It's our priority to maintain a safe and welcoming environment for everyone on TikTok. We expect all creators to follow our Community 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

All creators must comply with the Creator Code of Conduct to participate in "Creator Programs." TikTok offers "Creator Programs", features, events, and campaigns, like creator management and promotional activities, that support and reward you for posting high-quality content. This includes our "Creator Programs," such as the Creator Rewards Program, TikTok One, Subscription, LIVE gifting, TikTok Shop, and more! Access to these programs is a privilege, not a right. Therefore, all users must comply with the Creator Code of Conduct (defined below) to participate in Creator Programs.

Creator Code of Conduct

As a creator, your visibility can give you a lot of influence. So, we expect you to conduct yourself on and off our platform in 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, on and off-platform, 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.

Violations of the Creator Code of Conduct, can lead to you being restricted from our creator management program (where applicable) and participation in related promotional activities. For severe violations, we may temporarily restrict your access to our Creator Programs for three months, including monetization programs and activities. Following a review, this restriction may be maintained or removed. For egregious behavior, the restriction may be permanent.

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 use that information to determine whether you have breached the Creator Code of Conduct.

As outlined in our Community Guidelines and Terms of Service, we may also suspend or permanently restrict 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 contractual compensation from past engagements.

We may exercise our judgment to determine whether a creator's behavior threatens the safety of our community or displays any of the behavior noted above.. If we find a violation but are satisfied that the account no longer poses a danger or threat of damage to TikTok, 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.

Accessing TikTok's Creator Programs

Creator Code of Conduct

If you believe your account has been restricted in error, you can appeal the decision.