TikTok Guidelines: Body Exposure and Sexualized Behaviors

We do not allow content by young people that intends to be sexually suggestive. This includes intimate kissing, sexualized framing, or sexualized behavior. We also do not allow sexually explicit language by anyone. We do allow some artistic content with sexual references, such as song lyrics.

We work with regional experts and local communities to help ensure that our global approach considers the way harms are experienced across regions.

NOT ALLOWED

• Using sexually explicit language, such as graphic descriptions of sexual acts or arousal, e.g. Like what you see, sounds (such as moaning) , and with sexual explicit language in the profile, hashtag, title, etc.

• Showing young people engaging in:

  • Intimate kissing, such as kissing that includes closed or open mouths, tongues, biting, sucking, or groping
  • Sexualized framing, such as cropping or magnifying an image, adding a digital effect (including a sticker or arrow), or bending over to draw attention to intimate body parts
  • Sexualized behavior, such as repetitive breast or buttocks shaking or pelvic thrusting, striptease, fondling clothed intimate body parts, or licking phallic-shaped objects while making sounds or facial expressions that imply sexual arousal