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The guidelines prohibit misinformation that could cause significant harm to individuals or society, and specifically prohibit content that could mislead voters or interfere with elections, including false claims about voting eligibility, voting procedures, or election outcomes.
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This provision establishes content standards that may engage election law and campaign communications regulations across multiple jurisdictions, and introduces a harm-magnitude threshold ('significant harm') for misinformation determinations that is subject to platform interpretation without further definition in this document.
Interpretive note: The document does not define 'significant harm' or specify criteria for election-related content determinations, leaving enforcement scope subject to platform discretion without stated review standards.
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 →Under these terms, content containing misinformation assessed by TikTok as potentially causing significant harm, or content that could mislead voters or interfere with election processes, is subject to removal. The document does not define the process by which 'significant harm' is assessed or how election-related determinations are made.
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"We don't allow misinformation that could cause significant harm to individuals or society. We don't allow content that could mislead voters or interfere with elections, including false claims about how to vote, who can vote, or the outcome of an election.Excerpt from TikTok's Community Guidelines
1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: The civic and election integrity provision engages federal election law under the Federal Election Campaign Act, FEC regulations on campaign communications, and state election laws across all U.S. jurisdictions. In the EU, the Digital Services Act and the Code of Practice on Disinformation impose obligations on very large online platforms regarding election-related content. The FEC, state election authorities, and EU national regulators are relevant enforcement authorities depending on jurisdiction. 2) GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: Medium. The 'significant harm' threshold for misinformation enforcement is defined by platform judgment without public criteria, creating compliance uncertainty for creators producing health, political, or public affairs content. Political content creators and campaign advertisers should be aware that TikTok retains discretion to classify and remove content under this provision. 3) JURISDICTION FLAGS: EU member states under the DSA face heightened regulatory scrutiny of platform misinformation enforcement mechanisms. U.S. election-cycle content faces specific exposure under state election laws and FEC regulations. Platforms operating in multiple jurisdictions must navigate varying definitions of prohibited election-related content. 4) CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: Political campaign advertisers and issue advocacy organizations using TikTok should assess their content review workflows against TikTok's election integrity standards. Agreements with content production vendors should address TikTok's election integrity content standards as a compliance requirement. 5) COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Organizations producing health, public affairs, or political content for TikTok should implement content review procedures to assess potential classification as harmful misinformation under these terms. Legal teams should monitor TikTok's supplemental election integrity guidance documents, which may provide additional operational criteria not stated in the Community Guidelines.
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This provision establishes content standards that may engage election law and campaign communications regulations across multiple jurisdictions, and introduces a harm-magnitude threshold ('significant harm') for misinformation determinations that is subject to platform interpretation without further definition in this document.
Under these terms, content containing misinformation assessed by TikTok as potentially causing significant harm, or content that could mislead voters or interfere with election processes, is subject to removal. The document does not define the process by which 'significant harm' is assessed or how election-related determinations are made.
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