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This document sets the rules for what advertisers can and cannot do on TikTok Ads. Ads that are adult in nature, dangerous, deceptive, false, or misleading are not allowed, and certain categories like financial services, healthcare, and political content face specific restrictions. Advertisers must also follow TikTok Ads' data collection standards and its Advertiser Account Policy.
TikTok Advertising Policies establishes a set of substantive obligations and prohibitions governing what advertisers may promote and how they may promote it on the TikTok Ads platform. The document prohibits adult content, dangerous products or services, deceptive practices, misinformation, and misleading or false content in advertising. It imposes category-specific requirements on financial services and restrictions on healthcare and pharmaceutical advertising, restricts political, governmental, and election-related advertising, and applies protections related to teen safety and wellbeing. Advertisers are additionally required to comply with TikTok Ads' Advertiser Account Policy and to adhere to its data collection standards as a condition of platform access.
For ordinary users, this document means the ads they see on TikTok are subject to prohibitions on deceptive, false, and misleading content, as well as bans on adult and dangerous content. Advertisers targeting teens face specific restrictions on what and how they can advertise to that audience. Users are not required to take any specific action under this document; its obligations fall on advertisers.
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