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AI-Generated Content Restrictions and Requirements

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TikTok Shop allows AI-generated content, but it must be truthful, accurate, and clearly disclosed when AI is fully or significantly used. Do not use AI to impersonate people, fake endorsements, misstate product details, or show unreal product results. Violations can lead to content removal, visibility limits, warnings, restrictions, or bans.

Key points

  • Disclose content that is fully or significantly created or edited by AI.
  • Use on-screen text, watermark, note, or the platform’s "AI-generated content" toggle.
  • Do not use AI to impersonate another person’s identity, likeness, name, or voice.
  • Do not use AI to make products look different from what buyers receive.
  • Do not show unreal or unsupported product effects, results, or performance.
  • Do not use AI with third-party likenesses, voices, names, or trademarks without authorization.
  • Official TikTok AI effects are auto-labeled, but third-party AI use still requires disclosure when needed.

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  • AI content is allowed if it is accurate and not misleading.
  • Disclose AI use clearly when it is fully or significantly generated or edited by AI.
  • Use the post setting toggle labeled "AI-generated content" when applicable.
  • Check that size, color, material, quantity, features, compatibility, and results match the real product.
  • Verify AI-assisted claims against product evidence, product pages, instructions, ratings, certification, test results, or other reliable evidence.

Do not say / show

  • AI content is fine even if it misleads viewers.
  • You can use AI to fake a doctor, expert, or other professional endorsement.
  • You can alter product size, color, material, bundle contents, features, or performance to boost sales.
  • You can show instant or unrealistic results the product cannot support.
  • You can use someone else’s likeness, voice, name, or trademarks without permission.
  • You can skip disclosure when AI plays a significant role in creating the content.

Violation risks

  • Content removal
  • Restricted visibility or distribution
  • Removal of product links or shopping cart functionality
  • Warnings
  • Posting restrictions
  • Deduction of Creator Health Rating points
  • Permanent bans for severe or unlawful violations
  • Permanent revocation of product promotion privileges in severe cases

Who it affects

  • Creators
  • Sellers
  • Creator-community operators
  • Accounts publishing AI-generated or AI-modified product promotion content
  • Health-related product promoters, including supplements, functional foods, medical devices, and health services

Source notes

  • Verify against the TikTok source before acting; this summary is based only on the provided page text.
  • If the platform does not auto-label AI content, creators still must self-disclose when required.
  • Content is not penalized solely for using AI if it complies with TikTok Community Guidelines, TikTok Shop policies, and other platform requirements.

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Key Points
This document explains how Artificial Intelligence Generated Content (AIGC) can be used responsibly on TikTok Shop. It outlines which type of AI-generated or AI-modified content is allowed or prohibited, and how creators can stay compliant through transparency, avoiding impersonation or deception, and clearly labeling AI-created content. Creators and sellers must comply with this document, our Content Policy, and our Community Guidelines.
  • Be Transparent and Truthful: AI-generated content is allowed, but you must be transparent and accurate. Do not use AI to mislead, deceive, or create false impressions about products, people, or facts.
  • Disclose AI Use Clearly: If your content is fully or significantly created/altered by AI, you should label it. You can do this by adding a text note/watermark in your video or by using the platform's "AI-generated content" toggle in the posting settings.
  • Do Not Impersonate Others: Do not use AI to imitate or replicate another person’s identity, likeness, or voice to create false endorsements or promotions.
  • Show Products Accurately: Do not use AI to alter a product’s size, color, material, quantity, bundle contents, features, compatibility, safety attributes, or performance. Do not use AI to show unrealistic results, unsupported protective effects, or product functions that the real item cannot perform.
  • Respect Intellectual Property: Do not use AI to create content that uses someone else's likeness, voice, name, or trademarks, without proper authorization.
  • Understand the Consequences: Violating these rules can lead to actions against your content (like removal or restricted visibility) and your account (like warnings, restrictions, or even permanent bans for severe violations).

AI-Generated Content (AIGC)

AI-generated content (AIGC) refers to videos, images, audio, text, or LIVE videos that are fully or partially generated, edited, or synthesized using artificial intelligence technologies. This includes content that simulates, alters, or recreates people, scenes, or events, as well as content that is entirely fictional or presented in a specific artistic style (for example, painting, cartoon, or animated style).

Prohibited Practices for AI-Generated Content

All AI-generated content must follow platform rules and basic principles. AI must not be used to mislead people, distort facts, misrepresent products or identities, infringe on others’ rights, or create false impressions.
The following practices are strictly prohibited:
  1. Misleading or Inaccurate Content
Content must be truthful and accurate and must not contain exaggerated, false, or misleading claims, including false advertising or misrepresentation of products. AIGC must not be used to demonstrate a core product effect that is not supported by the actual product, product detail page, instructions, ratings, certification, test results, or other reliable evidence.
  1. Unauthorized Use of Third-Party Rights
Content must not use the likeness, voice, name, trademarks, or other intellectual property, of any third party without proper permission or authorization.
  1. Misrepresentation in Product Promotion
Product promotion videos must clearly and accurately display the physical product. AI must not be used to replace or fabricate product displays in a way that misleads users about the actual product.

