Last Updated: October 2026
1. Introduction
1.1 TikTok thanks you for your contribution to the TikTok LIVE content ecosystem and is sharing this policy so that you better understand your role in developing high quality content on TikTok LIVE.
1.2 This Policy is subject to and supplemented by the Creator Network Code of Conduct. Terms defined in the Creator Network Code of Conduct have the same meaning as used in this Policy, unless otherwise described. In the event of any conflict between the provisions of this Policy and the Creator Network Code of Conduct and/or other TikTok Policies, the terms of this Policy take precedence, solely to the extent of such conflict.
1.3 We remind you that, pursuant to your LIVE Services Agreement ("LSA") with TikTok, you are obliged to ensure that your creators will comply with TikTok's Terms of Service, Community Guidelines and any other applicable policies, rules, terms and conditions issued by TikTok from time to time. Your LIVE Services Agreement incorporates the Creator Network Code of Conduct and you are responsible for ensuring that your creators understand any obligations in that policy that may impact their go-live and monetization opportunities. The fee you receive from TikTok will reflect any violations by your creators of our platform-wide policies and the Creator Network Code of Conduct.
1.4 You are reminded that the Creator Network Code of Conduct requires you to manage LIVE creators in line with such policy. Your creators are prohibited from coercing, encouraging or soliciting gifts or access to exclusive content and they may not post, upload, stream or share any content that breaches the Community Guidelines. Where they invite other creators to participate in their content, they are responsible for the contributions made by such third parties.
1.5 Your creators benefit from continued guidance and training from you. From time to time, your TikTok business partner will update you on trends in violations of Community Guidelines and other content related TikTok Policies by the LIVE community in your region. We expect you to manage your creators actively to avoid them contributing to such trends.
2. Priority Remediation
2.1 Pursuant to this Policy we set out our expectations in relation to content that requires priority remediation. You are expected to provide guidance and training to avoid your creators from producing content that falls the violation scenarios outlined in this section. Where any of your creators has produced content under these violation scenarios, we expect you to prioritise these creators for closer management and redirect them to produce appropriate content. In addition, your Creator Network fee and Creator Network Task Bonus will be subject to the provisions of section 3 below.
You acknowledge and agree that TikTok has sole discretion to determine that a livestream constitutes Content Violation under this Policy.
Content Safety Violation
2.2 For the purpose of this Policy, Content Safety Violations include but are not limited to:
(1) Minor safety
a. Sexual exploitation of minors: CSAM (Child Sexual Abuse Material) or sexual exploitation of a minor. Sexual exploitation of minors includes any abuse of a position of power or trust for sexual purposes, including profiting financially, socially, sexually, or politically from exploiting a minor. CSAM is defined as any visual depiction of sexually explicit nudity or conduct of a minor, whether captured by predatory adults, peers or self-generated by minors.
b. Grooming behaviours: Grooming behaviors are those in which an adult builds an emotional relationship with a minor in order to gain the minor's trust for the purposes of future or ongoing sexual contact, sexual abuse, trafficking, or other exploitation. These behaviours may include flattery, requests for contact on or off platform, requests for personal information, solicitation of minor sexual abuse material, sexual comments, etc.
c. Nudity and sexual activity involving minors: overtly revealing of breasts, genitals, anus, or buttocks, or displaying sex acts involving minors.
d. Physical and psychological harm of minors: physical abuse involving minors, neglect, child endangerment, and psychological disparagement.
(2) Adult nudity and sexual activities
a. Streaming contents showing, promoting, or engaging in any sexual contact that happens without the consent of everyone involved in the activity, including rape and molestation.
b. Streaming content that depicts, promotes, or glorifies sexual solicitation, including offering or asking for sexual partners, sexual chats or imagery, sexual services, premium sexual content, etc.
c. Nudity and sexual activity involving adults: overtly revealing of breasts, genitals, anus, or buttocks, or displaying sex acts involving adults.
(3) Illegal activities and regulated goods
a. Criminal activities, which include but are not limited to human exploitation (human trafficking, domestic servitude, etc).
b. Regulated goods: promotion or trade of firearms (firearms, firearm accessories, ammunition or explosive weapons), drugs, and other controlled substances.
(4) Violent extremism
a. Streaming statements of intent to inflict physical injuries, and violence on an individual or a group.
b. Promoting or engaging in violence, including terrorist organizations, organized hate groups, criminal organizations and other non-state armed groups that target civilians.
