Terms of Service

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Context

Using the Platform forms a contract with TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC

These Terms (last updated July 15, 2026) are an agreement between you and TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC, which operates the Platform in the United States. The contract forms either when you accept the Terms or when you otherwise use or access the Platform, so using the Platform without clicking to accept still counts. The document itself summarizes this as a contract you should read and that you agree to by using the Platform.

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Last updated: July 15, 2026

are an agreement between you and TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC

the operator of the Platform in the United States

You form a contract with us when you accept these Terms or when you otherwise use or access the Platform.

By using the Platform, you are agreeing with these Terms.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Covers the Platform as operated in the United States by TikTok USDS Joint Venture LLC.

Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception

Agreeing on behalf of a business confirms you have the right to bind it

If you agree to these Terms on behalf of a business or organization, you are confirming that you have the right to enter into the Terms for it.

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you confirm that you have the right to enter into these Terms on its behalf

Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception

Under 13 (under 14 in Florida) cannot use the Platform except through the separate Under 13 Experience

People under 13, or under 14 in Florida, cannot use the Platform unless they use the separate United States experience called the Under 13 Experience, which the Terms say limits the information collected and adds safety protections. A dedicated Children’s Privacy Policy gives further detail on how personal information of Under 13 Experience users is handled. The Terms say TikTok will ban an account if it becomes aware that the user is under 13 and not using the Under 13 Experience.

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If you are under 13 years of age, or under 14 years of age in Florida, you cannot use the Platform

which limits the information we collect and includes additional safety protections

A dedicated Children's Privacy Policy provides further details about how we collect, use, share, and otherwise process the personal information of users of the Under 13 Experience.

We will ban your account if we become aware that you are under 13 and not using the Under 13 Experience.

Qualifications & exceptions

• The Florida threshold is 14 years of age; elsewhere the stated threshold is 13.

Not stated here

• The ban sentence mentions only users under 13; the Terms do not say here whether it also applies to 13-year-olds in Florida.
• The text of the Children’s Privacy Policy is not supplied in this document.

Cross-references

• referred to by (model-proposed): TikTok monitors for underage use and may ban accounts or remove features; you can appeal — Section 3.3 restates the under-13 and Florida under-14 rule and adds how it is enforced.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Context

The Terms cover TikTok apps, websites, software and related services unless other terms are stated

The Terms govern your use of TikTok’s services, defined as the Platform: TikTok applications, websites, software (for example the embeddable media player), features, technologies and related services (for example letting third-party search engines surface public TikTok content), however accessed or delivered. They do not apply where TikTok states that other terms apply.

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These Terms govern your use of our services, which include TikTok applications, websites, software

accessed or delivered via any platform or device (the “Platform”), except where we state that other terms apply.

These Terms apply to your use of the Platform, except where we state that other terms apply.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Does not apply where TikTok states that other terms apply.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception

TikTok For Business, Ads Manager and Business Center services are under separate terms

Services you reach through TikTok For Business, TikTok Ads Manager and TikTok Business Center accounts are governed by separate terms, not by these Terms.

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Any services you access through your TikTok For Business, TikTok Ads Manager and TikTok Business Center accounts are governed by the separate terms applicable thereto.

Not stated here

• The separate business terms are not supplied in this document.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Context

The Privacy Policy, Community Guidelines and Additional Terms also govern your use of the Platform

Your use of the Platform is also governed by TikTok’s Privacy Policy and Community Guidelines. Depending on the services you use, further terms and policies may apply, either from the list in this section or otherwise made available to you; the Terms call these “Additional Terms”. If you use those services, the Additional Terms become part of these Terms, and the document later says these Terms plus any applicable Additional Terms are the whole legal agreement between you and TikTok USDS Joint Venture.

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Your use of the Platform is also governed by our Privacy Policy and Community Guidelines. And, depending on the specific services you use, the additional terms and policies listed below or that are otherwise made available to you may apply

If you use such services, the Additional Terms become part of these Terms.

There may be some additional terms and policies that apply, depending on how you use the Platform.

These Terms and any applicable Additional Terms described above are the whole legal agreement between you and TikTok USDS Joint Venture

Qualifications & exceptions

• Additional Terms apply only depending on the specific services you use.

Not stated here

• The Privacy Policy, Community Guidelines and the Additional Terms are linked but their text is not supplied here.
• The Terms do not list every Additional Term: policies “otherwise made available to you” also qualify.

Cross-references

• qualified by (model-proposed): If Additional Terms conflict with these Terms, the specific Additional Term prevails for that service — The conflict rule limits how the incorporated Additional Terms operate: a specific Additional Term prevails over the Terms only for the services it covers.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception

If Additional Terms conflict with these Terms, the specific Additional Term prevails for that service

When a specific provision of the Additional Terms conflicts with these Terms, the specific provision of the Additional Terms wins, but only for your use of the services those Additional Terms apply to. The Terms do not say how conflicts with the Privacy Policy or Community Guidelines are settled; this rule is stated for Additional Terms.

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If any specific provision of the Additional Terms conflicts with these Terms, the specific provision of the Additional Terms will prevail with respect to your use of the applicable services.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Applies only with respect to your use of the services the Additional Terms cover.

Not stated here

• The Terms do not say which prevails if the Privacy Policy or Community Guidelines conflict with these Terms.

Cross-references

• qualifies (model-proposed): The Privacy Policy, Community Guidelines and Additional Terms also govern your use of the Platform — The conflict rule limits how the incorporated Additional Terms operate: a specific Additional Term prevails over the Terms only for the services it covers.

Content & IP Rights · Context

Music, music library, intellectual property and branded content policies apply to content you post

Four listed Additional Terms relate to posting content: the Music Terms apply when you post content that includes music from the music library or your personal device; the Commercial Music Library Terms apply if you are a commercial entity or want to post content with music from the Commercial Music Library; the Intellectual Property Policy applies to all Platform content protected by intellectual property rights; and the Branded Content Policy applies when you post content promoting a third-party brand or its products or services in exchange for payment or another incentive.

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These terms apply when you post content on the Platform that includes music sourced from the music library or your personal device.

These terms apply if you are a commercial entity or you want to post content on the Platform that includes music sourced from the Commercial Music Library.

This policy applies to all content on the Platform that is protected by intellectual property rights.

This policy applies when you post content on the Platform that promotes a third-party brand or its products or services in exchange for payment or any other incentive.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Each policy applies only in the situation its description names.

Not stated here

• The text of these four policies is not supplied in this document.

Charges & Financial Obligations · Context

Buyer, virtual items, rewards, subscription and campaign policies apply to purchases and programs

Five listed Additional Terms relate to buying and participating: the TikTok Buyer Policy applies when you buy items on TikTok Shop; the Virtual Items Policy governs access to and use of Virtual Items such as virtual coins and diamonds; the Rewards Policy governs virtual and physical rewards you may be eligible for through an incentive program, promotion or campaign offered by TikTok USDS Joint Venture; the Subscription Terms govern certain subscription services on the Platform; and the Campaign Terms & Conditions apply to your participation in campaigns and promotions hosted by TikTok USDS Joint Venture.

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This policy applies when you buy items on TikTok Shop.

This policy governs the access and use of Virtual Items (such as virtual coins and diamonds) on the Platform.

This policy governs the virtual and physical rewards you may be eligible to receive when you participate in an incentive program, promotion, and/or campaign offered by TikTok USDS Joint Venture.

These terms govern certain subscription services available through the Platform.

These terms apply to your participation in campaigns and promotions hosted by TikTok USDS Joint Venture on the Platform.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Each policy applies only in the situation its description names.

Not stated here

• The text of these five policies is not supplied in this document; the Buyer Policy link points to a different web host than the other listed policies.

Sharing & Disclosure · Company practice

TikTok runs the Platform with service providers, business partners and affiliates, including for ads

TikTok USDS Joint Venture operates the Platform for you and others to create, view, interact with and share content. It works with service providers, business partners (the Terms name BD TikTok USA LLC, called “TT Commerce & Global Services”, and its affiliates) and its own affiliates to provide certain important functions of the Platform, including in connection with e-commerce, marketing, advertising and other commercial services and activities. The Terms define “include” and “including” to mean “including but not limited to”, so the examples are not a complete list.

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We operate the Platform for you and others to create, view, interact with, and share content

We work with our service providers and business partners, such as BD TikTok USA LLC (hereinafter referred to as "TT Commerce & Global Services") and its affiliates, and our affiliates, to provide certain important functions of the Platform

including in connection with e-commerce, marketing, advertising, and other commercial services and activities

In these Terms, “include” or “including” means “including but not limited to.”

Qualifications & exceptions

• The functions and activities named are examples (“including” means including but not limited to), not a closed list.

Not stated here

• The Terms do not say here what information these providers, partners and affiliates receive to perform those functions.

Inference & Profiling · Company practice

TikTok customizes the creators, content and ads you see, on and off the Platform

TikTok customizes parts of your experience to show creators and content it thinks you will be interested in, including ads and other content sponsored by or in collaboration with creators and partners. The Terms give examples of what drives this: the users you follow and engage with, your interests and activity on the Platform, popularity of videos, diversity among content, your device and account settings, and language preference. TikTok may also customize ads you see on and off the Platform, and another section says you agree it can customize ads based on, among other points, information it receives from third parties. Based on the settings offered, you may control how your information is used to inform the ads shown to you.

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we customize parts of your experience on the Platform to show you creators and content we think you will be interested in, including ads and other content sponsored by or in collaboration with our creators and our partners

We customize what you see on the Platform based on, for example, the users you follow and engage with, your interests and activity on the Platform, popularity of videos, diversity among content, your device and account settings, and language preference.

We may also customize your experience, including the ads you see on and off the Platform. Based on the settings we offer, you may control how your information is used to inform the ads we show you.

You agree that we can customize ads and other sponsored content from creators, advertisers, and partners, that you see on and off the Platform based on, among other points, information we receive from third parties.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Your control over how your information informs ads is limited to “the settings we offer”.
• The factors listed are introduced by “for example”, so they are not exhaustive.

Not stated here

• The Terms do not describe here which ad settings exist or whether any setting turns off customization entirely.

Cross-references

• referred to by (model-proposed): You agree TikTok can customize ads on and off the Platform using information it receives from third parties — Section 3.8 has you agree to ad customization using third-party information, which supplements the description of customization in Section 3.1.

Security & Safeguards · Company practice

TikTok and its partners use technology, human moderation and user reports to find suspected violations

To keep the community safe, TikTok works with affiliates, service providers and business partners who may use a mix of technology (including automated means), human moderation, and reports from users and others to identify suspected violations of these Terms, the Community Guidelines and other conditions or policies. Users are encouraged to report suspected violations through reporting tools on the Platform or a linked support page. The plain-language summary adds that TikTok may take steps to identify and take action against content that may violate those rules.

