The terms prohibit use of the Platform in connection with transactions, services, or activities involving embargoed jurisdictions including Cuba, Iran, North Korea, and specified Ukrainian regions, or persons on designated sanctions lists including the OFAC SDN List, UN Security Council Consolidated Sanctions List, and EU Consolidated Financial Sanctions List. Users must certify they are not located in or subject to these restrictions.
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This provision incorporates multi-jurisdictional export control and sanctions compliance obligations into the Terms, covering U.S., UK, EU, and Singapore regulatory frameworks, and extends user liability under the indemnification clause in Section 7 to violations of these requirements across all applicable jurisdictions.
⚠ Accounts of users found to be located in embargoed jurisdictions or designated on sanctioned party lists may be suspended without prior notice per Section 5.2.
⚠ Violations of export control or sanctions laws trigger the user indemnification obligation under Section 7, including attorneys' fees and settlement costs.
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Compare across platforms →"you must not use, or help anyone else use, the Platform to: sell, transfer, export, reexport, finance, order, buy, remove, conceal, store, use, loan, dispose of, transport, forward, or otherwise service, in whole or in part, any technology, software, commodity, or other item: to any country or territory for which the United States, United Kingdom, European Union, Singapore or any other applicable jurisdiction requires an export license... to anyone on any list of sanctioned parties issued and maintained by any relevant government authority or regulatory body, including but not limited to the United Nations Security Council Consolidated Sanctions List, the EU Consolidated Financial Sanctions List, any restricted party list published by the U.S. Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control, such as the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List ("SDN List")... You also certify that you are not: located in, organized under the laws of, or ordinarily resident in an Embargoed Country, designated on any Sanctioned Party Lists.Excerpt from TikTok's Terms of Service
(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision engages OFAC regulations and U.S.
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This provision incorporates multi-jurisdictional export control and sanctions compliance obligations into the Terms, covering U.S., UK, EU, and Singapore regulatory frameworks, and extends user liability under the indemnification clause in Section 7 to violations of these requirements across all applicable jurisdictions.
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