TikTok / Community Guidelines
TikTok changed its Community Guidelines
Recorded 24 Sep 2026 — +4 lines added, −4 removed. This page shows the exact difference between the previous snapshot and the new one.
@@ -13,10 +13,10 @@ For You feed Eligibility Standards
Accounts and Features Enforcement -On September 24, 2026, we are updating our Community Guidelines so you can continue to create, discover, and share safely on TikTok. Check out the new Community Guidelines here .+Released August 25, 2026+Effective September 24, 2026 -Released August 14, 2025-Effective September 13, 2025+Previous Versions: Here TikTok is where people discover things they love, build communities, and express themselves. Our mission is simple: we want to inspire creativity and bring joy. We have Community Guidelines to help keep TikTok a safe and positive experience. These rules apply to everyone and everything on our platform.
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ Unoriginal Content and Intellectual Property Rights: We don’t allow content th
Deceptive Behavior & Fake Engagement: We don’t allow accounts that mislead or try to manipulate our platform, or the trade of services that artificially boost engagement or trick the recommendation system. Regulated Goods, Services, and Commercial Activities-Regulated Goods, Services, and Commercial Activities: We don’t allow the trade, marketing, or promotion of regulated, prohibited, or high-risk goods and services. Registered business accounts and verified TikTok Shop sellers may be allowed to sell or market some regulated items if they meet strict requirements.+Regulated Goods, Services, and Commercial Activities: We don’t allow trade, marketing, or providing access to regulated, prohibited, or high-risk goods and services. Verified business accounts and verified TikTok Shop sellers may be allowed to sell or market some regulated items if they meet strict requirements. Commercial Disclosure and Paid Marketing: If you're promoting a product, brand, or business, you must use TikTok’s content disclosure setting. Frauds and Scams: We don’t allow content that promotes or facilitates scams, fraud, or deceptive schemes.
Removed lines are how the document read before; added lines are how it reads now. Verify independently: the snapshot files and their history are in the public repository.
Independent copy: whenever a change is recorded, the Internet Archive is asked to capture the source page the same day — find the same-day Wayback capture.
Cite this record
ScanRecords. “TikTok changed its Community Guidelines.” Recorded 24 Sep 2026. https://scanrecords.org/change/2026-09-24-tiktok-guidelines/ — snapshot SHA-256 (after): 751cc9687defc8ae3884c8c3948e918fb2f83cdb9085c6b616cad03e54bd95c5.