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The provision creates the institutional framework by which TikTok enforces content policies and user conduct standards across the platform. It establishes that guidelines function as binding terms applicable to all users and all content.
The updated Community Guidelines footer no longer includes a direct link to TikTok's Children's Privacy Policy. Previously, users navigating the Community Guidelines could access child-specific privacy disclosures through the footer link. The Children's Privacy Policy itself may remain available on TikTok's platform, but this change reduces the visibility and discoverability of that document from the Community Guidelines page. Users seeking child privacy information from the Community Guidelines will need to navigate elsewhere or search for it independently.
View change record →Users are required to comply with TikTok's Community Guidelines as a condition of service access. The provision establishes that guideline violations may result in enforcement actions including content removal or account restrictions as specified in the guidelines themselves.
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You agree not to post, upload, publish, submit or transmit any content that: (i) infringes, misappropriates or violates a third party's patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret, moral rights or other intellectual property rights, or rights of publicity or privacy; (ii) violates, or encourages any ...
You may not use our Services for any illegal purpose or in violation of any laws or regulations. You may not use the Services to send money to sanctioned countries or individuals on government watchlists. You may not use the Services for gambling, illegal drugs, weapons, or any other prohibited acti...
You may not automatedly crawl or query the Services for any purpose or by any means (including, without limitation, screen and database scraping, spiders, robots, crawlers and any other automated activity with the purpose of obtaining information from the Services) unless you have received prior exp...
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The provision creates the institutional framework by which TikTok enforces content policies and user conduct standards across the platform. It establishes that guidelines function as binding terms applicable to all users and all content.
Users are required to comply with TikTok's Community Guidelines as a condition of service access. The provision establishes that guideline violations may result in enforcement actions including content removal or account restrictions as specified in the guidelines themselves.
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