The guidelines require creators to apply clear labels to content where AI or editing is used to realistically depict people or scenes, and prohibit AI-generated content that misleads on matters of public importance or harms individuals.
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This provision establishes an affirmative labeling obligation for a defined category of AI-assisted content, with a separate prohibition on deceptive or harmful AIGC, creating two distinct compliance obligations for content creators and business accounts publishing on the platform.
Interpretive note: The document does not define the technical threshold for 'realistically depict people or scenes,' creating interpretive variance in application across content types and editing methods.
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 →The Community Guidelines document no longer contains the substantive explanations of prohibited conduct, safety standards, and platform rules that previously appeared in one consolidated location. Users must now navigate to separate linked resources to understand what content is allowed, what triggers removal, and how the For You feed operates. This change makes it less convenient to quickly review the full range of platform rules, though the underlying policies themselves appear to remain accessible through linked pages.
View change record →Addresses emerging threat of synthetic media by mandating disclosure of AI-generated content and prohibiting deceptive AIGC.
View full change record →This provision requires any user publishing AI-assisted content that realistically depicts people or scenes to apply platform-specified labeling; content that fails to comply or that misleads on matters of public importance is subject to removal under the guidelines.
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Compare across platforms →"Edited Media and AI-Generated Content (AIGC): We require clear labeling when AI or editing is used to realistically depict people or scenes. We don't allow AIGC that misleads about matters of public importance or that harms individuals.Excerpt from TikTok's Community Guidelines
(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision engages emerging synthetic media disclosure frameworks including the EU AI Act, which includes provisions on transparency for AI-generated content, and state-level synthetic media laws in jurisdictions including California and Texas.
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This provision establishes an affirmative labeling obligation for a defined category of AI-assisted content, with a separate prohibition on deceptive or harmful AIGC, creating two distinct compliance obligations for content creators and business accounts publishing on the platform.
This provision requires any user publishing AI-assisted content that realistically depicts people or scenes to apply platform-specified labeling; content that fails to comply or that misleads on matters of public importance is subject to removal under the guidelines.
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