Tiktok is preparing an update on its Community guidelines, which dictate the rules for participating in the social videos as well as what standards the company is using to determine the videos they make to feed. While update is largely rewriting the original text for simplicity, there are some elements that surpass the new revision-mainly how Tiktok gives priority to its market, how deeply it personalizes the experience per user and a slight change in the type of content that allows AI allowed.
Today, social media companies must comply with a series of regulations worldwide, as well as the United Kingdom’s Security Act (OSA), the EU Digital Services Act and the US Act, which has partially led to policy revisions on some platforms, as well as the Bluesky information.
Tiktok changes, released on September 13, 2025, are not as important as the company seems to be simply rewriting the text for clarity.
However, a section that saw several additions to the updated instructions covers the Rules for living creators Tiktok.
The company warns the creators that they are responsible for everything that is happening in their live session, even if it includes third -party tools, such as real -time translation or text tools in text to read spectators’ comments. Tiktok advises creators to monitor these tools to make sure they do not violate the rules through these third party services.
Another notable addition to this section introduces new instructions for commercial content.
Tiktok stresses that commercial content must be revealed. It also immediately states that it will reduce the visibility of the content that directs users to “buy out -of -platform products where the Tiktok store is available”.
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The company also says it is Adaptation of users’ search results.
While the previous version of the guidelines stated that Tiktok provided “search suggestions” related to the user, new instructions indicate that “both search results and recommendations may seem different for everyone”. The guidelines explain that Tiktok uses information such as your previous searches and what you have attended to make the search results more relevant.
Updated rules reveal it comments They are personalized.
Tiktok says comments are sorted based on signals such as previous answers, he likes reports. Again, this means that the commentary section will look different from user to user.
THE Section for AI content It has not changed dramatically, although the language here has become less verbose in places when describing what kind of Deepfake content is not allowed. Tiktok has previously prohibited the content that “shares or have false valid sources or crisis manifestations or have false public elements in some context,” he said. “This includes intimidated, making an approval, or approved.”
This has now been replaced by the language that says that Tiktok does not allow the content “this is misleading for public importance or harmful to individuals”.
It is interesting to note that the language referred to in AI approvals was removed. (Maybe Tiktok paves the way for approved celebrities created by Ai-ai?)
In some cases, the language in the guidelines has been simplified, as in the case of For eligibility standards (FYF) (FYF)that no longer has a long list of what is considered to be not eligible content. Instead, the details of the non -eligible content are propagated in all the many different parts of the Community’s updated guidelines, which makes the reference less useful, since they are no longer in one place.
It is also worth noting that Tiktok has changed the language that explains why he is involved in content moderation.
Before, the company stated that the process maintained the “safe, reliable and vibrant” platform. It now describes the moderation of content that helps Tiktok to be a “safe, fun and creative place for everyone”.
It looks “reliable” took the ax. Uh-oh.
