TikTok expands community guidelines to bring greater transparency for users

TikTok on Wednesday said it will remove content that threatens violence or depicts harm to individuals/groups based on attributes including religion, immigration status and national origin.

The short-video platform, which has now expanded its community guidelines to bring greater transparency to the existing rules, said it will also remove underage account holders (below 13 years of age) from the platform.

“We want to be sure users understand TikTok’s guidelines, including when and why we place some restrictions on what is or isn’t allowed on the app…The Community Guidelines we’ve published today give users far more detail than previous versions,” TikTok said in a blogpsot.

It added that users will begin receiving notifications of the updated guidelines starting on Wednesday.