It's our priority to maintain a safe and welcoming environment for everyone on TikTok. We expect all creators to follow ourCommunity Guidelines,Terms of Service, and any other agreed-upon creator terms or program terms, so we can all stay protected and keep fostering community on our platform.
Accessing TikTok's Creator Programs
TikTok offers a number of programs, features, events, and campaigns, like creator management and promotional activities, that support and reward you for postinghigh-qualitycontent. This includes our "Creator Programs," such as theCreator Rewards Program, TikTok One,Subscription,LIVE gifting,TikTok Shop, andmore! Access to these programs is a privilege, not a right. Therefore, all users must comply with theCreator Code of Conduct(defined below) to participate in Creator Programs.
Complying with the Creator Code of Conduct
As a creator, your visibility can give you a lot of influence! So, we expect you toconduct yourself on and off our platformin a manner that does not create potential harm to others or jeopardize the safety of our users. This includes behavior that is likely to damage the integrity of TikTok, its affiliates, partners, suppliers, or customers.
Prohibited behaviors under the Creator Code of Conduct include:
Bullying or Harassment
Bullying or harassing others, such as sexual harassment, stalking, doxxing, blackmail, or physical threats, or mocking victims of tragedies.
Harmful or Violent Behavior
Promoting, encouraging, or engaging in behavior that could harm others, animals, or involve environmental destruction. This includes inciting violence, organizing dangerous activities or harmful imitable behaviors, animal cruelty, human exploitation, or risking the safety and well-being of minors.
Sexual Misconduct
Promoting, encouraging, or engaging in sexual misconduct, including non-consensual sexual activity, solicitation of minors, and blackmail or threats to share non-consensual intimate imagery.
Self Harm
Promoting or encouraging self-harm, including self-injury, suicide hoaxes, disordered eating, or glamorising participation in life-threatening activities.
Hate Speech and Hateful Behavior
Promoting or encouraging hate speech or hateful ideologies, or membership of a hateful organization.
Criminal Activities and Violent Extremist Organizations
Membership of a criminal or violent extremist organization, or participation in criminal or fraudulent activities, such as trade of illegal or counterfeit goods, bribery, illegal gambling, supplying of regulated substances to a minor, violations of intellectual property rights, or committing a serious crime.
Exploitation of a Tragic Event
Exploiting a potentially traumatic ongoing tragedy or conflict, including making false claims, or presenting sensitive topics in an inflammatory or polarizing manner to incentivize users to send gifts.
Misinformation and Deceptive Behaviors
Participating in activities involving spam, misinformation, frauds and scams, false representations, fake engagement, or misleading solicitation of engagement or gifts.
Platform Manipulation and Circumvention
Engaging in activities intended to unfairly gain advantage or disadvantage others on TikTok. This includes activities such as collusion, cheating, DDoSing, multiple-account abuse, or use of VPNs to circumvent our systems.
Suspending and removing accounts for violations
For all the previously listed violations of the Creator Code of Conduct, we will restrict support from our creator management program (where applicable) and participation in related promotional activities. For the more severe violations noted above, we may temporarily restrict access to our Creator Programs, including monetization programs and activities, forthree months, or permanently for egregious behaviour.
If we find verifiable claims related to your conduct on or off our platform, like public records, such as criminal charges, convictions, credible news stories, social media posts, or self-admission of misconduct, we may decline or suspend your access to Creator Programs from any and all of your TikTok accounts.
As outlined in ourCommunity GuidelinesandTerms of Service, we may also suspend or permanently delete TikTok accounts for violating our policies. All enforcement actions taken under the Creator Code of Conduct will apply to future participation in Creator Programs and will not restrict compensation from past engagements.
We may exercise our judgment to determine whether a creator's behavior threatens the safety of our community. If we find a violation but are satisfied that the account no longer poses a danger, we may choose not to suspend or remove their access to Creator Programs, or to reinstate access if it was previously removed. We reserve the right to periodically review accounts and content for adherence to these standards.
If you believe your account has been restricted in error, you canappeal the decision.