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Community Guidelines Overview

TikTok's Community Guidelines apply to everyone and everything on the platform. Content that breaks them can be removed, age-restricted, or made ineligible for the For You feed (FYF). Here's what every Nadeems Vibe creator needs to know.

Safety & Civility

  • Violent & criminal behavior — no threats, glorification of violence, promotion of crime, or instructions for harmful acts.
  • Hate speech & hateful behavior — no attacks or demeaning content targeting protected attributes like race, religion, gender, or sexual orientation.
  • Harassment & bullying — no degrading remarks, doxing, sexual harassment, or coordinated abuse.
  • Violent & hateful organizations — no support for or promotion of extremist or criminal groups.

Mental & Behavioral Health

  • Suicide & self-harm — no content showing, promoting, or instructing self-harm.
  • Disordered eating & risky weight management — no promotion of harmful weight-loss behaviors or products with exaggerated claims.
  • Dangerous activities & challenges — no stunts or dares likely to cause physical harm.

Sensitive & Mature Themes

  • Sexual content — restrictions on nudity, sexual activity, sexual services, and sexually suggestive behavior, especially involving minors.
  • Shocking & graphic content — no extremely gory or disturbing material.
  • Animal abuse — no cruelty, neglect, or exploitation of animals.

Integrity & Authenticity

  • Misinformation — no false information that could cause significant harm, including harmful conspiracy theories and misleading AI-generated content.
  • Civic & election integrity — political figures and parties face extra restrictions; paid political advertising is prohibited.
  • IP & copyright — don't post content that infringes someone else's copyright without permission.

Practical tips for creators

  • When unsure whether something is allowed, ask: would I be comfortable with my grandmother, a brand, and TikTok's moderators all seeing this?
  • Violations stack up — repeated FYF-ineligible content can make your whole account harder to find.
  • You can appeal enforcement decisions in the TikTok app via Inbox notifications.

Source: TikTok Community Guidelines (tiktok.com/community-guidelines). Rules change — always verify in-app.