Illegal Activities And Regulated Goods
We work to ensure TikTok does not enable activities that violate laws or regulations. We prohibit the trade, sale, promotion, and use of certain regulated goods, as well as the promotion or facilitation of criminal activities, including human exploitation. Content may be removed if it relates to activities or goods that are regulated or illegal in the majority of the region or world.
Criminal activities
Criminal activities cover a wide spectrum of acts punishable by law, including theft, assault, human exploitation, counterfeiting, and other harmful behavior. To prevent such behavior from being normalized, imitated, or facilitated, we remove content that promotes or enables criminal activities.
Do not post, upload, stream, or share:
Content that promotes acts of physical harm, such as assault or kidnapping
Content that risks the safety of others, including swatting
Content that promotes human exploitation, including human smuggling, bonded labor, domestic servitude, sex trafficking, or prostitution
Content that promotes vandalism or damage to property
Content that promotes the poaching or illegal trade of wildlife
Content that offers the purchase, sale, trade, or solicitation of unlawfully acquired or counterfeit goods
Content that provides instructions on how to conduct criminal activities that result in harm to people, animals, or property
Weapons
We do not allow the depiction, promotion, or trade of firearms, ammunition, firearm accessories, or explosive weapons. We also prohibit instructions on how to manufacture those weapons. We may allow depiction when appearing in educational contexts (e.g., as part of a museum's collection), involving authorized government personnel (e.g., a police officer) or used in a safe and controlled environment (e.g., shooting range, recreational hunting).
Do not post, upload, stream, or share:
Content that displays firearms, firearm accessories, ammunition, or explosive weapons
Content that offers the purchase, sale, trade, or solicitation of firearms, accessories, ammunition, explosive weapons, or instructions on how to manufacture them
Drugs, controlled substances, alcohol, and tobacco
We do not allow the depiction, promotion, or trade of drugs or other controlled substances. The trade of tobacco and alcohol products is also prohibited on the platform.
Do not post, upload, stream, or share:
Content that depicts or promotes drugs, drug consumption, or encourages others to make, use, or trade drugs or other controlled substances
Content that offers the purchase, sale, trade, or solicitation of drugs or other controlled substances, alcohol or tobacco products (including vaping products, smokeless or combustible tobacco products, synthetic nicotine products, E-cigarettes, and other ENDS [Electronic Nicotine Delivery Systems])
Content that provides information on how to buy illegal or controlled substances
Content that depicts or promotes the misuse of legal substances, or instruction on how to make homemade substances, in an effort to become intoxicated
Frauds and scams
We do not permit anyone to exploit our platform to take advantage of the trust of users and bring about financial or personal harm. We remove content that deceives people in order to gain an unlawful financial or personal advantage, including schemes to defraud individuals or steal assets.
Do not post, upload, stream, or share:
Content that promotes phishing
Content that promotes Ponzi, multi-level marketing, or pyramid schemes
Content that promotes investment schemes with promise of high returns, fixed betting, or any other types of scams
Gambling
We do not allow content promoting gambling services, or that could be perceived as advertising for casinos, sports betting, or any other commercial gambling activity.
Do not post, upload, stream, or share:
Content that promotes casinos, sports betting, poker, lotteries, gambling-related software and apps, or other gambling services
Privacy, personal data, and personally identifiable information (PII)
We do not allow content that violates the confidentiality of personal data or personally identifiable information (e.g., social security information, phone numbers, physical addresses). We remove content that depicts personal data or personally identifiable information (PII) from the platform.
Do not post, upload, stream, or share:
Content that contains personal data or personally identifiable information (PII)