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we work with our affiliates, service providers, and business partners who may use a mix of technology (including through automated means), human moderation, and reports from our users and others to identify suspected violations of these Terms

you are encouraged to report any suspected violations through the reporting functionalities provided on the Platform

We may take steps to identify and take action against content that may violate our Terms, Community Guidelines, and other conditions or policies, to protect you and others in our community.

Qualifications & exceptions

• The methods are stated as things the partners “may” use, not a commitment to use each one.

Not stated here

• The Terms do not say here what action follows a suspected violation; consequences are not stated in this passage.

Cross-references

• referred to by (model-proposed): You agree TikTok can use automated tools and human moderators to review Your Content and metadata — The permission to review Your Content in Section 3.8 is the user-facing side of the moderation methods described in Section 3.1.

Account & Service Control · Context

Some features work without an account, but the Terms still apply; full functionality needs an account

You can use some basic features of the Platform without an account, and the Terms still apply to you if you do. To access the full functionality you must create an account, and TikTok may offer different types of accounts.

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You can use some basic features of the Platform without having an account. If you use the Platform without an account, then these Terms still apply to you.

To access the full functionality of the Platform, you must create an account with us. We may offer different types of accounts.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Only some basic features are available without an account.

Not stated here

• The Terms do not list which features count as basic or what the different account types are.

Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception

You represent and warrant that information you give is complete and accurate, and will stay so

You represent and warrant that all information you provide when you create an account, and when you access and use the Platform, is and will remain complete and accurate. The summary says to keep your details up to date.

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You represent and warrant that all information you provide to us when you create an account, and when you access and use the Platform, is and will remain complete and accurate.

Keep your details up to date.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Covers information given at account creation and when accessing and using the Platform.

Security & Safeguards · Restriction or exception

Keep your password confidential and do not give others access to or transfer your account without permission

You should take reasonable steps to keep your account password confidential and not disclose it to any third party. If you know or suspect a third party knows your password or has accessed your account, you should tell TikTok through a linked reporting page. You must not give others access to your account, or transfer it to anyone else, without TikTok’s permission.

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It is important that you take reasonable steps to keep your account password confidential and that you do not disclose it to any third party.

If you know or suspect that any third party knows your password or has accessed your account, please let us know

Do not give others access to your account, or transfer your account to anyone else, without our permission.

Keep it secure.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Access sharing or transfer is allowed only with TikTok’s permission.

Account & Service Control · Permission or license

TikTok may revoke, reclaim or reassign your username, for example after 180 days without logging in

TikTok may revoke, reclaim and/or reassign your account username in certain circumstances. The Terms give examples: you have not logged in for 180 days, TikTok bans your account, or TikTok reasonably believes your username violates the Terms, Community Guidelines or other conditions or policies and/or interferes with or infringes other users’ rights.

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We may revoke, reclaim, and/or reassign the username of your account in certain circumstances, such as, when you have not logged into your account for 180 days, if we ban your account, or if we reasonably believe that your username violates our Terms

We may revoke, reclaim, or reassign the username of your account under certain circumstances.

Qualifications & exceptions

• The circumstances are introduced by “such as”, so the three listed are examples rather than a complete list.

Not stated here

• The Terms do not say whether notice is given before a username is reassigned.

Account & Service Control · Company practice

TikTok monitors for underage use and may ban accounts or remove features; you can appeal

The minimum age is 13 (14 in Florida) unless the user is in the separate Under 13 Experience. TikTok says it monitors for underage use and will ban an account or remove access to certain features if it believes the user does not meet the minimum age requirements. You can appeal a decision to ban or restrict your account if you think it should not have been made.

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If you are under 13 years of age, or under 14 years of age in Florida, you may not use the Platform, unless you are using the separate Under 13 Experience.

We monitor for underage use of the Platform and we will ban your account or remove your access to certain features if we believe that you do not meet the minimum age requirements.

You can appeal our decision to ban or restrict your account if you think we should not have done so.

Qualifications & exceptions

• The trigger is TikTok’s belief that you do not meet the minimum age requirements.

Not stated here

• The appeal outcome and timing are not described in the Terms.

Cross-references

• refers to (model-proposed): Under 13 (under 14 in Florida) cannot use the Platform except through the separate Under 13 Experience — Section 3.3 restates the under-13 and Florida under-14 rule and adds how it is enforced.

Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception

Under 18: some features may be disabled, and a parent or guardian must review the Terms and give permission

If you are under 18, certain features on the Platform may be disabled or restricted for you. You must review the Terms and the Privacy Policy with a parent or guardian and obtain their permission before using the Platform. A parent or guardian of such a user accepts and agrees to the Terms on the user’s behalf and agrees to be responsible for their use of the Platform.

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If you are under 18 years of age, certain features on the Platform may be disabled or restricted for your use.

you must review these Terms (and our Privacy Policy) with your parent or guardian, and obtain their permission before you use the Platform.

If you are the parent or guardian of such a user, you accept and agree to these Terms on their behalf and further agree that you are responsible for their use of the Platform.

You must review these Terms and our Privacy Policy with your parent or guardian if you are under 18.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Applies to users under 18 and their parents or guardians.

Not stated here

• The Terms do not say which features are disabled or restricted for under-18 users.
• The text of the linked Privacy Policy is not supplied here, so this card cannot say what it contains.

Content & IP Rights · User right or choice

You own Your Content, including AI prompts and outputs, as between you and TikTok

Your Content means content you create, import, upload, publish or generate with the Platform, including messages, and also prompts, questions, files and other information you submit to TikTok’s AI-powered interfaces (Input) together with the responses they generate (Output). As between you and TikTok USDS Joint Venture, you own Your Content, except for TikTok Content and unless the Terms expressly state otherwise. Ownership does not stop the licenses you grant in the following paragraphs.

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Your Content includes content you create, import, upload, publish, or generate with the Platform, including messages.

Your Content also includes prompts, questions, files, and other types of information that you submit to our AI-powered interfaces ("Input") together with the responses those interfaces generate ("Output").

Except with respect to TikTok Content and unless expressly stated otherwise, as between you and TikTok USDS Joint Venture, you own Your Content.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Ownership is stated only as between you and TikTok USDS Joint Venture.
• Excludes TikTok Content and anything the Terms expressly state otherwise.

Not stated here

• The Terms do not say here how ownership of Output is treated against third parties or other users.

Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception

AI output may not be unique to you, and your ownership of Output does not extend to other users’ output

Because of how generative AI works, output may not be unique to one user. Your ownership of Output does not extend to other users’ output, so another user may receive output that matches or resembles yours without it being yours.

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Due to the nature of generative AI, output may not be unique to a specific user, and your ownership of Output does not extend to other users' output.

Not stated here

• The Terms do not say what happens if two users receive the same Output.

Content & IP Rights · Permission or license

Feedback you submit can be used for any purpose without compensation, and TikTok owns what it builds from it

If you choose to submit comments, ideas or feedback, you give TikTok permission to use them in connection with the Platform and any other services it chooses, for any purpose, without restriction or compensation to you. TikTok does not have to consider, act on, return or keep them confidential, and it will own all rights in anything it develops based on them.

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If you choose to submit comments, ideas, or feedback to us, you give us permission to use them in connection with the Platform and any other services that we choose, for any purpose, without any restriction or compensation to you.

You agree that we do not have to consider or act on them, return them, or keep them confidential. We will own all rights in anything we develop based on your comments, ideas, or feedback.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Applies only if you choose to submit comments, ideas or feedback.

Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception

You warrant that you have all rights needed in Your Content, including music not taken from TikTok’s library

You represent and warrant that you have, and will continue to have, all necessary rights in Your Content, including the licenses, consents and permissions needed to create, post, input and distribute it on the Platform. The Terms say this includes any music you use that was not selected from the TikTok music library, and point to the Music Terms for more.

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You represent and warrant that you have, and will continue to have, all necessary rights in and to Your Content, including licenses, consents, and permissions necessary to create, post, input, and distribute Your Content on the Platform.

this includes any music that you use which was not selected from the TikTok music library

Qualifications & exceptions

• The warranty continues for as long as you use Your Content on the Platform (“will continue to have”).

Not stated here

• The text of the linked Music Terms is not supplied here, so this card cannot say what they require.

Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception

TikTok Content you may use stays owned by TikTok or its rights holders

TikTok may make certain content available for you to use in accordance with the Terms, including images, designs, videos, filters, text, music or sounds, called TikTok Content. TikTok, or the rights holders that let it provide that content, retain all rights in TikTok Content, so using it does not make it yours.

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we may make certain content available on the Platform for you to use in accordance with these Terms, including images, designs, videos, filters, text, music, or sounds (“TikTok Content”). We, or the rights holders of such content that let us provide it to you, retain all rights in and to the TikTok Content.

Qualifications & exceptions

• You may use TikTok Content only in accordance with the Terms.

Cross-references

• referred to by (model-proposed): No commercial use of TikTok Content, another user’s content or generative AI features without permission — The commercial-use prohibition relies on the Section 3.5 definition of TikTok Content.

Content & IP Rights · Permission or license

You grant TikTok a non-exclusive, irrevocable, royalty-free, sublicensable, worldwide license to Your Content

To provide the Platform, TikTok needs a license from you. By creating, inputting, publishing or otherwise providing Your Content on or to the Platform, you grant TikTok USDS Joint Venture a license that is non-exclusive, irrevocable and royalty-free (you keep your rights to use Your Content elsewhere, but TikTok owes you no payment for sharing it); assignable and sub-licensable, including through multiple tiers (for example so TikTok can work with service providers and business partners to distribute your content); and worldwide.

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To provide the Platform, we need certain rights from you (called a license).

By creating, inputting, publishing, and otherwise providing Your Content on or to the Platform, you grant to TikTok USDS Joint Venture a license to use Your Content that is:

non-exclusive, irrevocable, and royalty-free (you retain the rights to use Your Content elsewhere, although we don't owe you any payments for sharing Your Content with us)

assignable and sub-licensable, including through multiple tiers (so we can, for example, work with service providers and business partners to help distribute Your Content); and

worldwide (so we can show your content to a global audience).

you grant us a license to use Your Content to operate, develop, improve, and provide the Platform, and to develop new technologies.

Qualifications & exceptions

• The license arises when you create, input, publish or otherwise provide Your Content on or to the Platform.
• The scope of the license is limited by the purposes in the next paragraph and “subject to your Platform settings”.

Not stated here

• The Terms do not state a time limit on the license other than calling it irrevocable.

Cross-references

• contrast (model-proposed): You can delete videos or all Your Content, but deleted content stays visible where other users have incorporated it — You may delete content, yet the license you grant TikTok is described as irrevocable and deleted content stays publicly accessible where other users incorporated it; the Terms do not reconcile the two beyond the stated exception.
• referred to by (model-proposed): You must not violate or exceed the license terms in Section 3.5 — The prohibition on violating or exceeding the license terms in Section 3.5 points to the licenses that section sets out, including the one granted to TikTok.