LIVE Monetization Guidelines Violations
2.3 TikTok LIVE enables creators and viewers to connect, create, and build communities together in real-time. To ensure that LIVE monetization features are used in ways that promote the positive interactions they're intended for, our LIVE Monetization Guidelines (LMG) lay out how some content is not eligible for monetization.
(1) LIVE content that involves monetization-related features is held to a higher integrity standard. Content or behavior that misleads users, manipulates engagement or rewards, or exploits platform mechanisms for unfair gain is ineligible for LIVE monetization. This principle applies to all existing and future LIVE monetization features and may be further specified in feature-level policies. We may temporarily restrict access to monetization features for content or creators who violate these Guidelines, with repeated or severe violations potentially leading to permanent restriction.
(2) The areas covered by LMG include, but are not limited to, body exposure and sexualized behaviors, dangerous activity and challenges, harassment and bullying, inauthentic LIVE experience, low quality content, fake engagement and gift baiting, degrading or disruptive behaviors, monetization involving youths, conflicts or tragedies, critical events and others.
Begging Content Violation
2.4 For the purpose of this Policy, the following is Begging content violation in violation of TikTok Policies:
(1) content that shows people with illnesses or disabilities on LIVE in exchange for likes, comments, shares, or gifts from viewers.
(2) content or behaviours where creators leverage personal financial needs or causes for Gifts, without other authentic engagement or interaction.
Static Imagery with Low Visual Quality Violation
2.5 For the purpose of this Policy, Static Imagery with Low Visual Quality includes but is not limited to:
(1) Static, text-based or motionless images;
(2) Poorly illuminated LIVE without a visible subject or object;
(3) Fixed footage filming a static subject, object, or outdoors
3. Violation Consequences
A. General
3.1 Pursuant to your LSA, TikTok is entitled, at its sole discretion, to determine the consequences of inappropriate management of your creators. This may include termination of your LSA and/or deductions to Creator Network Task Bonuses under Fee Policy of LSA.
a. Where consequences of inappropriate management happen in any and all categories:
(1) the calculation for each category will be made without considering deductions to Creator Network Task Bonuses in another category.
(2) the maximum deductions for any calendar month will reduce the Creator Network Task Bonus to zero; it will not produce a negative Creator Network Task Bonus balance (i.e. It will not result in a requirement for your Creator Network to make payment to TikTok or start any calendar month with a negative balance).
b. The calculation of the total number of Content Violations within your Creator Network for a calendar month is subject to the results of any of your creators in that month and any appeals that have been resolved in the favour of such creator by the 5th day of the following month will not be included in any Content Violation calculation. But for Content Violations in Group LIVE, one counted Content Violation is subject to the appeal result by relevant creators upon the LIVE ending.
B. Content Safety Violation
If, in any calendar month, any of your creators produces a Content Safety Violation ("Violative Creator"), the consequences are as follows:
3.2 All Creator Networks: TikTok will deduct the task bonus contributed by the creator from 1st LIVE of the month to day of the Violative LIVE, and publish a private warning to you.
3.3 Small Creator Networks: Creator Networks with 200 go-live creators or less in a given month are considered Small Creator Networks. In addition to the consequences of 3.2 above, where there are more than 3 Violative Creators in the network in a given month, the following will apply:
(i) When the monthly Highest Severity Violation Rate and Number are in the Tier 1 range (as stipulated under Appendix), then the deduction amount of Creator Network Task Bonus will be 3 times the bonus associated with Violative Creators and 5 or 10 points will be deducted from your Creator Network Health Score (as described in the TikTok Creator Network Management Policy); or
(ii) When the monthly Highest Severity Violation Rate and Number are in the Tier 2 range (as stipulated under Appendix), then the deduction amount of Creator Network Bonus will be 5 times the bonus associated with Violative Creators and 5 or 10 points will be deducted from your Creator Network Health Score (as described in the TikTok Creator Network Management Policy).
3.4. Large Creator Networks: Creator Networks with more than 200 go-live creators will be considered Large Creator Networks. Higher standards are expected of Large Creator Networks and the consequences will be greater. In addition to the consequences of 3.2 above, where there are more than 3 Violative Creators in the network in a given month, the following will apply:
(i) When monthly Highest Severity Violation Rate and Number are in the Tier 2 range (as stipulated under Appendix), then the deduction amount of Creator Network Task Bonus will be 3 times the bonus associated with Violative Creators and 5 or 10 points will be deducted from your Creator Network Health Score (as described in the TikTok Creator Network Management Policy); or
(ii) When the monthly Highest Severity Violation Rate and Number are in the Tier 3 range (as stipulated under Appendix) , then the deduction amount of Creator Network Bonus will be 5 times the bonus associated with Violative Creators and 5 or 10 points will be deducted from your Creator Network Health Score (as described in the TikTok Creator Network Management Policy).
