TikTok describes LIVE features in seven groups, as examples rather than a full list
TikTok says it offers LIVE features so LIVE creators can customize their streams, interact with audiences and other creators, and be promoted to new audiences. The document sorts them into content customization (for example LIVE Studio, Green Screen, mobile gaming); gaining Gifts or monetization (Treasure Box, LIVE goal, subscription, LIVE match); interacting with viewers and creators (multi-guest, co-host, LIVE match); leaderboards (Weekly Ranking); exposure (flare, Promote); categorizing content (topics, LIVE Events); and other interactive features (poll, voice effects, pin comments). LIVE match is listed in two groups.
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Who
TikTok
What it covers
LIVE features offered to LIVE creators
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These include, but are not limited to, the following features:
Features that may assist with content customization, e.g. LIVE Studio, Green Screen, mobile gaming
Features that assist with gaining Gifts or monetization, e.g. Treasure Box, LIVE goal, subscription, and LIVE match
Features that allow you to interact with other viewers and creators, e.g. multi-guest, co-host, LIVE match
Features that present creators on leaderboards, e.g. Weekly Ranking
Features that assist with increasing exposure to your content, such as flare, Promote
Features that assist with categorizing your content, such as topics and LIVE Events
Other interactive features, e.g. poll, voice effects, pin comments
Qualifications & exceptions
The features named are examples: the document says the features it lists are not a complete list ("include, but are not limited to").
Not stated here
Whether each feature is available to every creator, or what a feature does in detail, is not stated in this document.
Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception
Creators who do not follow the behavioral standards may see access to certain features restricted
To foster an authentic, diverse and welcoming community experience, TikTok asks LIVE creators to follow behavioral standards. It says creators who do not follow them "may see their access to certain product features being restricted."
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Who
LIVE creators
What it does
may see access to certain product features restricted
Condition
don’t follow these standards
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we ask creators to follow behavioral standards that maintain a safe, positive community
LIVE creators who don’t follow these standards may see their access to certain product features being restricted
Qualifications & exceptions
Restriction is described as something that may happen ("may see"), not as automatic.
It applies to "certain product features", not to all features.
Not stated here
This paragraph does not itself list the standards or say which features are restricted for which behavior.
Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception
LIVE creators must follow the Community Guidelines, or risk losing the ability to go LIVE
TikTok says that, as with all content on the platform, LIVE creators must comply with its Community Guidelines. Not doing so "may result in revoking their ability to go LIVE, or action being taken against their account."
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Who
LIVE creators
What it covers
Community Guidelines
What it does
may have the ability to go LIVE revoked or face account action
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LIVE creators must comply with our Community Guidelines; not doing so may result in revoking their ability to go LIVE, or action being taken against their account.
Qualifications & exceptions
The consequences are stated as possible ("may result"), not automatic.
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The Community Guidelines are not part of this document; their content is not summarized here.
Which kind of non-compliance leads to revoking the ability to go LIVE, rather than other account action, is not stated.
Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception
The For You feed Eligibility Standards also apply and can affect access to LIVE features
TikTok says its For You feed Eligibility Standards also apply to LIVE creators. They "may affect" a creator's access to LIVE features if the creator engages in behaviors "including, but not limited to" the three that follow in the document: manipulating others to raise engagement, faking engagement to seek Gifts, and creating intellectual-property-violating or unoriginal content.
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What it covers
For You feed Eligibility Standards
What it does
may affect access to LIVE features
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Our For You feed Eligibility Standards are also applicable, and may affect a LIVE creator’s access to LIVE features if they engage in behaviors including, but not limited to:
Qualifications & exceptions
Access "may" be affected; the effect is not automatic.
The listed behaviors are examples ("including, but not limited to").
Not stated here
The For You feed Eligibility Standards are not part of this document; only the three behaviors listed here are described.
Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception
Manipulating others to raise engagement metrics is a listed behavior that can affect LIVE feature access
Among the behaviors under the For You feed Eligibility Standards that may affect a creator's access to LIVE features is tricking or manipulating others to increase engagement metrics, such as "like-for-like" promises or creating false incentives for engaging with content.
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What it does
tricking or manipulating others to increase engagement metrics
Why
increase engagement metrics
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Tricking or manipulating others as a way to increase engagement metrics, such as “like-for-like” promises or creating false incentives for engaging with content
Qualifications & exceptions
The behavior is tied to doing it "as a way to increase engagement metrics".
"Like-for-like" promises and false incentives are examples ("such as").