Content & IP Rights · Permission or license

The license lets TikTok copy, adapt and display Your Content to run the Platform and train its machine learning models

TikTok’s license covers rights to access, reproduce, distribute, share, download, adapt or make derivative works of (for example translations or captions), perform, and communicate Your Content to the public (for example by displaying it). The purposes are operating, improving and providing the Platform and developing new technologies, which the Terms say include training, testing and improving machine learning models and algorithms, and developing services for TikTok USDS Joint Venture and its service providers and business partners. It is stated to be consistent with the Terms and subject to your Platform settings.

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Our license to use Your Content includes our rights to access, reproduce (e.g. to copy), distribute, share, download, adapt or make derivative works (e.g. to translate and/or create captions), perform, and communicate Your Content to the public (e.g. to display it)

for the purposes of operating, improving, and providing the Platform and developing new technologies (including training, testing, and improving our machine learning models and algorithms) and services for TikTok USDS Joint Venture and our service providers and business partners, consistent with these Terms and subject to your Platform settings.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Subject to your Platform settings and consistent with the Terms.
• The examples of rights (“e.g.”) and purposes (“including”) are not complete lists.

Not stated here

• The Terms do not describe here which Platform settings limit the license, or whether any setting stops use of Your Content for model training.

Content & IP Rights · Permission or license

Depending on your sharing settings, every Platform user also gets a perpetual, irrevocable license to Your Content

Depending on your Platform usage, including your sharing activities and settings, you also grant each user of the Platform a non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual, irrevocable and worldwide license to use Your Content, including to access, reproduce, distribute, share, download, adapt or make derivative works of it (for example to include it in their own content), perform and communicate it to the public, in accordance with the Terms. The plain-language summary says that if you make Your Content available to others, TikTok can show it to other users and those users may be able to use it too.

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Depending on your Platform usage, including your sharing activities and settings, you also grant to each user of the Platform a non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual and irrevocable, worldwide license to use Your Content

in accordance with these Terms.

If you choose to make Your Content available to others, we can show it to other users and those other users may be able to use Your Content too.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Depends on your Platform usage, including your sharing activities and settings.
• Exercised “in accordance with these Terms”.

Not stated here

• The Terms do not list which settings or sharing activities trigger this license, or what “perpetual and irrevocable” means for content you later delete.

Cross-references

• referred to by (model-proposed): You must not violate or exceed the license terms in Section 3.5 — The same prohibition also points to the license other users receive over Your Content in Section 3.5.

Content & IP Rights · Company practice

TikTok keeps its rights in the Platform and its generative AI features and reserves all rights not granted

TikTok retains all of its rights, title and interest, including intellectual property and other proprietary rights, in and to the Platform, including its generative AI-enabled features, and reserves all rights not expressly granted in the Terms.

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We retain all our respective rights, title, and interest, including intellectual property and other proprietary rights, in and to the Platform, including its generative AI-enabled features, and we reserve all rights not expressly granted in these Terms.

We retain all our respective rights in and to the Platform and our technologies.

Account & Service Control · Permission or license

TikTok may remove or restrict any content, public or private, for any reason

TikTok may remove or restrict access to any content, including yours and whether posted publicly or privately, for any reason, including if (a) it violates the Terms, the Community Guidelines or other conditions or policies, (b) it may cause harm to, or violate the rights of, users, TikTok USDS Joint Venture, its affiliates or third parties, or (c) TikTok is required to do so by a legal requirement or court order, or is permitted to do so by law. The Community Guidelines further describe why content might be removed or restricted. The Terms define “including” as including but not limited to, so the three reasons are examples.

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the content that you create, post or share on the Platform

We may remove or restrict access to any content, including yours, whether publicly or privately posted, for any reason, including if (a) it violates these Terms

(b) it may cause harm to, or violate the rights of, our users, TikTok USDS Joint Venture, our affiliates, or other third parties, or (c) we are required to do so to comply with a legal requirement or court order, or are permitted to do so by law.

We may remove or restrict access to Your Content, and you can delete Your Content

In these Terms, “include” or “including” means “including but not limited to.”

Qualifications & exceptions

• “For any reason”: the listed grounds (a) to (c) are examples because “including” means including but not limited to.
• Covers content posted privately as well as publicly.

Not stated here

• The text of the Community Guidelines is not supplied here, so this card cannot say what grounds they describe.
• The Terms do not say here whether notice is given before content is removed or restricted.

Retention & Deletion · User right or choice

You can delete videos or all Your Content, but deleted content stays visible where other users have incorporated it

You can delete specific videos at any time, or all of Your Content by deleting your account as described in Section 5. TikTok will no longer publicly display deleted content except as provided in Section 3.5, which the Terms say explains, for example, that Your Content stays publicly accessible if it has been incorporated into content posted by other users. Section 3.5 is also among the provisions the Terms say survive account deletion, and the license in that section is described as irrevocable.

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You can delete specific videos from the Platform at any time, or all of Your Content by deleting your account as described in Section 5

We will no longer publicly display your deleted content except as provided in Section 3.5

(which explains, for example, that Your Content will remain publicly accessible on the Platform if it has been incorporated into content posted by other users)

5. Suspending or ending our relationship

the obligations set out in: Section 3.5 “Ownership of content and grant of licenses,”

non-exclusive, irrevocable, and royalty-free

Qualifications & exceptions

• Deleted content is no longer publicly displayed except as Section 3.5 provides, for example where other users incorporated it into their content.

Not stated here

• The Terms do not say here whether TikTok keeps or stops using deleted content privately, or how long copies are kept.
• The Terms do not say how long Your Content remains accessible once incorporated into other users’ content.

Cross-references

• contrast (model-proposed): You grant TikTok a non-exclusive, irrevocable, royalty-free, sublicensable, worldwide license to Your Content — You may delete content, yet the license you grant TikTok is described as irrevocable and deleted content stays publicly accessible where other users incorporated it; the Terms do not reconcile the two beyond the stated exception.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception

Paid or incentivized brand promotion must follow the Branded Content Policy and applicable disclosure rules

If you post content that promotes a third-party brand or its products or services in exchange for payment or any other incentive, you must comply with the Branded Content Policy and all applicable laws and guidelines, including with respect to disclosures. The Terms name the U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s Endorsement Guides as one such source; the word “including” means including but not limited to.

Supporting quotations

If you post content on the Platform that promotes a third-party brand or its products or services in exchange for payment or any other incentive, you must comply with the Branded Content Policy and all applicable laws and guidelines (including with respect to disclosures), including the U.S. Federal Trade Commission’s Endorsement Guides.

Where you post about a brand or its products or services in return for payment or any other incentive

This policy applies when you post content on the Platform that promotes a third-party brand or its products or services in exchange for payment or any other incentive.

In these Terms, “include” or “including” means “including but not limited to.”

Qualifications & exceptions

• Applies when you post content promoting a third-party brand, product or service in exchange for payment or any other incentive.

Not stated here

• The text of the Branded Content Policy is not supplied here, so this card cannot say what it requires.
• The Terms do not set out the content of the FTC Endorsement Guides or other applicable guidelines.

Use & Processing · Permission or license

TikTok may use your name, profile image and username with ads and sponsored content you interact with, without pay

You agree that TikTok can use your name, profile image and username in connection with ads, sponsored gifts, offers and other branded or sponsored content that you interact with, without any compensation to you. This does not apply to compensation covered by a separate commercial agreement with you for a specific promotion or advertisement. The Terms frame this as a way to enable features that let you interact with sponsored content, for which TikTok may receive compensation from advertisers and partners.

Supporting quotations

To help us provide the Platform, including to give our users a better experience, you agree that we can:

you give us permission to use your name, profile image and username, in connection with ads, sponsored gifts, offers, and other branded or sponsored content that you interact with, without any compensation to you, unless we have entered into a separate commercial agreement with you with respect to a specific promotion or advertisement.

We may receive compensation from our advertisers and our partners with which you choose to interact.

you agree that we can undertake the activities described in this Section.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Applies to content you interact with.
• No compensation to you unless TikTok has entered into a separate commercial agreement with you for a specific promotion or advertisement.

Not stated here

• The Terms do not say here who sees your name, profile image and username in these uses.

Use & Processing · Permission or license

You agree TikTok can use automated tools and human moderators to review Your Content and metadata

You agree that TikTok can use automated tools and human moderators to review Your Content, as defined in Section 3.5, and its associated metadata on the Platform. The purposes are to identify, detect and enforce potential or actual violations of the Terms, Community Guidelines and other conditions or policies, and to keep the community safe and prevent harmful or illegal conduct. Another section says TikTok’s affiliates, service providers and business partners may also use technology, human moderation and reports for similar purposes.

Supporting quotations

To help us provide the Platform, including to give our users a better experience, you agree that we can:

You agree that we can use automated tools and human moderators to review Your Content (as defined in Section 3.5) and associated metadata on the Platform, to identify, detect, and enforce potential or actual violations of these Terms

and to keep our community safe and prevent harmful or illegal conduct on the Platform.

Your Content includes content you create, import, upload, publish, or generate with the Platform, including messages.

who may use a mix of technology (including through automated means), human moderation, and reports from our users and others to identify suspected violations of these Terms

Qualifications & exceptions

• Review is for enforcement and safety purposes stated in the Terms.

Not stated here

• The Terms do not define “associated metadata” here.
• The text of the Community Guidelines is not supplied here.

Cross-references

• refers to (model-proposed): TikTok and its partners use technology, human moderation and user reports to find suspected violations — The permission to review Your Content in Section 3.8 is the user-facing side of the moderation methods described in Section 3.1.
• contrast (model-proposed): TikTok is not responsible for users’ content or conduct and has no obligation to pre-screen or monitor content — The Terms say TikTok has no obligation to pre-screen, monitor, review or edit content, while another section has you agree TikTok may use automated tools and human moderators to review Your Content; one disclaims a duty and the other grants permission.

Linking & Identification · Permission or license

You agree TikTok can customize ads on and off the Platform using information it receives from third parties

You agree that TikTok can customize ads and other sponsored content from creators, advertisers and partners that you see on and off the Platform based on, among other points, information TikTok receives from third parties. The words “among other points” mean third-party information is one input rather than the only one.

Supporting quotations

To help us provide the Platform, including to give our users a better experience, you agree that we can:

You agree that we can customize ads and other sponsored content from creators, advertisers, and partners, that you see on and off the Platform based on, among other points, information we receive from third parties.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Covers ads seen on and off the Platform.
• Third-party information is one of several inputs (“among other points”).

Not stated here

• The Terms do not name the third parties or the kinds of information received from them.

Cross-references

• refers to (model-proposed): TikTok customizes the creators, content and ads you see, on and off the Platform — Section 3.8 has you agree to ad customization using third-party information, which supplements the description of customization in Section 3.1.