3.5 When the number of Violative Creators is in the Tier 1 range (as stipulated under Appendix) in a given month in a creator network (regardless of the scale), the deduction amount of Creator Network Task Bonus will be 2 times the bonus associated with Violative Creators. Please be aware that only the higher amount specified under either section 3.5 or under section 3.3/3.4 (depending on the creator network scale) will be deducted.
The cap deduction amount under sections 3.3, 3.4 and 3.5 will be 50% of the Creator Network Task Bonuses in the corresponding month.
The deduction period under 3.B will be from the 1st day of the month to the day of the LIVE session where the last violation was conducted.
C. LIVE Monetization Guidelines (LMG) Violations
If, in a calendar month, any creator within a Creator Network has a gifting suspension (with or without LIVE being restricted in recommendations and search results) of 7 days or more ("Violative Creator") due to an LMG violation, the following consequences apply:
3.6 Basic violation consequences (for all Creator Networks): Deduction of the Creator Network task bonus associated with the violative LIVE streams.
3.7 Additional violation consequences:
D. Begging Content Violation
If, in any calendar month, any of your creators produces Begging Content ("Violative Creator"), the consequences are as follows:
3.8 All Creator Networks: the Violative Creator will be removed from your creator network, and TikTok may deduct any and all Creator Network Task Bonuses associated with the specific creator.
3.9 Small Creator Networks: Creator Networks with 200 go-live creators or less in a given month are considered Small Creator Networks. In addition to the consequences of 3.8 above, where there are 3 or more Violative Creators in the network in a given month, TikTok is entitled not to pay the Creator Network Task Bonus of the month, terminate the agreement with creator network, or deduct 50 health score points (if launched).
3.10 Large Creator Networks: Creator Networks with more than 200 go-live creators will be considered Large Creator Networks. In addition to the consequences of 3.8 above,
(1) where there are 3 or more Violative Creators in a given month, the deduction amount of Creator Network Task Bonus will be 3 times the bonus associated with Violative Creators, and deduct 5 or 10 health score points as the case may be (if launched).
(2) where there are 10 or more Violative Creators in a given month, TikTok is entitled not to pay the Creator Network Task Bonus of the month, terminate the agreement with creator network, or deduct 50 health score points (if launched).
Appendix:
You can find the latest Monthly Regional Violation Rate and Number applicable to your region via your account on LIVE Backstage.
[Note: Monthly Highest Severity Violation Rate: the number of Violative Creators in the creator network in the corresponding month/the monthly go-live creators in the creator network in the corresponding month.]
E. Static Imagery with Low Visual Quality Violation
If, in any calendar month, any of your creators produces static imagery with low visual quality ("Violative Creator"), the consequences are as follows:
3.11 All Creator Networks: TikTok will
(i) remove the Violative LIVE's duration from the Violative Creator's monthly LIVE duration in the calculation of the Creator Network task bonus;
(ii) deduct the Creator Network task bonus associated with the Violative LIVE;
(iii) TikTok may deduct any and all Creator Network task bonus associated with the Violative Creator. This applies to Violative Creator with 6 or more violative LIVE streams.
3.12 Small Creator Networks: Creator Networks with 200 Active Creators or less in a given month are considered Small Creator Networks. In addition to the consequences of 3.11 above, TikTok will deduct 5 x Creator Network task bonus associated with the Violative Creators and deduct health score, if the number of monthly Violative Creators is 5 or more.
Active Creators: The creators who went LIVE, excluding those who have quit the Creator Network or went LIVE only as a guest during multi-guest.
3.13 Large Creator Networks: Creator Networks with more than 200 Active Creators will be considered Large Creator Networks. In addition to the consequences of 3.11 above, if the Creator Network meets either one of the thresholds below: TikTok will deduct 3 x Creator Network task bonus associated with the Violative Creators and deduct health score. If the Creator Network meets both thresholds below: TikTok will deduct 5 x Creator Network task bonus associated with the Violative Creators and deduct health score.
(i) The percentage of Monthly Violative Creators among all Monthly Active Creators is 2% or more; or/and
(ii) The percentage of Monthly Violative Creators' collected Diamonds among all creators is 10% or more.