Captured before automated identity checks (Oct 14, 2026): accurate as of its capture on Jul 16, 2026; our capture on Oct 15, 2026 found the same text, but its identity was not checked by them.
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“To the extent permitted by applicable law, the maximum aggregate liability...shall, under no circumstance, exceed the greater of $100 or the amount you have paid us in the past 12 months.”
“You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless TikTok USDS Joint Venture and our affiliates...from any and all claims, demands, damages...arising out of or relating to your use of the Platform...”
“These Terms and any claims...will be governed by the laws of the State of California, without regard to conflict of law principles.”
“Our license to use Your Content includes...for the purposes of operating, improving, and providing the Platform and developing new technologies (including training, testing, and improving our machine learning models...”
“Engaging in this informal dispute resolution process is a requirement that must be completed before filing any legal action.”
“you give us permission to use your name, profile image and username, in connection with ads, sponsored gifts, offers, and other branded or sponsored content that you interact with, without any compensation...”
TikTok's Terms give TikTok broad rights over your content—including using it to train its AI systems—while capping what TikTok owes you in a dispute at $100 or what you paid them in the last year, whichever is more. TikTok can suspend or ban your account at any time without warning or explanation. If you have a dispute with TikTok, you must go through TikTok's informal resolution process first and bring any legal claim within one year.
TikTok's Terms of Service establish a platform access relationship in which TikTok grants users a limited right to use the Platform while retaining broad rights over user content, including a license to use that content to train, test, and improve machine learning models. TikTok limits its aggregate financial liability to the greater of $100 or the user's payments in the prior 12 months, excludes punitive, consequential, and related damages entirely, and places all consequences of AI-generated output on users to the maximum extent permitted by law. TikTok may suspend or ban accounts or restrict feature access at any time, without prior notice, at its sole discretion. Users are required to indemnify TikTok and its affiliates for claims arising from their Platform use, complete an informal dispute resolution process before filing any legal action, and initiate any proceeding within one year of the relevant event. California law governs the Terms and all claims.
As an individual user, you grant TikTok a license to use your content—including your name, profile image, and username in ads and branded content you interact with—without compensation, and to train its AI models. You bear all consequences of using AI-generated output on the Platform. If TikTok harms you, your maximum monetary recovery is capped at $100 or what you paid TikTok in the past 12 months, and you cannot recover punitive or consequential damages. You are also required to defend and cover costs for any claims TikTok faces arising from your use of the Platform. If you have a dispute, you must complete TikTok's informal dispute resolution process before taking any legal action, and you must initiate any proceeding within one year of the event giving rise to your claim.
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2 versions captured · Latest change detected by ConductAtlas: July 2026
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“To the extent permitted by applicable law, the maximum aggregate liability...shall, under no circumstance, exceed the greater of $100 or the amount you have paid us in the past 12 months.”
“You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless TikTok USDS Joint Venture and our affiliates...from any and all claims, demands, damages...arising out of or relating to your use of the Platform...”
“These Terms and any claims...will be governed by the laws of the State of California, without regard to conflict of law principles.”
“Our license to use Your Content includes...for the purposes of operating, improving, and providing the Platform and developing new technologies (including training, testing, and improving our machine learning models...”
“Engaging in this informal dispute resolution process is a requirement that must be completed before filing any legal action.”
“you give us permission to use your name, profile image and username, in connection with ads, sponsored gifts, offers, and other branded or sponsored content that you interact with, without any compensation...”
“under no circumstance will TikTok USDS Joint Venture...be liable...for any punitive, consequential, incidental, exemplary or special damages...or any damages based on lost profits...”
“YOU AND TIKTOK USDS JOINT VENTURE AGREE THAT YOU MUST INITIATE ANY PROCEEDING OR ACTION WITHIN ONE (1) YEAR OF THE DATE OF THE OCCURRENCE OF THE EVENT OR FACTS GIVING RISE TO A DISPUTE...”
“The Platform is provided "as is." We and our affiliates make no guarantees that the Platform, including its generative AI-enabled features, will be safe, secure, and free from errors...”
“Represent, imply or otherwise create an impression that your Output is human-generated or otherwise generated without the use of AI, including by removing, obscuring, or altering any watermarks...”
“We reserve the right, at any time and without prior notice, to ban or suspend your account, or restrict your access to features of the Platform, at our sole discretion...”
“Your use of Output, and of our generative AI-enabled features, is at your own risk, and to the maximum extent permitted by law, you bear all consequences of your use of Output.”
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