The guidelines prohibit users from sharing personal information on the platform where such sharing could lead to harm including identity theft, stalking, or fraud.
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This provision establishes a harm-based prohibition on personal information sharing, with the scope of prohibited conduct defined by potential harm outcomes rather than by specific data categories, creating interpretive flexibility in enforcement.
Interpretive note: The provision defines prohibited conduct by reference to harm potential rather than specific data categories, creating interpretive variance in enforcement across different types of personal information disclosures.
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 →Establishes explicit prohibition on harmful personal information sharing with specific harm categories identified.
View full change record →Under this provision, content that shares personal information in a manner that could enable identity theft, stalking, or fraud is subject to removal; the prohibition applies to all users and is not limited to information about the poster themselves.
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Compare across platforms →"Personal Information: We don't allow sharing personal information that could lead to harm, such as identity theft, stalking, or fraud.Excerpt from TikTok's Community Guidelines
(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision engages privacy frameworks including the California Consumer Privacy Act, GDPR, and general FTC authority over unfair or deceptive practices.
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This provision establishes a harm-based prohibition on personal information sharing, with the scope of prohibited conduct defined by potential harm outcomes rather than by specific data categories, creating interpretive flexibility in enforcement.
Under this provision, content that shares personal information in a manner that could enable identity theft, stalking, or fraud is subject to removal; the prohibition applies to all users and is not limited to information about the poster themselves.
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