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The provision operationalizes TikTok's legal obligations to implement age-appropriate safeguards and data handling practices for users under 13, establishing a framework for differential application of platform policies based on user age classifications.
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 identified as minors operate under enhanced privacy protections and restricted data collection practices as mandated by COPPA, while the provision also establishes that certain community guidelines features and enforcement mechanisms may be applied differently based on age verification or declared age.
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To access and use the Services, you must be at least the age of majority in the state, province, or territory where you live or at least 18 years of age. If you are under the age of 13, you may not use the Services and you should not be visiting the Sites or using the Services.
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The provision operationalizes TikTok's legal obligations to implement age-appropriate safeguards and data handling practices for users under 13, establishing a framework for differential application of platform policies based on user age classifications.
Users identified as minors operate under enhanced privacy protections and restricted data collection practices as mandated by COPPA, while the provision also establishes that certain community guidelines features and enforcement mechanisms may be applied differently based on age verification or declared age.
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