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Users' own content may be repurposed by TikTok Ads for commercial promotion of the platform, meaning content created for personal or creative purposes can be used as marketing material.
Interpretive note: The excerpt states three independent purposes for the use of User Content. The canonical claim addresses only the primary one (advertising and marketing to promote the Platform). The other two independent purposes are recorded in omitted_material.
The updated policy changed the controlling entity from TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC to TikTok Pte. Ltd., a Singapore-registered company. The U.S.-specific privacy policy language was replaced with terms covering "other regions." Users previously governed under U.S. privacy protections are now subject to different jurisdictional terms.
View change record →If you post User Content on TikTok, TikTok Ads may use that content in its advertising and marketing campaigns to promote TikTok.
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Users' own content may be repurposed by TikTok Ads for commercial promotion of the platform, meaning content created for personal or creative purposes can be used as marketing material.
If you post User Content on TikTok, TikTok Ads may use that content in its advertising and marketing campaigns to promote TikTok.
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