Use & Processing · Permission or license

If you use TikTok software, you give TikTok permission to install updates

If you download or otherwise use TikTok’s software, including its applications, you give TikTok permission to install updates to that software.

Supporting quotations

To help us provide the Platform, including to give our users a better experience, you agree that we can:

If you download or otherwise use our software, including our applications, you give us permission to install updates to the software.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Applies if you download or otherwise use TikTok software, including applications.

Not stated here

• The Terms do not say whether updates are installed with notice or can be declined.

Content & IP Rights · Procedure

You agree to the Intellectual Property Policy and may report suspected infringement through TikTok’s forms

TikTok says it respects copyright and other intellectual property rights and expects you to do the same. You agree to the terms of its Intellectual Property Policy, and the summary says you must follow those additional rules. You can report suspected infringements of your intellectual property rights through separate copyright and trademark/counterfeiting reporting pages linked in the Terms.

Supporting quotations

We respect copyright and other intellectual property rights and expect for you to do the same. You agree to the terms of our Intellectual Property Policy. You can report suspected infringements of your intellectual property rights on the Platform here:

Copyright:

Trademark and Counterfeiting:

You should read our Intellectual Property Policy and must follow those additional rules.

Not stated here

• The text of the Intellectual Property Policy is not supplied here, so this card cannot say what rules it adds.
• The reporting pages are linked but their content is not supplied here.

Use & Processing · Context

TikTok may provide generative AI features for you to supply Input and generate Output

TikTok may provide and make available generative AI-enabled features, with related services, applications, products and content, for you to provide Input and generate Output as described in Section 3.5. The Terms state this as something TikTok may do, not a commitment to provide any particular feature.

Supporting quotations

We may provide and make available to you generative AI-enabled features (and their related services, applications, products and content) for you to provide Input and generate Output as described in Section 3.5.

Your Content also includes prompts, questions, files, and other types of information that you submit to our AI-powered interfaces ("Input") together with the responses those interfaces generate ("Output").

Qualifications & exceptions

• Stated as something TikTok “may” provide.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception

AI Output comes “as is” without warranties, and you are responsible for your Input and use of Output

Output is provided “as is” and made available to you without any representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied. You are responsible for your Input and your use of Output and for all consequences. You understand that no contract or enforceable promise between you and TikTok USDS Joint Venture can be created or modified by any Output. A later part of the Terms, in the limitation of liability section, adds further generative AI disclaimers.

Supporting quotations

Output is provided "as is" and is made available to you without any representations or warranties of any kind, whether express or implied. You are responsible for your Input and your use of Output, and for all consequences resulting therefrom

You understand that no contract or enforceable promise between you and TikTok USDS Joint Venture can be created or modified by any Output

Qualifications & exceptions

• Output carries no representations or warranties of any kind, express or implied.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception

You agree not to use AI Input or Output in a way that violates the Terms, laws or others’ rights

You agree that you will not use, attempt to use, or help anyone else use or attempt to use, the Platform, including its generative AI-enabled features, in violation of the Terms. You also agree not to provide, create or otherwise use Input or Output in a way that violates the Terms, the Community Guidelines or other conditions or policies or any applicable laws, or that infringes, violates or misappropriates the rights of TikTok USDS Joint Venture, its users or any third party.

Supporting quotations

you agree that you will not use, attempt to use, or help anyone else use or attempt to use, the Platform, including its generative AI-enabled features, in violation of these Terms

Provide, create, or otherwise use Input or Output in a way that violates these Terms

or that infringes, violates or misappropriates the rights of TikTok USDS Joint Venture, our users, or any third party

Qualifications & exceptions

• Covers helping others and attempts, not only your own completed use.

Not stated here

• The text of the Community Guidelines is not supplied here.

Security & Safeguards · Restriction or exception

You may not use generative AI features through automated systems or bots unless authorized

You agree not to use generative AI-enabled features via any automated system or software, including automated bots, unless otherwise authorized. The Terms do not say who gives the authorization in this passage.

Supporting quotations

Use generative AI-enabled features via any automated system or software, including automated

unless otherwise authorized

Qualifications & exceptions

• Unless otherwise authorized.

Not stated here

• The Terms do not say who may authorize automated use of the AI features or how.

Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception

You may not present AI Output as human-made, including by removing or altering watermarks or markings

You agree not to represent, imply or otherwise create an impression that your Output is human-generated or generated without AI, including by removing, obscuring or altering any watermarks, content-authenticating metadata or other marking or disclosure applied to or associated with your Output.

Supporting quotations

Represent, imply or otherwise create an impression that your Output is human-generated or otherwise generated without the use of AI, including by removing, obscuring, or altering any watermarks, content-authenticating metadata, or other marking or disclosure applied to or associated with your Output

Qualifications & exceptions

• Includes removing, obscuring or altering watermarks, content-authenticating metadata or other marking.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception

You may not use AI Input or Output to defraud, deceive, mislead or impersonate others

You agree not to provide, create or otherwise use Input or Output in a fraudulent manner or to deceive, mislead or impersonate others. A further item in the same list, on circumventing restrictions and safety measures, is covered separately.

Supporting quotations

Provide, create, or otherwise use Input or Output in a fraudulent manner or to deceive, mislead or impersonate others

Security & Safeguards · Restriction or exception

You may not interfere with, disable or circumvent Platform restrictions, filters, controls or safety measures

In the same list of things you agree not to do with generative AI Output, you agree not to interfere with, disable or circumvent any restrictions, filters, controls or safety measures on the Platform, including its generative AI-enabled features. “Including” means including but not limited to, so the rule is not confined to the AI features.

Supporting quotations

and you agree not to:

Interfere with, disable, or circumvent any restrictions, filters, controls or safety measures on our Platform, including our generative AI-enabled features.

In these Terms, “include” or “including” means “including but not limited to.”

Qualifications & exceptions

• Appears as the last item of the list that follows “you agree not to:” in the generative AI section, but is worded to cover the whole Platform.

Not stated here

• The Terms do not list the restrictions, filters, controls or safety measures in this passage.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception

The Platform is provided “as is” with no guarantee it will be safe, secure, error-free or uninterrupted

The Platform is provided “as is.” TikTok and its affiliates make no guarantees that the Platform, including its generative AI-enabled features, will be safe, secure and free from errors, or that it will work without interruption, delay or defect.

Supporting quotations

The Platform is provided “as is.” We and our affiliates make no guarantees that the Platform, including its generative AI-enabled features, will be safe, secure, and free from errors, or that it will function without interruption, delay or defect.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Includes the generative AI-enabled features.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception

TikTok, TT Commerce & Global Services and their affiliates disclaim all warranties, express or implied

To the maximum extent permitted by law, TikTok USDS Joint Venture, TT Commerce & Global Services (identified in section 3.1 as BD TikTok USA LLC) and each of their affiliates, officers, directors, employees, agents and advisors disclaim all warranties, express or implied. The Terms name the implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, validity, registrability and non-infringement, and any warranties arising from course of dealing or course of performance. “Including” means including but not limited to.

Supporting quotations

To the maximum extent permitted by law: We and TT COMMERCE & GLOBAL SERVICES, ALONG WITH EACH'S AFFILIATES, AND EACH OF THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, AND ADVISORS, DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, VALIDITY, REGISTRABILITY, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT, AND ANY WARRANTIES ARISING FROM COURSE OF DEALING OR COURSE OF PERFORMANCE.

In these Terms, “include” or “including” means “including but not limited to.”

Qualifications & exceptions

• Applies to the maximum extent permitted by law.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception

TikTok is not responsible for users’ content or conduct and has no obligation to pre-screen or monitor content

Users and others are solely responsible for their content and use of the Platform. TikTok says it is not responsible for users’ and others’ actions or conduct, on or off the Platform, and does not guarantee the accuracy, integrity, appropriateness or quality of content users share, which may include offensive, inappropriate, obscene, unlawful or otherwise objectionable content. You acknowledge that TikTok has no obligation to pre-screen, monitor, review or edit content posted by you or other users. This sits beside other sections that describe TikTok reviewing content and using moderators and automated tools, which are permissions rather than duties.

Supporting quotations

Users and others are solely responsible for their content and use of the Platform. We are not responsible for users’ and others’ actions or conduct (whether on or off the Platform) and we do not guarantee the accuracy, integrity, appropriateness, or quality, of any content that users and others share on the Platform (including offensive, inappropriate, obscene, unlawful, and other objectionable content).

You acknowledge that we have no obligation to pre-screen, monitor, review, or edit any content posted by you or other users on the Platform.

Qualifications & exceptions

• The paragraph opens with “To the maximum extent permitted by law”.

Cross-references

• contrast (model-proposed): You agree TikTok can use automated tools and human moderators to review Your Content and metadata — The Terms say TikTok has no obligation to pre-screen, monitor, review or edit content, while another section has you agree TikTok may use automated tools and human moderators to review Your Content; one disclaims a duty and the other grants permission.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception

Generative AI features and Output carry no representations or warranties, and you bear the risk of using them

In addition to the general disclaimer, and to the maximum extent permitted by law, TikTok, TT Commerce & Global Services and their affiliates and personnel make no representations or warranties, express or implied, about your use of the generative AI-enabled features and Output. Use of Output and the AI features is at your own risk and you bear all consequences. TikTok does not endorse content in Output, and Output does not reflect its views. You are responsible for reviewing, verifying and deciding how to use Output, and should not rely on it as a source of truth, a substitute for professional advice, or to inform decisions about, for example, health, finance or law. The Terms say Output may be inaccurate, incomplete, misleading, objectionable, inappropriate, unlawful and unfit for a particular purpose, and that by using the Platform you recognize and assume this risk.

Supporting quotations

to the maximum extent permitted by law: WE AND TT COMMERCE & GLOBAL SERVICES, ALONG WITH EACH'S AFFILIATES, AND EACH OF THEIR RESPECTIVE OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, AND ADVISORS, MAKE NO REPRESENTATIONS OR WARRANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WITH RESPECT TO YOUR USE OF OUR GENERATIVE AI-ENABLED FEATURES AND OUTPUT.

Your use of Output, and of our generative AI-enabled features, is at your own risk, and to the maximum extent permitted by law, you bear all consequences of your use of Output.

you should not rely on Output as a source of truth or fact, as a substitute for professional advice, or to inform decisions related to e.g., health, finance, or law.

Output you generate may be inaccurate, incomplete, misleading, objectionable, inappropriate, unlawful, and unfit for a particular purpose, and by using the Platform, including its generative AI-enabled features, you recognize and assume this risk.

Output is provided "as is" and is made available to you without any representations or warranties of any kind, whether express or implied.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Applies to the maximum extent permitted by law.
• The examples of decisions (health, finance, law) are introduced by “e.g.”.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception

TikTok disclaims liability for service changes, interruptions, unauthorized access, viruses and your password lapses

Except as required by applicable law, TikTok says it is not liable to you for loss or damage resulting from any changes it may make to the services, or any permanent or temporary interruption or cessation of the Platform or its features; your failure to keep your password or account details secure and confidential; any unauthorized access to or use of the Platform; or any viruses or malicious code transmitted to or through the Platform by a third party.

