The terms require users to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless TikTok USDS Joint Venture and a broad group of affiliated entities and individuals from all claims, costs, damages, and expenses arising from the user's Platform use, including breaches of the Terms and violations of export control or sanctions laws in any applicable jurisdiction.
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This provision requires users to cover TikTok's legal costs, settlements, and damages across a broad class of claims and a broad set of covered parties, including affiliates, service providers, and their personnel, arising from any use of the Platform. The indemnification obligation survives termination of the agreement.
⚠ The indemnification obligation applies as written and survives account deletion and termination of the agreement.
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Compare across platforms →"You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless TikTok USDS Joint Venture and our affiliates, service providers, and business partners, including TT Commerce & Global Services and its affiliates, and each of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents and advisors from any and all claims, demands, damages, injunctions, orders, awards, settlements, losses, liabilities, liens, encumbrances, causes of action, of every kind and character, costs (including attorneys' fees and other costs of arbitration, litigation, defense, or settlement), and expenses arising out of or relating to your use of the Platform under these Terms, including a breach of your obligations, representations and warranties under these Terms, and any violation of export controls or economic sanctions laws of the United States, United Kingdom, European Union, Singapore, or any other applicable jurisdiction.Excerpt from TikTok's Terms of Service
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This provision requires users to cover TikTok's legal costs, settlements, and damages across a broad class of claims and a broad set of covered parties, including affiliates, service providers, and their personnel, arising from any use of the Platform. The indemnification obligation survives termination of the agreement.
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