVICES), YOUR FAILURE TO KEEP YOUR PASSWORD OR ACCOUNT DETAILS SECURE AND CONFIDENTIAL, ERRORS, MISTAKES, OR INACCURACIES ON THE PLATFORM, INCLUDING WITH RESPECT TO OUTPUT THAT IS INACCURATE, INCOMPLETE, MISLEADING, OBJECTIONABLE, INAPPROPRIATE, UNLAWFUL, OR UNFIT FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, PERSONAL INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE RESULTING FROM YOUR USE OF THE PLATFORM, ANY ACTIONS TAKEN OR NOT TAKEN IN RELIANCE ON OUTPUT, ANY UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR USE OF THE PLATFORM, ANY VIRUSES OR MALICIOUS CODE TRANSMITTED TO OR THROUGH THE PLATFORM BY ANY THIRD PARTY, ANY CONTENT WHETHER SUBMITTED BY A USER OR TIKTOK USDS JOINT VENTURE, INCLUDING YOUR USE OF CONTENT, THE SUSPENSION OR TERMINATION OF YOUR ACCOUNT OR END OF RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN YOU AND US, AND/OR THE REMOVAL OR UNAVAILABILITY OF ANY CONTENT, INCLUDING DUE TO ENFORCEMENT OF OUR RULES OR COMPLIANCE WITH COURT ORDERS. |
| 125 | In short: We want you to stay, but note that if you delete your account, some obligations under these Terms will survive. 5.2 TikTok USDS Joint Venture’s rights We reserve the right, at any time and without prior notice, to ban or suspend your account, or restrict your access to features of the Platform, at our sole discretion, including if: we have reason to believe in our sole discretion that you have violated these Terms, our Community Guidelines , or other conditions or policies, we are legally required to do so, or it is necessary in our judgment to respond to a technical or security issue. | 126 | In short: We want you to stay, but note that if you delete your account, some obligations under these Terms will survive. 5.2 TikTok USDS Joint Venture’s rights We reserve the right, at any time and without prior notice, to ban or suspend your account, or restrict your access to features of the Platform, at our sole discretion, including if: we have reason to believe in our sole discretion that you have violated these Terms, our Community Guidelines , or other conditions or policies, we are legally required to do so, it is necessary in our judgment to respond to a technical or security issue, we suspect fraud, money laundering, terrorist financing, activities that violate anti-corruption, economic sanctions or export control laws, or other illegal activity by the user, you or any of your shareholders is designated on any Sanctioned Party Lists or blocked by virtue of being directly or indirectly, 50% or more, owned or controlled by any party designated on any Sanctioned Party Lists, or we determine that we cannot perform our obligations under this Agreement due to prohibitions, or exposure to risk of sanctions. |
| 140 | Indemnity You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless TikTok USDS Joint Venture and our affiliates, service providers, and business partners, including TT Commerce & Global Services and its affiliates, and each of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents and advisors from any and all claims, demands, damages, injunctions, orders, awards, settlements, losses, liabilities, liens, encumbrances, causes of action, of every kind and character, costs (including attorneys’ fees and other costs of arbitration, litigation, defense, or settlement), and expenses arising out of or relating to your use of the Platform under these Terms, including a breach of your obligations, representations and warranties under these Terms. | 141 | Indemnity You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless TikTok USDS Joint Venture and our affiliates, service providers, and business partners, including TT Commerce & Global Services and its affiliates, and each of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents and advisors from any and all claims, demands, damages, injunctions, orders, awards, settlements, losses, liabilities, liens, encumbrances, causes of action, of every kind and character, costs (including attorneys’ fees and other costs of arbitration, litigation, defense, or settlement), and expenses arising out of or relating to your use of the Platform under these Terms, including a breach of your obligations, representations and warranties under these Terms, and any violation of export controls or economic sanctions laws of the United States, United Kingdom, European Union, Singapore, or any other applicable jurisdiction. |
| 163 | You agree that you will not access or use the Platform in a manner that violates applicable laws and regulations, including anti-corruption, fraud, anti-money laundering and counter terrorist financing laws, and export control and economic sanctions laws. | — | Removed |
| 164 | Consistent with and in furtherance of this requirement, you agree that you will not use the content or value of the Platform for, or export, re-export, or transfer (in-country) the Platform, or use the Platform to export, re-export, or transfer (in-country) any information, software, commodity or other item (a) to any country or territory for which the United States, United Kingdom, European Union, Singapore or any other relevant jurisdiction requires an export license, (b) in violation of export controls or economic sanctions laws of any country, (c) to any country or territory against which comprehensive sanctions are imposed, administered, implemented and/or enforced by any relevant government authority or regulatory body, including, but not limited to Cuba, Iran, and North Korea, (d) to anyone listed on any list of sanctioned parties issued and maintained by any relevant government authority or regulatory body, including but not limited to the United Nations Security Council Consolidated Sanctions List, the EU Consolidated Financial Sanctions List, the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control Consolidated Sanctions List, and the U.S. Department of Commerce Denied Person’s List or Entity List, or (e) to support the development or production of a weapon of mass destruction or their means of delivery. | — | Removed |
| 165 | You further certify that (f) you are not located in, organized under the laws of, and/or ordinarily resident in a country or territory that is subject to comprehensive sanctions, and (g) you are not designated on any government sanctions list and/or, (h) if an entity or organization, you are not directly or indirectly 50% or more owned, controlled, or acting on behalf of any sanctioned entity. | — | Removed |
| 166 | At our sole discretion, we reserve the right to immediately suspend a user's use of the Platform and/or terminate a user's account if we suspect fraud, money laundering, terrorist financing, activities that violate anti-corruption, economic sanctions or export control laws, or other illegal activity by the user. | — | Removed |
| 167 | We will not be liable for any loss or damage incurred by a user as a result of such suspension of the user and/or termination of the user's account. | — | Removed |
| 168 | The Platform and related documentation are "Commercial Items", as that term is defined at 48 C.F.R. §2.101, consisting of "Commercial Computer Software" and "Commercial Computer Software Documentation", as such terms are used in 48 C.F.R. §12.212 or 48 C.F.R. §227.7202, as applicable. | — | Removed |
| 169 | Consistent with 48 C.F.R. §12.212 or 48 C.F.R. §227.7202-1 through 227.7202-4, as applicable, the Commercial Computer Software and Commercial Computer Software Documentation are being licensed to U.S. Government end users (a) only as Commercial Items and (b) with only those rights as are granted to all other end users pursuant to the terms and conditions herein. | — | Removed |
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