Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception
Repeat or severe trademark infringers can be banned and refused a new account
Under TikTok's repeat infringer policy, it bans, in appropriate circumstances, the account of a user who repeatedly commits trademark infringement. It may immediately ban any account for severe trademark violations, and it reserves the right to refuse to let an account holder whose account was used for improper activities open a new TikTok account.
Supporting quotations
We have adopted and reasonably implemented an intellectual property repeat infringer policy under which we, in appropriate circumstances, ban the account of a user who repeatedly commits trademark infringement.
We may exercise our discretion to immediately ban any account in cases of severe trademark violations.
We reserve the right to refuse any account holder whose account was used for improper activities from opening a new TikTok account.
Qualifications & exceptions
- Bans apply "in appropriate circumstances"; an immediate ban for severe violations is discretionary.
Not stated here
- The policy does not define how many infringements make a repeat infringer, what is severe, or what "improper activities" covers.
Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception
Repeat or severe copyright infringers can be banned and refused a new account
TikTok says it has a repeat infringer policy under which, in appropriate circumstances, it bans the account of a user who repeatedly commits copyright infringement. It may use its discretion to ban an account immediately for severe copyright violations. It also reserves the right to refuse to let an account holder whose account was used for improper activities open a new TikTok account.
Supporting quotations
We have adopted and reasonably implemented an intellectual property repeat infringer policy under which we, in appropriate circumstances, ban the account of a user who repeatedly commits copyright infringement.
We may exercise our discretion to immediately ban any account in cases of severe copyright violations.
We reserve the right to refuse any account holder whose account was used for improper activities from opening a new TikTok account.
Qualifications & exceptions
- Bans for repeat infringement apply "in appropriate circumstances"; an immediate ban for a severe violation is discretionary.
- The refusal of a new account covers accounts "used for improper activities", a phrase the policy does not define.
Not stated here
- The policy does not say how many infringements make a user a repeat infringer, or what counts as a severe violation.