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How TikTok decides that an incentive is false is not stated.
Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception
Violations can lead to restricted access to relevant features, for longer when repeated across LIVE streams
If LIVE creators are found in violation of the Community Guidelines and the standards stated above, TikTok says it "may restrict access to relevant features." Repeated violations across multiple LIVE streams "may result in feature access being suspended for a longer period of time, such as several days."
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Condition
found in violation of the Community Guidelines and the standards stated above
Condition
repeated violations across multiple LIVE streams
When
a longer period of time, such as several days
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If LIVE creators are found to be in violation of the Community Guidelines and standards stated above, we may restrict access to relevant features in accordance with our guidelines.
Repeated violations across multiple LIVE streams may result in feature access being suspended for a longer period of time, such as several days.
Qualifications & exceptions
Restriction is something TikTok "may" do, and only to "relevant" features.
The longer suspension applies to repeated violations across multiple LIVE streams.
"Several days" is an example ("such as"), not a fixed period.
Not stated here
The document does not say how many violations count as repeated, how violations are found, or the exact length of any restriction.
Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception
TikTok may apply stricter action, including revoking the ability to go LIVE or account-level enforcement
TikTok says that, beyond restricting features, it may apply stricter action when creators do not comply with its Community Guidelines, including revoking the ability to go LIVE or taking account-level enforcement.
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What it does
may apply stricter action, including revoking the ability to go LIVE or account-level enforcement
Condition
creators do not comply with the Community Guidelines
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As stated above, we may apply stricter action in the event that creators do not comply with our Community Guidelines, including revoking the ability to go LIVE or taking account-level enforcement.
Qualifications & exceptions
This stricter action is tied to not complying with the Community Guidelines.
It is something TikTok "may" do.
Not stated here
The document does not say what level of non-compliance leads to stricter action or what account-level enforcement involves.
Creators who lose LIVE feature access are notified in their inbox with the feature, reason and period
TikTok says creators who lose access to LIVE features will be notified in various ways, including but not limited to an in-app inbox notification. That notification describes what feature has been restricted, the reason for restriction, and the period of time. A record of this information will also be available in system notifications.
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Who
LIVE creators who lose access to LIVE features
What it does
receive a notification in their in-app inbox and a record in system notifications
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When LIVE creators lose access to LIVE features, they will be notified in various ways, including but not limited to:
Creators will receive a notification in their in-app inbox that describes what feature has been restricted, the reason for restriction, and the period of time.
A record of this information will also be available in system notifications.
Qualifications & exceptions
The listed notification channels are examples ("including but not limited to").
The inbox notice covers the feature, the reason and the period of time.
Not stated here
The other ways creators are notified are not listed beyond the ones given.
The document does not say how soon after the restriction the notice is sent.
A creator who is currently LIVE also gets a pop-up notification during the LIVE
If a creator is currently LIVE when access is restricted, TikTok says the creator will receive a pop-up notification during their LIVE, in addition to the inbox notification and system-notification record.
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Condition
currently LIVE
What it does
receive a pop-up notification during their LIVE
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If they are currently LIVE, creators will receive a pop-up notification during their LIVE in addition to the notifications above.
Qualifications & exceptions
It applies only to creators who are currently LIVE.
Creators are notified when feature access is restored, and restricted features may be greyed out
TikTok says creators will also be notified once their feature access has been restored. While access is restricted, the features may be greyed out or otherwise unavailable in the app.
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What it does
notify creators once feature access has been restored
Condition
while feature access is restricted
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Creators will also be notified once their feature access has been restored. While feature access is restricted, the features may be greyed-out or otherwise unavailable in the app.
Qualifications & exceptions
The greyed-out or unavailable state applies while access is restricted and is described as something that may happen.
Not stated here
The document does not say how the restoration notice is delivered.
Account & Service Control · User right or choice
Creators who think feature access was wrongly removed can appeal through system notifications
If creators believe feature access was incorrectly removed, TikTok says they can submit an appeal, which is accessible in their system notifications.
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Who
creators
What it does
submit an appeal, accessible in system notifications
Condition
believe that feature access was incorrectly removed
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If creators believe that feature access was incorrectly removed, they can submit an appeal, which is accessible in their system notifications.
Qualifications & exceptions
It covers feature access that creators believe was incorrectly removed.
Not stated here
The document does not describe the appeal process, any deadline, who decides, or the possible outcomes.
It does not say whether appeals are available for revoked LIVE ability or account-level enforcement.