TikTok AI Features policy evolution
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Jul 31, 2026traininghigh
model training
Latest stance: training permitted
“We use the Information We Collect for the following purposes: To operate and administer the Services, such as enabling you to create, share, and consume content and to interact with other users and their content, and providing user support. To review, support, improve, and develop the Services, and train, test, and improve technology, such as machine learning models and algorithms, including by analyzing how people are using the Services; conducting research; soliciting feedback; monitoring your activity and usage across the devices you use to access the Services; and scanning, analyzing, and reviewing user content, messages, AI interactions, and associated metadata. To personalize and customize certain features and content, such as providing your “For You” feed and content creation tools. To provide our shopping features and facilitate the purchase and delivery of products, goods, and services. To promote our and third-party products and services through marketing campaigns, including communications, contests, and events. We may also use user content as part of our marketing campaigns, with your permission. To provide and improve our advertising services and measure the effectiveness of the ads we serve. To support the social functions of the Services, including to permit you and others to connect with each other (for example, through our Find Friends function), to suggest accounts to you and suggest your account to others, and for you and others to share, download, and otherwise interact with user content.”
Open citationJul 20, 2026traininghigh
model training
Latest stance: training permitted
“We, or the rights holders of such content that let us provide it to you, retain all rights in and to the TikTok Content. To provide the Platform, we need certain rights from you (called a license). By creating, inputting, publishing, and otherwise providing Your Content on or to the Platform, you grant to TikTok USDS Joint Venture a license to use Your Content that is: non-exclusive, irrevocable, and royalty-free (you retain the rights to use Your Content elsewhere, although we don't owe you any payments for sharing Your Content with us) assignable and sub-licensable, including through multiple tiers (so we can, for example, work with service providers and business partners to help distribute Your Content); and worldwide (so we can show your content to a global audience). Our license to use Your Content includes our rights to access, reproduce (e.g. to copy), distribute, share, download, adapt or make derivative works (e.g. to translate and/or create captions), perform, and communicate Your Content to the public (e.g. to display it), for the purposes of operating, improving, and providing the Platform and developing new technologies (including training, testing, and improving our machine learning models and algorithms) and services for TikTok USDS Joint Venture and our service providers and business partners, consistent with these Terms and subject to your Platform settings. Depending on your Platform usage, including your sharing activities and settings, you also grant to each user of the Platform a non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual and irrevocable, worldwide license to use Your Content, including to access, reproduce (e.g.”
Open citationJul 20, 2026trainingmedium
data sharing
Latest stance: third party or vendor sharing
“We, or the rights holders of such content that let us provide it to you, retain all rights in and to the TikTok Content. To provide the Platform, we need certain rights from you (called a license). By creating, inputting, publishing, and otherwise providing Your Content on or to the Platform, you grant to TikTok USDS Joint Venture a license to use Your Content that is: non-exclusive, irrevocable, and royalty-free (you retain the rights to use Your Content elsewhere, although we don't owe you any payments for sharing Your Content with us) assignable and sub-licensable, including through multiple tiers (so we can, for example, work with service providers and business partners to help distribute Your Content); and worldwide (so we can show your content to a global audience). Our license to use Your Content includes our rights to access, reproduce (e.g. to copy), distribute, share, download, adapt or make derivative works (e.g. to translate and/or create captions), perform, and communicate Your Content to the public (e.g. to display it), for the purposes of operating, improving, and providing the Platform and developing new technologies (including training, testing, and improving our machine learning models and algorithms) and services for TikTok USDS Joint Venture and our service providers and business partners, consistent with these Terms and subject to your Platform settings. Depending on your Platform usage, including your sharing activities and settings, you also grant to each user of the Platform a non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual and irrevocable, worldwide license to use Your Content, including to access, reproduce (e.g.”
Open citationJul 20, 2026traininghigh
content license
Latest stance: sublicensable or transferable
“We, or the rights holders of such content that let us provide it to you, retain all rights in and to the TikTok Content. To provide the Platform, we need certain rights from you (called a license). By creating, inputting, publishing, and otherwise providing Your Content on or to the Platform, you grant to TikTok USDS Joint Venture a license to use Your Content that is: non-exclusive, irrevocable, and royalty-free (you retain the rights to use Your Content elsewhere, although we don't owe you any payments for sharing Your Content with us) assignable and sub-licensable, including through multiple tiers (so we can, for example, work with service providers and business partners to help distribute Your Content); and worldwide (so we can show your content to a global audience). Our license to use Your Content includes our rights to access, reproduce (e.g. to copy), distribute, share, download, adapt or make derivative works (e.g. to translate and/or create captions), perform, and communicate Your Content to the public (e.g. to display it), for the purposes of operating, improving, and providing the Platform and developing new technologies (including training, testing, and improving our machine learning models and algorithms) and services for TikTok USDS Joint Venture and our service providers and business partners, consistent with these Terms and subject to your Platform settings. Depending on your Platform usage, including your sharing activities and settings, you also grant to each user of the Platform a non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual and irrevocable, worldwide license to use Your Content, including to access, reproduce (e.g.”
