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TikTok Banned These Harmful Kinds Of Videos
The new guidelines bring a stricter approach to the For You page.
On Feb. 8, TikTok updated its community guidelines to explicitly ban deadnaming, promoting disordered eating, and other harmful behaviors. Here's a brief run-down on the app's new regulations.
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Hate Speech
According to a TikTok newsroom post, TikTok has expanded its bans on “hateful ideologies” to include deadnaming, misgendering, misogyny, and “content that supports or promotes conversion therapy programs.”
Dangerous Acts & Challenges
TikTok has previously banned dangerous viral challenges like the Milk Crate Challenge. Now, the app has placed this content into its own category of “dangerous acts and challenges,” in hopes of providing clarity on what’s considered a reportable offense.
TikTok will also move content like suicide hoaxes from their suicide and self-harm policies into the “dangerous acts and challenges” category. Doing so will make it easier for users to “familiarize themselves with these guidelines,” per the newsroom post.
Stop, Think, Decide, & Act
To promote awareness of the hazardous challenges that can emerge on TikTok, the app is also working with creators to release a video series encouraging users to “stop, think, decide, and act” when engaging with potentially dangerous content.
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Banned Content
Content that depicts these behaviors may be removed or not pushed onto the For You page. According to TikTok, all videos are automatically checked by the app’s technology for blatant violations. Other violations can be flagged by the Safety Team and fellow users.