Updated: August 15, 2024
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Hate speech and hateful behavior includes attacking, threatening, dehumanizing or degrading an individual or group based on their protected attributes.
Protected attributes mean personal characteristics that you are either born with, are immutable, or it would cause severe psychological harm if you were forced to change them or were attacked because of them. These include race, ethnicity, national origin, religion, tribe, caste, sexual orientation, sex, gender, gender identity, serious disease, disability, and immigration status.
Degrading speech that is not focused on the protected attributes of an individual or group is considered bullying or harassment.
Hate speech and hateful behavior has no place on TikTok. We do not allow hate speech and hateful ideologies, and will not recommend content that contains negative stereotypes about a person or group with a protected attribute. We use a combination of technology and human moderators to detect and remove accounts and content that break our rules.
Hate speech can be conveyed through any form of expression, including images, text, audio, cartoons, memes, objects, gestures, and symbols, some of which won’t always be obvious.
Hateful individuals and groups target their victims through a range of tactics including:
Nobody deserves to be attacked based on their protected attributes and TikTok does not tolerate these attacks on our platform. Being attacked because of your identity can be hurtful and distressing, and can also lead to negative long-term mental health effects, including anxiety and depression. If the victim is someone you know, consider checking in with them so you can talk about what they might be going through.
Report: If you or someone you know is experiencing hateful behavior on TikTok, please report it so our moderation team can review and take appropriate action if it violates TikTok’s Community Guidelines.
If you decide to report, you can feel safe knowing that TikTok will not disclose your identity to the person who you are reporting about. Your feedback helps us continuously review and improve our policies, systems and products.
Review our safety tools: We encourage you to use the various safety tools on TikTok to decide who can interact with you or your content. See below for tools and features to protect your well-being on TikTok.
Seek support: It might also be helpful to reach out to someone you trust so you can speak to them about your feelings and find support for yourself, a friend or family member experiencing hateful behaviors. See our Well-Being Guide for more tips.
Our search tool can also help you find local organizations you can reach out to to learn more about countering hate.
Duets allow users to create videos responding to others’ TikTok content. You can decide who has permission to Duet or Stitch with you. You can choose one setting for all videos or adjust the setting for each video individually. For users under 16, the feature is set to ‘No one’ and cannot be changed. For 16 to 17-year-old users, this feature is set to ‘Friends’ but can be changed to ‘No one’ or ‘Everyone’. Learn how
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