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EXCEPT AS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW, WE SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE WHICH MAY BE INCURRED BY YOU AS A RESULT OF:

ANY CHANGES WHICH WE MAY MAKE TO THE SERVICES, OR FOR ANY PERMANENT OR TEMPORARY INTERRUPTION OR CESSATION IN THE PROVISION OF THE PLATFORM (OR ANY FEATURES WITHIN THE SERVICES)

YOUR FAILURE TO KEEP YOUR PASSWORD OR ACCOUNT DETAILS SECURE AND CONFIDENTIAL

ANY UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS TO OR USE OF THE PLATFORM

ANY VIRUSES OR MALICIOUS CODE TRANSMITTED TO OR THROUGH THE PLATFORM BY ANY THIRD PARTY

Qualifications & exceptions

• Except as required by applicable law.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception

TikTok disclaims liability for advertising reliance, advertiser transactions and any content, including your use of it

Except as required by applicable law, TikTok says it is not liable to you for loss or damage resulting from your reliance on the completeness, accuracy or existence of any advertising, or from any relationship or transaction between you and an advertiser or sponsor whose advertising appears on the Platform; or from any content submitted by a user or by TikTok, including your use of content.

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EXCEPT AS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW, WE SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE WHICH MAY BE INCURRED BY YOU AS A RESULT OF:

ANY RELIANCE PLACED BY YOU ON THE COMPLETENESS, ACCURACY OR EXISTENCE OF ANY ADVERTISING, OR AS A RESULT OF ANY RELATIONSHIP OR TRANSACTION BETWEEN YOU AND ANY ADVERTISER OR SPONSOR WHOSE ADVERTISING APPEARS ON THE PLATFORM

ANY CONTENT WHETHER SUBMITTED BY A USER OR TIKTOK USDS JOINT VENTURE, INCLUDING YOUR USE OF CONTENT

Qualifications & exceptions

• Except as required by applicable law.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception

TikTok disclaims liability for platform errors, inaccurate Output and actions taken in reliance on Output

Except as required by applicable law, TikTok says it is not liable to you for loss or damage resulting from errors, mistakes or inaccuracies on the Platform, including Output that is inaccurate, incomplete, misleading, objectionable, inappropriate, unlawful or unfit for a particular purpose, or from any actions taken or not taken in reliance on Output.

Supporting quotations

EXCEPT AS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW, WE SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE WHICH MAY BE INCURRED BY YOU AS A RESULT OF:

ERRORS, MISTAKES, OR INACCURACIES ON THE PLATFORM, INCLUDING WITH RESPECT TO OUTPUT THAT IS INACCURATE, INCOMPLETE, MISLEADING, OBJECTIONABLE, INAPPROPRIATE, UNLAWFUL, OR UNFIT FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE

ANY ACTIONS TAKEN OR NOT TAKEN IN RELIANCE ON OUTPUT

Qualifications & exceptions

• Except as required by applicable law.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception

TikTok disclaims liability for personal injury or property damage resulting from your use of the Platform

Except as required by applicable law, TikTok says it is not liable to you for loss or damage resulting from personal injury or property damage resulting from your use of the Platform.

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EXCEPT AS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW, WE SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE WHICH MAY BE INCURRED BY YOU AS A RESULT OF:

PERSONAL INJURY OR PROPERTY DAMAGE RESULTING FROM YOUR USE OF THE PLATFORM

Qualifications & exceptions

• Except as required by applicable law.

Not stated here

• The Terms do not say which injuries or damage are required by law to remain TikTok’s responsibility.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception

TikTok disclaims liability for account suspension or termination and for content removal, including through enforcement

Except as required by applicable law, TikTok says it is not liable to you for loss or damage resulting from suspension or termination of your account or the end of the relationship between you and TikTok, or from the removal or unavailability of any content, including due to enforcement of TikTok’s rules or compliance with court orders.

Supporting quotations

EXCEPT AS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW, WE SHALL NOT BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY LOSS OR DAMAGE WHICH MAY BE INCURRED BY YOU AS A RESULT OF:

THE SUSPENSION OR TERMINATION OF YOUR ACCOUNT OR END OF RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN YOU AND US, AND/OR

THE REMOVAL OR UNAVAILABILITY OF ANY CONTENT, INCLUDING DUE TO ENFORCEMENT OF OUR RULES OR COMPLIANCE WITH COURT ORDERS.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Except as required by applicable law.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception

TikTok and related parties exclude punitive, consequential, lost-profit and other types of damages

TikTok’s liability, and that of its affiliates and business partners, is limited to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law. Under no circumstance will TikTok USDS Joint Venture, its affiliates, service providers or business partners (including TT Commerce & Global Services and its affiliates) or their officers, directors, employees, agents or advisors be liable under the Terms, in tort (including negligence), contract or otherwise, for punitive, consequential, incidental, exemplary or special damages; damages not reasonably foreseeable when the Terms were entered into; damages based on lost profits, loss of reputation, diminution in value, loss of goodwill, loss of opportunity or loss of anticipated savings; loss or corruption of data you suffer; or indirect or consequential losses. This applies even if TikTok has been advised of the possibility of such damages.

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Our liability and that of our affiliates and business partners shall be limited to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.

Under no circumstance will TikTok USDS Joint Venture or our affiliates, service providers, or business partners, including TT Commerce & Global Services, and its affiliates, and each of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents, and advisors, be liable under these Terms, whether in an action in tort (including negligence) or contract or otherwise for any punitive, consequential, incidental, exemplary or special damages

or any damages based on lost profits (whether incurred directly or indirectly), loss of reputation or diminution in value, loss of goodwill, loss of opportunity, loss of anticipated savings, loss or corruption of data suffered by you, or indirect or consequential losses which may be incurred by you, even if TikTok USDS Joint Venture has been advised of the possibility of such damages.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Limited to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.
• Applies even if TikTok USDS Joint Venture has been advised of the possibility of such damages.

Charges & Financial Obligations · Restriction or exception

Total liability is capped at the greater of $100 or what you paid TikTok in the past 12 months

To the extent permitted by applicable law, the maximum aggregate liability of TikTok USDS Joint Venture and its affiliates, service providers and business partners (including TT Commerce & Global Services and its affiliates) and their officers, directors, employees, agents and advisors, arising out of or relating to the Terms or your use of the Platform is capped, under no circumstance, at the greater of $100 or the amount you have paid TikTok in the past 12 months.

Supporting quotations

To the extent permitted by applicable law, the maximum aggregate liability of TikTok USDS Joint Venture and our affiliates, service providers and business partners, including TT Commerce & Global Services, and its affiliates, and each of our respective officers, directors, employees, agents, and advisors, arising out of or relating to these Terms or your use of the Platform shall, under no circumstance, exceed the greater of $100 or the amount you have paid us in the past 12 months.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Applies to the extent permitted by applicable law.
• The cap is the greater of $100 or the amount you paid TikTok in the past 12 months.

Not stated here

• The Terms do not say what counts as an amount “paid us”, for example whether payments made to other parties or through third-party stores are included.

Cross-references

• contrast (model-proposed): You must defend, indemnify and hold harmless TikTok, its affiliates, partners and personnel from claims tied to your use — TikTok’s own liability is capped at the greater of $100 or what you paid in 12 months, while your indemnity to TikTok and related parties covers any and all claims with no stated monetary limit.

Sharing & Disclosure · Restriction or exception

Third-party apps and services you use with the Platform are governed by their own terms, with no TikTok warranties

You can use third-party applications and services that integrate with the Platform, for example single sign-on tools or sharing content to other social media platforms, and the Platform may integrate third-party services, including software and products, to provide generative AI-enabled features. Your use of these third-party applications and services is governed by their terms and privacy policies, not TikTok’s. TikTok makes no commitments, warranties or representations about the quality, security or integrity of third-party applications and services you choose to use with the Platform.

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You can use third-party applications and services that integrate with the Platform, such as when you log in to the Platform using a single sign-on tool or share content on other social media platforms. The Platform may also integrate third-party services, including software and products, to provide generative AI-enabled features.

Your use of these third-party applications and services is governed by their terms and privacy policies, not ours. We make no commitments, warranties or representations about the quality, security or integrity of third-party applications and services you choose to use with the Platform.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Applies to third-party applications and services you choose to use with the Platform.
• Their terms and privacy policies govern that use, not TikTok’s.

Not stated here

• The Terms do not say here what information is exchanged with these third-party applications and services.
• Third-party terms and privacy policies are not supplied here.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Context

TikTok says it seeks a safe experience but cannot guarantee everything on or integrated with the Platform is safe

The plain-language summary says TikTok will always seek to provide a great and safe user experience, but you take the Platform as it is. It cannot guarantee that everything on the Platform, including Output, or integrated with it, is safe and complies with its policies. The summary repeats that the Platform is provided “as is” and that by using it you agree TikTok’s liability is limited to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law.

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We will always seek to provide you with a great and safe user experience, but you take the Platform as it is and understand that we cannot guarantee that everything that is on the Platform, including Output, or that integrates with it, is safe and complies with our policies.

by using the Platform, you agree that our liability is limited to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law

Qualifications & exceptions

• The commitment is to “seek” a safe experience, not to deliver one.

Account & Service Control · Context

If you delete your account the Terms end, but listed sections and obligations that by nature should survive continue

If you delete your account, the Terms (as may be amended) end as an agreement between you and TikTok, except for obligations that by their nature should survive. The Terms list Section 3.5 (ownership of content and grant of licenses), Section 4 (limitation of liability), Section 5, Section 7 (indemnity), Section 8 (resolving disputes) and Section 9 (other) as examples, and say obligations under legal requirements or court orders also remain. The indemnity section separately says your indemnification obligations survive termination. Section 3.5 includes licenses that it describes as irrevocable (and, for other users, perpetual and irrevocable), so those terms are among those the survival clause names.

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If you delete your account, these Terms (as may be amended) will terminate as an agreement between you and us, except for obligations that remain in place which by their nature should survive the termination of these Terms, including the obligations set out in: Section 3.5 “Ownership of content and grant of licenses,” Section 4 “Limitation of liability,” Section 5 "Suspending or ending our relationship," Section 7 “Indemnity,” Section 8 “Resolving disputes,” and Section 9 “Other.”

Obligations under applicable legal requirements or court order will also remain in place despite the termination.

if you delete your account, some obligations under these Terms will survive

This provision and your indemnification obligations will survive any termination of your relationship with TikTok USDS Joint Venture and the expiration or termination of these Terms, by either party.

3.5 Ownership of content and grant of licenses

non-exclusive, irrevocable, and royalty-free

perpetual and irrevocable

In these Terms, “include” or “including” means “including but not limited to.”

