The guidelines prohibit users from attempting to hack, reverse-engineer, or compromise TikTok's platform systems; this provision covers attempts rather than only successful actions.
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This provision prohibits conduct that would independently constitute violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act and comparable international cybersecurity statutes, and its scope covers attempts, not only completed actions. It operates alongside TikTok's Terms of Service and applicable law.
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 →Protects platform infrastructure from technical attacks and unauthorized access attempts.
View full change record →Under this provision, any attempt to hack, reverse-engineer, or compromise TikTok's systems is prohibited and may result in content or account-level enforcement under the guidelines. This applies to attempts regardless of whether the attempt is successful.
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Compare across platforms →"We don't allow attempts to hack, reverse-engineer, or otherwise compromise TikTok's systems.Excerpt from TikTok's Community Guidelines
1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision engages the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA) in the United States, which independently prohibits unauthorized access to computer systems.
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This provision prohibits conduct that would independently constitute violations of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act and comparable international cybersecurity statutes, and its scope covers attempts, not only completed actions. It operates alongside TikTok's Terms of Service and applicable law.
Under this provision, any attempt to hack, reverse-engineer, or compromise TikTok's systems is prohibited and may result in content or account-level enforcement under the guidelines. This applies to attempts regardless of whether the attempt is successful.
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