Open citationJul 20, 2026trainingmedium
content license
Latest stance: broad license
“We, or the rights holders of such content that let us provide it to you, retain all rights in and to the TikTok Content. To provide the Platform, we need certain rights from you (called a license). By creating, inputting, publishing, and otherwise providing Your Content on or to the Platform, you grant to TikTok USDS Joint Venture a license to use Your Content that is: non-exclusive, irrevocable, and royalty-free (you retain the rights to use Your Content elsewhere, although we don't owe you any payments for sharing Your Content with us) assignable and sub-licensable, including through multiple tiers (so we can, for example, work with service providers and business partners to help distribute Your Content); and worldwide (so we can show your content to a global audience). Our license to use Your Content includes our rights to access, reproduce (e.g. to copy), distribute, share, download, adapt or make derivative works (e.g. to translate and/or create captions), perform, and communicate Your Content to the public (e.g. to display it), for the purposes of operating, improving, and providing the Platform and developing new technologies (including training, testing, and improving our machine learning models and algorithms) and services for TikTok USDS Joint Venture and our service providers and business partners, consistent with these Terms and subject to your Platform settings. Depending on your Platform usage, including your sharing activities and settings, you also grant to each user of the Platform a non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual and irrevocable, worldwide license to use Your Content, including to access, reproduce (e.g.”
Open citationJul 20, 2026traininglow
content ownership
Latest stance: user retains rights
“We, or the rights holders of such content that let us provide it to you, retain all rights in and to the TikTok Content. To provide the Platform, we need certain rights from you (called a license). By creating, inputting, publishing, and otherwise providing Your Content on or to the Platform, you grant to TikTok USDS Joint Venture a license to use Your Content that is: non-exclusive, irrevocable, and royalty-free (you retain the rights to use Your Content elsewhere, although we don't owe you any payments for sharing Your Content with us) assignable and sub-licensable, including through multiple tiers (so we can, for example, work with service providers and business partners to help distribute Your Content); and worldwide (so we can show your content to a global audience). Our license to use Your Content includes our rights to access, reproduce (e.g. to copy), distribute, share, download, adapt or make derivative works (e.g. to translate and/or create captions), perform, and communicate Your Content to the public (e.g. to display it), for the purposes of operating, improving, and providing the Platform and developing new technologies (including training, testing, and improving our machine learning models and algorithms) and services for TikTok USDS Joint Venture and our service providers and business partners, consistent with these Terms and subject to your Platform settings. Depending on your Platform usage, including your sharing activities and settings, you also grant to each user of the Platform a non-exclusive, royalty-free, perpetual and irrevocable, worldwide license to use Your Content, including to access, reproduce (e.g.”
Open citationJul 20, 2026traininghigh
model training
Latest stance: training permitted
“We use the Information We Collect for the following purposes: To operate and administer the Services, such as enabling you to create, share, and consume content and to interact with other users and their content, and providing user support. To review, support, improve, and develop the Services, and train, test, and improve technology, such as machine learning models and algorithms, including by analyzing how people are using the Services; conducting research; soliciting feedback; monitoring your activity and usage across the devices you use to access the Services; and scanning, analyzing, and reviewing user content, messages, AI interactions, and associated metadata. To personalize and customize certain features and content, such as providing your “For You” feed and content creation tools. To provide our shopping features and facilitate the purchase and delivery of products, goods, and services. To promote our and third-party products and services through marketing campaigns, including communications, contests, and events. We may also use user content as part of our marketing campaigns, with your permission. To provide and improve our advertising services and measure the effectiveness of the ads we serve. To support the social functions of the Services, including to permit you and others to connect with each other (for example, through our Find Friends function), to suggest accounts to you and suggest your account to others, and for you and others to share, download, and otherwise interact with user content.”
Open citationJun 17, 2026traininghigh
model training
Latest stance: training permitted
“To review, support, improve, and develop the Services, and train, test, and improve technology, such as machine learning models and algorithms, including by analyzing how people are using the Services; conducting research; soliciting feedback; monitoring your activity and usage across the devices you use to access the Services; and scanning, analyzing, and reviewing user content, messages, AI interactions, and associated metadata.”
Open citationJun 17, 2026traininghigh
model training
Latest stance: training permitted
“We use the Information We Collect for the following purposes: To operate and administer the Services, such as enabling you to create, share, and consume content and to interact with other users and their content, and providing user support. To review, support, improve, and develop the Services, and train, test, and improve technology, such as machine learning models and algorithms, including by analyzing how people are using the Services; conducting research; soliciting feedback; monitoring your activity and usage across the devices you use to access the Services; and scanning, analyzing, and reviewing user content, messages, AI interactions, and associated metadata. To personalize and customize certain features and content, such as providing your “For You” feed and content creation tools. To provide our shopping features and facilitate the purchase and delivery of products, goods, and services. To promote our and third-party products and services through marketing campaigns, including communications, contests, and events. We may also use user content as part of our marketing campaigns, with your permission. To provide and improve our advertising services and measure the effectiveness of the ads we serve. To support the social functions of the Services, including to permit you and others to connect with each other (for example, through our Find Friends function), to suggest accounts to you and suggest your account to others, and for you and others to share, download, and otherwise interact with user content.”
Open citationJun 17, 2026traininghigh
model training
Latest stance: training permitted
“We use the Information We Collect for the following purposes: To operate and administer the Services, such as enabling you to create, share, and consume content and to interact with other users and their content, and providing user support. To review, support, improve, and develop the Services, and train, test, and improve technology, such as machine learning models and algorithms, including by analyzing how people are using the Services; conducting research; soliciting feedback; monitoring your activity and usage across the devices you use to access the Services; and scanning, analyzing, and reviewing user content, messages, AI interactions, and associated metadata. To personalize and customize certain features and content, such as providing your “For You” feed and content creation tools. To provide our shopping features and facilitate the purchase and delivery of products, goods, and services. To promote our and third-party products and services through marketing campaigns, including communications, contests, and events. We may also use user content as part of our marketing campaigns, with your permission. To provide and improve our advertising services and measure the effectiveness of the ads we serve. To support the social functions of the Services, including to permit you and others to connect with each other (for example, through our Find Friends function), to suggest accounts to you and suggest your account to others, and for you and others to share, download, and otherwise interact with user content.”
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