{
  "platform": "TikTok",
  "url": "https://www.tiktok.com",
  "checked": "2026-10-27",
  "domains": [
    "tiktok.com"
  ],
  "browser_agent": {
    "status": "prohibited",
    "reason": "Automation tools, scripts or other tricks designed to bypass TikTok's systems are strictly prohibited."
  },
  "ai_posting": {
    "status": "allowed_with_conditions",
    "reason": "Label realistic AI-generated or significantly edited content; nothing misleading on matters of public importance or harmful to individuals."
  },
  "policies": [
    {
      "topic": "disclosure",
      "status": "allowed_with_conditions",
      "conditions": "Realistic AI-generated or significantly edited scenes or people must be labelled; unlabelled content may be removed, restricted or labelled by TikTok.",
      "quote": "we require creators to label AI-generated or significantly edited content that shows realistic-looking scenes or people",
      "source": "https://www.tiktok.com/community-guidelines/en/integrity-authenticity",
      "source_updated": "2026-09-24 (effective; released 2026-08-25)"
    },
    {
      "topic": "ai_content",
      "status": "prohibited",
      "conditions": "AIGC that misleads on matters of public importance or harms individuals isn't allowed.",
      "quote": "We don't allow content that's misleading about matters of public importance or harmful to individuals",
      "source": "https://www.tiktok.com/community-guidelines/en/integrity-authenticity",
      "source_updated": "2026-09-24"
    },
    {
      "topic": "automation",
      "status": "prohibited",
      "conditions": "Covers automation tools and scripts that bypass TikTok's systems; inauthentic metrics are removed; trading engagement services prohibited.",
      "quote": "We strictly prohibit automation tools, scripts, or other tricks designed to bypass our systems.",
      "source": "https://www.tiktok.com/community-guidelines/en/integrity-authenticity",
      "source_updated": "2026-09-24"
    }
  ],
  "observed": [
    {
      "date": "2026-10-27",
      "note": "The AI-content support article (support.tiktok.com) redirects to a tiktok.com FAQ page that rendered empty in the browser pane; the Community Guidelines page was readable by plain HTTP fetch."
    }
  ],
  "legit_route": {
    "summary": "No sanctioned route for browser agents found in TikTok's terms read here; automated access is prohibited. Any legitimate agent access would go through TikTok's official API or partner programmes, which this atlas has not verified.",
    "steps": [
      "Do not drive the website with a browser agent or scripts.",
      "Check the platform's official developer/API programme and its own terms before building anything.",
      "If no official route covers your use case, treat the action as not allowed."
    ],
    "sources": [
      "https://www.tiktok.com/community-guidelines/en/integrity-authenticity"
    ]
  }
}