Qualifications & exceptions

• Applies when you delete your account.
• The listed sections are introduced by “including”, which means including but not limited to.

Not stated here

• The Terms do not say which other obligations “by their nature” survive beyond the sections named.
• The Terms do not say here how long TikTok keeps data after account deletion.

Account & Service Control · Permission or license

TikTok may ban, suspend or restrict your account at any time, without notice, at its sole discretion

TikTok reserves the right, at any time and without prior notice, to ban or suspend your account, or restrict your access to features of the Platform, at its sole discretion. The Terms say this includes cases where TikTok has reason to believe, in its sole discretion, that you violated the Terms, the Community Guidelines or other conditions or policies. “Including” means including but not limited to, so the listed grounds do not limit the right. The plain-language summary says TikTok can take these account actions as specified.

Supporting quotations

We reserve the right, at any time and without prior notice, to ban or suspend your account, or restrict your access to features of the Platform, at our sole discretion, including if:

we have reason to believe in our sole discretion that you have violated these Terms

We can take actions related to your account as specified above.

In these Terms, “include” or “including” means “including but not limited to.”

Qualifications & exceptions

• No prior notice is required.
• The grounds listed in the following items are examples, not a limit on the right.

Not stated here

• The text of the Community Guidelines is not supplied here.
• The Terms do not say here whether a reason is given to the user.

Account & Service Control · Permission or license

Listed grounds for bans include legal requirements, security issues, suspected fraud and sanctions designations

The Terms give these examples of when TikTok may ban or suspend your account or restrict features: it is legally required to do so; in its judgment it is necessary to respond to a technical or security issue; it suspects fraud, money laundering, terrorist financing, activities that violate anti-corruption, economic sanctions or export control laws, or other illegal activity by the user; you or any of your shareholders is designated on any Sanctioned Party Lists, or blocked by being directly or indirectly 50% or more owned or controlled by a designated party; or it determines it cannot perform its obligations under “this Agreement” because of prohibitions or exposure to sanctions risk.

Supporting quotations

we are legally required to do so

it is necessary in our judgment to respond to a technical or security issue

we suspect fraud, money laundering, terrorist financing, activities that violate anti-corruption, economic sanctions or export control laws, or other illegal activity by the user

you or any of your shareholders is designated on any Sanctioned Party Lists or blocked by virtue of being directly or indirectly, 50% or more, owned or controlled by any party designated on any Sanctioned Party Lists

we determine that we cannot perform our obligations under this Agreement due to prohibitions, or exposure to risk of sanctions.

Qualifications & exceptions

• These are examples introduced by “including”.
• The sanctions ground applies to you or any of your shareholders.

Not stated here

• The Terms use “this Agreement” in the last item but elsewhere use “these Terms” and do not define “Agreement” separately.

Account & Service Control · Permission or license

If you were banned or suspended and open another account, TikTok may ban or suspend those accounts too

If TikTok has previously banned or suspended your account and you use the Platform again, for example by opening another account, TikTok is entitled to ban or suspend any such accounts.

Supporting quotations

If we have previously banned or suspended your account, but you use our Platform again (for example, by opening another account), we are entitled to ban or suspend any such accounts.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Applies where you were previously banned or suspended and use the Platform again.

Account & Service Control · User right or choice

You can appeal a ban, suspension or restriction, and TikTok says it will review its decision

If you think TikTok should not have banned or suspended your account, or restricted your access to features, you may submit an appeal through the functionalities provided on the Platform, and TikTok says it will review its decision. The Terms point to a linked help page for more.

Supporting quotations

If you think we should not have banned or suspended your account, or restricted your access to features of the Platform, you may submit an appeal through the functionalities provided on the Platform and we will review our decision.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Appeals go through the functionalities provided on the Platform.

Not stated here

• The Terms do not say how long a review takes or what outcome it can have.
• The linked help page is not supplied here.

Account & Service Control · Context

A permanent ban ends the Terms as an agreement, except surviving obligations

If TikTok permanently bans your accounts, the Terms (as may be amended) end as an agreement between you and TikTok, except for obligations that by their nature should survive. The same sections are listed as after account deletion: Section 3.5, Section 4, Section 5, Section 7, Section 8 and Section 9, and obligations under legal requirements or court orders also remain.

Supporting quotations

If we permanently ban your accounts, these Terms (as may be amended) will terminate as an agreement between you and us, except those obligations will remain in place which by their nature should survive the termination of these Terms, including the obligations set out in: Section 3.5 “Ownership of content and grant of licenses,” Section 4 “Limitation of liability,” Section 5 "Suspending or ending our relationship," Section 7 “Indemnity,” Section 8 “Resolving disputes,” and Section 9 “Other.” Obligations under applicable legal requirements or court order will also remain in place despite the termination.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Applies when TikTok permanently bans your accounts.

Not stated here

• The Terms do not say which other obligations “by their nature” survive beyond the sections named.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Company commitment

TikTok may change the Terms and, unless law requires otherwise, will notify you of material changes before they apply

TikTok may change the Terms from time to time. Unless otherwise required by law, it will notify you of material changes and give you an opportunity to review them before they apply. Where urgent changes are needed, for example for security, safety, legal or regulatory reasons, it may not be able to give advance notice but says it will let you know as soon as it is reasonably able to do so.

Supporting quotations

We may make changes to these Terms from time to time.

Unless otherwise required by law, we will notify you of any material changes to these Terms and give you an opportunity to review them before they apply.

Where we need to make urgent changes, for example, for security, safety, legal or regulatory reasons, we may not be able to provide you with advance notice, but we will let you know as soon as we are reasonably able to do so.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Advance notice applies to material changes, unless otherwise required by law.
• Urgent changes may take effect without advance notice.

Not stated here

• The Terms do not say how notice is given or how long the review period is.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception

Continuing to use the Platform after updated Terms take effect means you agree to be bound by them

You agree to regularly review the Terms to stay informed of changes, and to review them whenever you receive a notice that they have been updated. The “Last Updated” date reflects the effective date of the Terms. If you continue to use the Platform after updated Terms are in effect, you agree to be bound by them. Updated Terms supersede all prior versions unless a particular provision of the updated Terms states otherwise. TikTok suggests you print or save a local copy of the Terms for your records. The summary says that if you want to keep using the Platform after a change, you will need to agree to it.

Supporting quotations

You agree to regularly review the Terms to stay informed of the latest changes, and to review the Terms whenever you receive a notice from us that the Terms have been updated.

If you continue to use the Platform after any updated Terms are in effect, you agree to be bound by the updated Terms. Such Terms supersede all prior versions of the Terms unless a particular provision of the updated Terms states otherwise.

You should print off or save a local copy of the Terms for your records.

if you want to keep using the Platform, you will need to agree to the changes

Qualifications & exceptions

• Agreement to updated Terms is through continued use after they take effect.
• A provision of the updated Terms can state that it does not supersede prior versions.

Not stated here

• The Terms do not say how you would decline an update other than stopping use of the Platform.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception

You must defend, indemnify and hold harmless TikTok, its affiliates, partners and personnel from claims tied to your use

You agree to defend, indemnify and hold harmless TikTok USDS Joint Venture and its affiliates, service providers and business partners, including TT Commerce & Global Services and its affiliates, and each of their officers, directors, employees, agents and advisors. The covered items are any and all claims, demands, damages, orders, awards, settlements, losses, liabilities and costs (including attorneys’ fees and other costs of defense or settlement) and expenses of every kind and character arising out of or relating to your use of the Platform under the Terms. The Terms say this includes a breach of your obligations, representations and warranties and any violation of export controls or economic sanctions laws of the United States, United Kingdom, European Union, Singapore or another applicable jurisdiction. The provision and your indemnification obligations survive termination of your relationship with TikTok and of the Terms.

Supporting quotations

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless TikTok USDS Joint Venture and our affiliates, service providers, and business partners, including TT Commerce & Global Services and its affiliates, and each of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents and advisors from any and all claims, demands, damages, injunctions, orders, awards, settlements, losses, liabilities, liens, encumbrances, causes of action, of every kind and character, costs (including attorneys’ fees and other costs of arbitration, litigation, defense, or settlement), and expenses arising out of or relating to your use of the Platform under these Terms

including a breach of your obligations, representations and warranties under these Terms, and any violation of export controls or economic sanctions laws of the United States, United Kingdom, European Union, Singapore, or any other applicable jurisdiction.

This provision and your indemnification obligations will survive any termination of your relationship with TikTok USDS Joint Venture and the expiration or termination of these Terms, by either party.

You agree to defend, indemnify, and hold harmless certain entities and individuals in accordance with the above.

in violation of export controls or economic sanctions laws of the United States, United Kingdom, European Union, Singapore, or any other applicable jurisdiction

In these Terms, “include” or “including” means “including but not limited to.”

Qualifications & exceptions

• Covers claims, losses and costs arising out of or relating to your use of the Platform under the Terms; “including” means including but not limited to, so breach and sanctions violations are examples.
• Survives termination of your relationship with TikTok USDS Joint Venture and expiration or termination of the Terms, by either party.

Not stated here

• The Terms do not state a monetary limit on your indemnity here, while section 4 limits TikTok’s liability.
• The indemnity mentions costs of arbitration and litigation, but these Terms contain no separate arbitration section; section 8.2 provides for court venues.

Cross-references

• contrast (model-proposed): Total liability is capped at the greater of $100 or what you paid TikTok in the past 12 months — TikTok’s own liability is capped at the greater of $100 or what you paid in 12 months, while your indemnity to TikTok and related parties covers any and all claims with no stated monetary limit.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Procedure

Disputes must first go through an informal process: notice, 60 days to respond, then court action may be filed

Before either side files legal action, the party raising a dispute starts an informal process by notifying the other. The party that receives notice has 60 days to respond. If the dispute is not resolved after the response time has expired, or within 30 days after a response has been issued, whichever is earlier, either party may file legal action. Completing this process is a requirement before filing any legal action. You, TikTok USDS Joint Venture and TT Commerce & Global Services agree to make a good faith effort to resolve the dispute amicably first. In this section “we” and “us” include TikTok USDS Joint Venture, TT Commerce & Global Services, their parents, subsidiaries and affiliates, and their officers, directors, employees, agents and advisors. It applies to disputes relating to or arising out of the Terms or the Platform, regardless of when they arose or accrued.

Supporting quotations

If we have a dispute with you relating to or arising out of these Terms or the Platform, regardless of when the dispute may have arisen or accrued, we will first try and resolve it with you amicably. You agree to do the same for us; our parents, subsidiaries, and affiliates; and TT Commerce & Global Services.

In this section, (Section 8.1) the terms “TikTok USDS Joint Venture,” “we,” or “us” include TikTok USDS Joint Venture, TT Commerce & Global Services, each of their parents, subsidiaries, and affiliates, and each of their respective officers, directors, employees, agents and advisors.

