The guidelines prohibit trade, marketing, and access to regulated, prohibited, or high-risk goods and services on the platform, with a specific exception for verified business accounts and verified TikTok Shop sellers who meet unspecified strict requirements.
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The verified seller exception creates a tiered access system for regulated goods marketing on TikTok, establishing that verification status and compliance with unspecified requirements are conditions precedent to marketing regulated items. The requirements for this exception are not detailed in the Community Guidelines document.
Interpretive note: The 'strict requirements' for verified business accounts and TikTok Shop sellers to market regulated goods are not defined in this document, making the scope and conditions of the exception operationally uncertain.
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 agreement prohibits general users from trading, marketing, or providing access to regulated or high-risk goods and services. Under these terms, only verified business accounts and verified TikTok Shop sellers who satisfy TikTok's unspecified strict requirements may be permitted to market certain regulated items.
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Compare across platforms →"Regulated Goods, Services, and Commercial Activities: We don't allow trade, marketing, or providing access to regulated, prohibited, or high-risk goods and services. Verified business accounts and verified TikTok Shop sellers may be allowed to sell or market some regulated items if they meet strict requirements.Excerpt from TikTok's Community Guidelines
(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision engages sector-specific regulatory frameworks applicable to regulated goods categories, including FTC advertising standards, FDA regulations for health and consumable products, ATF regulations for firearms-related goods, and applicable state licensing requirements.
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The verified seller exception creates a tiered access system for regulated goods marketing on TikTok, establishing that verification status and compliance with unspecified requirements are conditions precedent to marketing regulated items. The requirements for this exception are not detailed in the Community Guidelines document.
The agreement prohibits general users from trading, marketing, or providing access to regulated or high-risk goods and services. Under these terms, only verified business accounts and verified TikTok Shop sellers who satisfy TikTok's unspecified strict requirements may be permitted to market certain regulated items.
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