The guidelines establish three distinct enforcement outcomes: outright removal of prohibited content, restriction of age-sensitive content to adult-only visibility, and exclusion of certain content from the For You Feed recommendation system without removal from the platform.
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This provision establishes that FYF ineligibility operates as a separate enforcement action from removal, meaning content may remain accessible on a creator's profile while being excluded from algorithmic recommendation to new audiences, with potential implications for creator reach and commercial account performance.
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 →Under these terms, content identified as FYF Ineligible remains on the platform but is not distributed through the recommendation system, which may affect the visibility of creator and business account content without triggering a formal removal. Age-restricted content is limited to adult-verified viewers under the age-restriction mechanism.
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Compare across platforms →"We Remove Content Everyone on TikTok can share content, but when we identify content that falls under the "Not Allowed" rules in our Community Guidelines, we'll remove it. We Age-Restrict Content Some content may not be appropriate for people under 18. When we identify content that falls under the "Age-Restricted" standards in our Community Guidelines, we make it viewable only for adults. For You Feed Standards The For You Feed is designed to help you discover a variety of content and creators, and for creators to reach new audiences and build thriving communities. However, not all content is guaranteed to be recommended. When we identify content that falls under the "FYF Ineligible" standards in our Community Guidelines, it won't be recommended in the FYF.Excerpt from TikTok's Community Guidelines
(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: The age-restriction mechanism for content inappropriate for users under 18 interacts with COPPA and applicable child protection frameworks enforced by the FTC and State Attorneys General.
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This provision establishes that FYF ineligibility operates as a separate enforcement action from removal, meaning content may remain accessible on a creator's profile while being excluded from algorithmic recommendation to new audiences, with potential implications for creator reach and commercial account performance.
Under these terms, content identified as FYF Ineligible remains on the platform but is not distributed through the recommendation system, which may affect the visibility of creator and business account content without triggering a formal removal. Age-restricted content is limited to adult-verified viewers under the age-restriction mechanism.
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