The party raising a dispute will initiate this process by notifying the other. Whichever party receives the notice will have 60 days to respond. If the dispute has not been resolved after the response time has expired, or within 30 days after a response has been issued, whichever is earlier, either party may file legal action against the other. Engaging in this informal dispute resolution process is a requirement that must be completed before filing any legal action.

We hope we do not get into a dispute but, if we do, there are a couple of ways we can try to resolve it.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Covers disputes relating to or arising out of the Terms or the Platform, regardless of when the dispute arose or accrued.
• Section 8.1 reads “we” and “us” broadly to include related companies and personnel.

Not stated here

• The Terms do not say how notice must be delivered, what it must contain, or what counts as resolving the dispute.
• The sentence about timing (“after the response time has expired, or within 30 days after a response has been issued, whichever is earlier”) does not say how the dates work if no response is issued.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Context

During the informal process, the statute of limitations and filing-fee deadlines are tolled

The Terms say that the statute of limitations and any filing-fee deadlines are tolled, meaning paused, while the parties engage in the informal dispute resolution process.

Supporting quotations

the statute of limitations and any filing fee deadlines shall be tolled while the parties engage in the informal dispute resolution process

Qualifications & exceptions

• Applies while the parties engage in the informal dispute resolution process.

Not stated here

• The Terms do not say whether the one-year period in section 8.3 is also paused during this process; they refer only to the statute of limitations and filing-fee deadlines.

Cross-references

• contrast (model-proposed): You and TikTok must start any proceeding within one year, or the claim is permanently barred — The informal process tolls the statute of limitations and filing-fee deadlines, while the one-year clause bars claims not started within one year of the event; the Terms do not say whether the tolling reaches the one-year period.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Context

California law governs the Terms and any claims relating to them

The Terms, and any claims, causes of action or demands of any kind arising out of or relating to them, are governed by the laws of the State of California, without regard to conflict of law principles.

Supporting quotations

These Terms and any claims, causes of action, of any kind or character, or demand arising out of or relating to the Terms will be governed by the laws of the State of California, without regard to conflict of law principles.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Applies without regard to conflict of law principles.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception

Disputes must be resolved only in Central District of California federal court or Los Angeles County Superior Court

Any claim, cause of action or dispute arising out of or relating to the Terms or the Platform must be resolved exclusively in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California or the Superior Court of the State of California, County of Los Angeles. This applies even if the dispute arose before you agreed to the Terms. You also agree to submit to the personal jurisdiction of either court for litigating such a claim.

Supporting quotations

Any claim, cause of action or dispute, arising out of or relating to these Terms or the Platform shall also be resolved exclusively in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California or the Superior Court of the State of California, County of Los Angeles, regardless of whether the claim, cause of action, or dispute arose prior to your agreement to these Terms. You also agree to submit to the personal jurisdiction of either of these courts for the purpose of litigating any such claim.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Applies regardless of whether the claim arose before your agreement to the Terms.

Not stated here

• The Terms do not say here whether small-claims or other court types are excluded.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception

You and TikTok must start any proceeding within one year, or the claim is permanently barred

You and TikTok USDS Joint Venture agree that any proceeding or action about a dispute arising out of or related to the Terms or the Platform must be started within one year of the date of the event or facts giving rise to it. Otherwise you forever waive the right to pursue any claim or cause of action based on those events or facts, and the claim is permanently barred. The sentence is addressed to both parties but the waiver is stated in terms of what you waive.

Supporting quotations

YOU AND TIKTOK USDS JOINT VENTURE AGREE THAT YOU MUST INITIATE ANY PROCEEDING OR ACTION WITHIN ONE (1) YEAR OF THE DATE OF THE OCCURRENCE OF THE EVENT OR FACTS GIVING RISE TO A DISPUTE THAT IS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THESE TERMS OR THE PLATFORM.

OTHERWISE, YOU FOREVER WAIVE THE RIGHT TO PURSUE ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION, OF ANY KIND OR CHARACTER, BASED ON SUCH EVENTS OR FACTS, AND SUCH CLAIM(S) OR CAUSE(S) OF ACTION ARE PERMANENTLY BARRED.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Applies to disputes arising out of or related to the Terms or the Platform.
• The one-year clock runs from the date of the occurrence of the event or facts.

Not stated here

• The Terms do not say whether the informal process in section 8.1 extends the one-year period; section 8.1 refers only to the statute of limitations and filing-fee deadlines.

Cross-references

• contrast (model-proposed): During the informal process, the statute of limitations and filing-fee deadlines are tolled — The informal process tolls the statute of limitations and filing-fee deadlines, while the one-year clause bars claims not started within one year of the event; the Terms do not say whether the tolling reaches the one-year period.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Context

The Terms plus applicable Additional Terms are the whole agreement and replace prior TikTok Inc. terms

These Terms and any applicable Additional Terms are the whole legal agreement between you and TikTok USDS Joint Venture, govern your use of the Platform, and completely replace any prior terms of service between you and TikTok Inc. related to the Platform.

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These Terms and any applicable Additional Terms described above are the whole legal agreement between you and TikTok USDS Joint Venture, govern your use of the Platform and completely replace any prior terms of service between you and TikTok Inc. related to the Platform.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Replaces prior terms of service between you and TikTok Inc. that relate to the Platform.

Not stated here

• The prior TikTok Inc. terms are not supplied here, so this card cannot say what changed.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Permission or license

You cannot transfer or assign your rights under the Terms, but TikTok can freely assign its own without notice

Any rights and permissions granted in the Terms may not be transferred or assigned by you. TikTok’s rights and obligations under the Terms are freely assignable by TikTok, without any requirement to notify you or anyone else, in connection with a merger, acquisition, sale or disposition of assets, sale or transfer of equity (whether by direct or indirect ownership), or by operation of law or otherwise. The summary repeats that the Terms are assignable by TikTok.

Supporting quotations

Any rights and permissions granted in them, may not be transferred or assigned by you. Our rights and obligations under these Terms are freely assignable by us without any requirement to notify you or any third party, in connection with a merger, acquisition, sale or disposition of assets, sale or transfer of equity (whether by direct or indirect ownership) or by operation of law or otherwise.

These Terms are assignable by us.

Qualifications & exceptions

• TikTok’s assignment is described as “in connection with” listed transactions “or by operation of law or otherwise”, so the list is not limiting.
• No notice to you or any third party is required.

Not stated here

• The sentence on your restriction says rights and permissions “granted in them” without naming who received them; the Terms do not state whether this covers anything beyond rights granted to you.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Context

Not enforcing a term is not a waiver, and an invalid provision is removed only as far as needed

If TikTok or you fail to enforce or insist on any provision of the Terms, that is not a waiver of any provision or right. If any portion of the Terms is found invalid or unenforceable, that provision is removed to the minimum extent required to make it enforceable under applicable law, and the remaining provisions continue with full force and effect. The summary says a dispute about one part does not change that both sides agree the rest of the Terms, as written, are the agreement.

Supporting quotations

Our or your failure to enforce any provision of these Terms will not be construed as a waiver of any provision or right.

If any portion of these Terms is found to be invalid or unenforceable, then the removal of that provision will be done to the minimum extent required to make it enforceable under applicable law and the remaining provisions will continue to have full force and effect.

Even if there is a dispute about one part of the Terms, this does not change that we both agree that the rest of these Terms, as written, are the agreement between us.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Removal of an invalid provision is limited to the minimum extent required.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Context

In the Terms, “include” and “including” mean “including but not limited to”

The Terms define “include” and “including” to mean “including but not limited to.” Lists introduced by those words, such as examples of prohibited conduct, grounds for account action or kinds of damages, are examples rather than complete lists.

Supporting quotations

In these Terms, “include” or “including” means “including but not limited to.”

Qualifications & exceptions

• Applies wherever the Terms use “include” or “including”.

Content & IP Rights · Context

Open source software in the Platform is under its own license terms

The Platform contains certain open source software. Each item of open source software is subject to its own applicable license terms, which the Terms say can be found at the linked Open Source Policy.

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The Platform contains certain open source software. Each item of open source software is subject to its own applicable license terms, which can be found at

Qualifications & exceptions

• Each item is subject to its own license terms.

Not stated here

• The Open Source Policy is linked but its text is not supplied here, so this card cannot say which software or licenses it lists.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Procedure

You can contact TikTok USDS Joint Venture, including about the Terms, through a linked form

The Terms say you can contact TikTok USDS Joint Venture, including to ask questions about the Terms, through a linked page. No postal or email address is given in this section.

Supporting quotations

You can contact us, including to ask questions about these Terms,

Not stated here

• The linked contact page is not supplied here, so this card cannot say what contact options it offers.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception

The Terms and Community Guidelines apply to everyone and all content; you cannot interact with violating content

These Terms and the Community Guidelines apply to everyone and to all content on the Platform. If you want to use the Platform, you cannot create, post, share, link to or otherwise interact with content that violates them. The list that follows is introduced as examples: you must not use, or help anyone else use, the Platform to do the things listed in this section.

Supporting quotations

These Terms and our Community Guidelines, apply to everyone and to all content on the Platform. If you want to use the Platform, you can’t create, post, share, link to or otherwise interact with content in violation of them.

For example, you must not use, or help anyone else use, the Platform to:

make sure you follow the rules. If you see something that should not be on our Platform, please tell us.

Qualifications & exceptions

• The list of prohibited uses is introduced with “For example”, so it does not limit the general rule.

Not stated here

• The text of the linked Community Guidelines is not supplied here, so this card cannot say what they prohibit.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception

You must not do anything misleading or harmful, or anything TikTok determines violates or risks violating applicable law

You must not use, or help anyone else use, the Platform to do anything misleading or harmful, or anything that TikTok determines violates or risks violating laws, regulations or requirements where you live or where TikTok operates. The Terms name anti-corruption, anti-money laundering, counter terrorist financing, import controls, export controls and economic sanctions laws as examples; “including” here means including but not limited to. The test for the legal limb is TikTok’s own determination.

Supporting quotations

do anything misleading or harmful

do anything that we determine violates or risks violating applicable laws, regulations, or requirements where you live or where we operate, including anti-corruption, anti-money laundering, counter terrorist financing, import controls, export controls, and economic sanctions laws or regulations

In these Terms, “include” or “including” means “including but not limited to.”

Qualifications & exceptions

• For the legal limb, the standard is what “we determine” violates or risks violating laws, not a court finding.
• The listed categories of law are examples, not a complete list.

Not stated here

• The Terms do not say how TikTok makes that determination or whether notice or a chance to respond is given.

Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception

You must not engage with minors in an exploitative or inappropriate way

You must not use, or help anyone else use, the Platform to engage with minors in an exploitative or inappropriate way. The Terms do not define “inappropriate” in this passage.

Supporting quotations

engage with minors in an exploitative or inappropriate way

Not stated here

• “Inappropriate” is not defined in this passage.

Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception

You must not upload content that breaks the law, including without consent of people whose images appear

You must not upload Your Content in violation of applicable laws, including laws requiring the consent of the individuals whose images appear in it or their legally authorized representatives. The Terms define Your Content as content you create, import, upload, publish or generate with the Platform, including messages, and also the prompts and other information you submit to AI-powered interfaces (Input) together with the responses they generate (Output).

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upload content in violation of applicable laws, including laws requiring the consent of individuals whose images appear in Your Content, or their legally authorized representatives

Your Content includes content you create, import, upload, publish, or generate with the Platform, including messages.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Applies to Your Content as defined in section 3.5, which includes AI Input and Output.

Security & Safeguards · Restriction or exception

You must not interfere with Platform security or reverse engineer it without written authorization

You must not upload viruses or malicious code, or do anything that could disable, overburden, interfere with or undermine the Platform’s operations or security. You also must not reverse engineer, disassemble or decompile the Platform or any of its components, including its algorithms, code or infrastructure, without explicit written authorization from TikTok USDS Joint Venture.

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upload viruses or malicious code, or do anything that could disable, overburden, interfere with, or undermine, the Platform’s operations or security

reverse engineer, disassemble, or decompile the Platform or any of its components, including its algorithms, code, or infrastructure, without explicit written authorization from TikTok USDS Joint Venture

Qualifications & exceptions

• Reverse engineering is allowed only with explicit written authorization from TikTok USDS Joint Venture.

Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception

You must not engage in inauthentic commercial behavior such as spam or impersonation accounts

You must not engage in inauthentic commercial behaviors, such as operating spam or impersonation accounts or other means further detailed in the Community Guidelines.

Supporting quotations

engage in inauthentic commercial behaviors, such as by operating spam or impersonation accounts or any other means further detailed in our

Qualifications & exceptions

• Further means are detailed in the Community Guidelines.

Not stated here

• The Community Guidelines are linked but their text is not supplied here.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception

You must not submit appeals, reports, notices or complaints that are unfounded

You must not submit appeals, reports, notices or complaints which are unfounded. The Terms do not say who decides whether one is unfounded or what follows.

Supporting quotations

submit appeals, reports, notices or complaints which are unfounded

Not stated here

• The Terms do not say who decides that a report is unfounded or what the consequence is.
• Any policy that defines what is “unfounded” is not supplied here, so this card cannot say what counts as unfounded.

Security & Safeguards · Restriction or exception

Automated scraping, crawling or extraction of Platform data is banned unless TikTok approves it in writing

You must not scrape, crawl, export or otherwise extract any data or content, in any form and for any purpose, from the Platform using any automated system or software, including automated bots, except as approved in writing by TikTok USDS Joint Venture.

Supporting quotations

scrape, crawl, export or otherwise extract any data or content in any form, for any purpose, from the Platform using any automated system or software, including automated “bots,” except as approved in writing by TikTok USDS Joint Venture

Qualifications & exceptions

• Only written approval from TikTok USDS Joint Venture lifts the ban.

Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception

You must not use or try to use another user’s account without authorization

You must not use, or attempt to use, another user’s account without authorization.

Supporting quotations

use or attempt to use another user’s account without authorization

Not stated here

• The Terms do not say who must give the authorization (the account holder or TikTok).

Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception

No commercial use of TikTok Content, another user’s content or generative AI features without permission

You must not use TikTok Content, another user’s content or generative AI-enabled features for commercial purposes unless permitted by TikTok USDS Joint Venture or the user, respectively, including through applicable account settings. TikTok Content means content TikTok makes available for you to use in accordance with the Terms, such as images, designs, videos, filters, text, music or sounds, in which TikTok or its rights holders retain all rights.

Supporting quotations

use TikTok Content (as defined in Section 3.5), another user's content or generative AI-enabled features for commercial purposes unless permitted by TikTok USDS Joint Venture or the user, respectively (including via applicable account settings)

we may make certain content available on the Platform for you to use in accordance with these Terms, including images, designs, videos, filters, text, music, or sounds (“TikTok Content”). We, or the rights holders of such content that let us provide it to you, retain all rights in and to the TikTok Content.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Permission comes from TikTok USDS Joint Venture for TikTok Content and AI features, and from the user for that user’s content, including via account settings.

Not stated here

• The Terms do not define “commercial purposes” in this passage.

Cross-references

• refers to (model-proposed): TikTok Content you may use stays owned by TikTok or its rights holders — The commercial-use prohibition relies on the Section 3.5 definition of TikTok Content.

Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception

You must not violate or exceed the license terms in Section 3.5

You must not violate or exceed the license terms in Section 3.5. Section 3.5 contains several licenses: the license you grant TikTok USDS Joint Venture over Your Content, the license other users receive over Your Content, and TikTok Content that you may use in accordance with the Terms. The Terms do not say which of these this prohibition is aimed at, so the practical reach is not fully specified.

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violate or exceed the license terms in Section 3.5

3.5 Ownership of content and grant of licenses

you grant to TikTok USDS Joint Venture a license to use Your Content

you also grant to each user of the Platform a non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual and irrevocable, worldwide license to use Your Content

Qualifications & exceptions

• The prohibition refers to Section 3.5 as a whole.

Not stated here

• The Terms do not say which of the section 3.5 licenses the prohibition is meant to enforce against you.
• The Terms do not point to any license text beyond that section, and none is supplied here.

Cross-references

• refers to (model-proposed): You grant TikTok a non-exclusive, irrevocable, royalty-free, sublicensable, worldwide license to Your Content — The prohibition on violating or exceeding the license terms in Section 3.5 points to the licenses that section sets out, including the one granted to TikTok.
• refers to (model-proposed): Depending on your sharing settings, every Platform user also gets a perpetual, irrevocable license to Your Content — The same prohibition also points to the license other users receive over Your Content in Section 3.5.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception

You must not sell, transfer or export items where export controls or comprehensive sanctions apply

You must not sell, transfer, export, reexport, finance, order, buy, remove, conceal, store, use, loan, dispose of, transport, forward or otherwise service, in whole or in part, any technology, software, commodity or other item to any country or territory for which the United States, United Kingdom, European Union, Singapore or another applicable jurisdiction requires an export license, in violation of export control or sanctions laws. The same bar applies to any country or territory under comprehensive sanctions, called Embargoed Jurisdictions, which include but are not limited to Cuba, Iran, North Korea and the listed regions of Ukraine.

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sell, transfer, export, reexport, finance, order, buy, remove, conceal, store, use, loan, dispose of, transport, forward, or otherwise service, in whole or in part, any technology, software, commodity, or other item:

to any country or territory for which the United States, United Kingdom, European Union, Singapore or any other applicable jurisdiction requires an export license, in violation of export controls or economic sanctions laws of the United States, United Kingdom, European Union, Singapore, or any other applicable jurisdiction

to any country or territory against which comprehensive sanctions are imposed, administered, implemented or enforced by any relevant government authority or regulatory body ("Embargoed Jurisdictions"). Embargoed Jurisdictions include, but are not limited to, Cuba, Iran, North Korea

Qualifications & exceptions

• The first limb applies only where an export license is required and the conduct violates export control or sanctions law.
• Embargoed Jurisdictions “include, but are not limited to” the named places.

Not stated here

• The Terms do not say how a user would be affected by a change in which jurisdictions are sanctioned.

Cross-references

• referred to by (model-proposed): You certify you are not in an embargoed country, on a sanctioned party list, or owned or controlled by a listed party — The certification speaks of an Embargoed Country while the export-restriction list defines Embargoed Jurisdictions; the Terms do not say the two terms are equivalent.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception

You must not deal in items with sanctioned parties or anyone owned or controlled by, or acting for, them

The same list of dealings is also barred to anyone on any list of sanctioned parties issued and maintained by a relevant government authority or regulatory body, including the UN Security Council Consolidated Sanctions List, the EU Consolidated Financial Sanctions List and U.S. lists such as the OFAC Specially Designated Nationals list and the Commerce Department’s Denied Person’s, Military End-User and Entity Lists (together “Sanctioned Party Lists”). It also covers anyone owned, controlled or acting on behalf of such a party. The lists are examples (“including but not limited to”).

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sell, transfer, export, reexport, finance, order, buy, remove, conceal, store, use, loan, dispose of, transport, forward, or otherwise service, in whole or in part, any technology, software, commodity, or other item:

to anyone on any list of sanctioned parties issued and maintained by any relevant government authority or regulatory body, including but not limited to the United Nations Security Council Consolidated Sanctions List

(collectively, "Sanctioned Party Lists"), or anyone owned, controlled, or acting on behalf of such a sanctioned party, or

Qualifications & exceptions

• Covers anyone owned or controlled by, or acting on behalf of, a sanctioned party.
• The named lists are examples, not a complete list.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception

You must not deal in technology or other items in support of developing or producing weapons

The same list of dealings is barred when done in support of the development or production of any firearm or military weapon, which the Terms say includes chemical, biological or nuclear weapons and their means of delivery.

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sell, transfer, export, reexport, finance, order, buy, remove, conceal, store, use, loan, dispose of, transport, forward, or otherwise service, in whole or in part, any technology, software, commodity, or other item:

in support of the development or production of any firearm or military weapon, which includes any chemical, biological, or nuclear weapon or their means of delivery.

Qualifications & exceptions

• Applies to the same dealings in technology, software, commodities or other items.

Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception

You certify you are not in an embargoed country, on a sanctioned party list, or owned or controlled by a listed party

You certify that you are not located in, organized under the laws of, or ordinarily resident in an “Embargoed Country”, and that you are not designated on any Sanctioned Party Lists. The third item, about entities and organizations owned or controlled 50% or more, directly or indirectly, by or acting for a listed party, is worded in a way that is hard to parse. The earlier list defines “Embargoed Jurisdictions”, while this certification says “Embargoed Country”, a term this passage does not define separately.

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In addition, you certify that you are not:

located in, organized under the laws of, or ordinarily resident in an Embargoed Country

designated on any Sanctioned Party Lists

if any entity or organization, directly or indirectly, 50% or more, owned or controlled by, or acting on behalf of any party on any Sanctioned Party Lists and your officers, directors, controlling shareholders, employees, and agents are not designated on Sanctioned Party Lists

Qualifications & exceptions

• The 50% ownership test appears only in the third item and is stated for entities or organizations.

Not stated here

• “Embargoed Country” is not defined; the Terms define “Embargoed Jurisdictions”, and the Terms do not say whether the two are meant to match.
• The third item’s sentence is ambiguous as written, so exactly who must not be designated (the entity, its officers, directors, shareholders, employees and agents) is not fully clear.

Cross-references

• refers to (model-proposed): You must not sell, transfer or export items where export controls or comprehensive sanctions apply — The certification speaks of an Embargoed Country while the export-restriction list defines Embargoed Jurisdictions; the Terms do not say the two terms are equivalent.