Permitted Practices and Disclosure for AI-Generated Content

The platform supports the reasonable and responsible use of AI technologies in content creation. Content will not be restricted or penalized solely for using AI, provided it complies with TikTok’s Community Guidelines, TikTok Shop policies, and all relevant platform standards and requirements.
To protect users’ right to know and foster trust, creators are required to proactively disclose content that is fully generated or significantly edited using AI.

Permitted Use Cases (Non-Exhaustive)

The following examples may be considered permitted uses of AI, provided the content is accurate and not misleading.
  1. Visual styles and effects
Converting live-action footage into styles such as cartoons, anime, or illustrations, or adding moderate animation and special effects, while still preserving the accurate and true information about the product.
  1. Editing and quality improvement
Using AI to edit videos or images, improve quality, adjust lighting and colors, reduce noise, smooth motion, and change backgrounds to enhance visual presentation, as long as the product information is not altered.
  1. Translation, dubbing, and subtitles
Using AI to translate scripts or voiceovers into multiple languages and generate dubbing, subtitles, and narration to help users of different languages understand the content.
  1. Copywriting and script support
Using AI to assist in writing titles, product descriptions, LIVE video scripts, and short video scripts, provided that the information is truthful and accurate.
  1. Product demonstrations
Using AI to generate virtual scenes, diagrams, or animations to illustrate proper product use, as long as the scene accurately reflects the product’s real size, material, functions, supported surfaces, compatibility, installation requirements, and normal expected results. Before-and-after visuals must not compress time or imply instant results unless the product can support that claim with reliable evidence.
The key prerequisite is that all AI-related content must be truthful, accurate, and not misleading or falsified. It must not misrepresent the product (for example, “product not as described”) or constitute violations such as false efficacy, false endorsement, Intellectual Property (IP) infringement, impersonation without permission, or misleading product representation.

When and How to Disclose AI-Generated Content

In accordance with our Community Guidelines on edited media and AI generated content, creators are required to clearly disclose the use of AI in their content to promote transparency and build user trust. Disclosure is especially important when:
  • The video or audio includes synthetic faces, voices, digital humans, or highly realistic virtual figures;
  • The content is fully generated by AI or significantly edited by AI in a way that changes its original meaning or context;
  • The AI-generated effects are realistic enough that viewers may mistake the content for real footage.

1) Creator-Initiated Disclosure Methods

Creators can disclose AI-generated content in either of the following ways:
  1. Disclose within the content
Clearly state that the content is AI-generated by using on-screen text, watermarks, stickers, or a note in the video description.
  1. Use the platform’s disclosure tool
When publishing content, enable the "AI-generated content" toggle. Once enabled, a label stating "Disclosed by creator as AI-generated" will appear in the bottom-left corner of the content.
How to Turn On the “AI-Generated Content” Setting
  1. Tap the “Post +” button to create or upload content.
  2. On the post settings page, turn on the "AI-generated content" toggle.
  3. Confirm that the toggle shows as enabled.
Need help? Follow the step-by-step images below.
Important Notes
  • Content created using official TikTok AI effects will be automatically labeled by the platform, and no manual action is required. If additional third-party or non-official AI tools are used, creators must still comply with the disclosure requirements in this document.
  • Content will not be demoted or restricted solely because the AI-generated content setting is enabled, provided it complies with platform rules, including the TikTok Community Guidelines.
  • False disclosure is a violation, including:
    • Labeling content as AI-generated when AI was not used; or
    • Failing to disclose AI use when AI plays a significant role in content creation. Such violations may result in content removal or account restrictions.

2) Platform-Initiated Disclosure

To enhance transparency, the platform may automatically label content identified as AI-generated. Key points include:
• An "AI-generated" label may be automatically applied if content contains specific technical metadata.
• Creators cannot remove a label applied by the platform.
• Auto-disclosed content will not face penalties solely for the label.
• Note: If a label is not automatically applied, creators are still required to self-disclose when necessary.

Fictional Professional Identities and False Personas for Promotion

Using AI to fabricate or exaggerate the professional identities of professionals, such as experts, doctors, and scientific research institutions, to create a false persona that "endorses" a product's efficacy, deliberately creating a "professional" and "authoritative" image to induce consumption. Such behavior, especially in health-related fields like dietary supplements and functional foods, will be a key focus of governance.
Examples of violations include but are not limited to:
  1. Impersonating or fabricating professional images such as "doctors" or "professors" to promote health-related products (including food, dietary supplements, medical devices, health services, etc.).
  2. Using virtual digital humans or AI-generated "professional" images, packaged in formats like news broadcasts or expert lectures, to endorse the efficacy of health-related products.

False or Exaggerated Product Effects Using AI (Not Allowed)

You must not use AI to make a product look more powerful or effective than it really is. This includes showing exaggerated effects or instant changes that are unrealistic and misleading.
In simple terms, if AI makes a product look faster, stronger, or more effective than it really is, it is not allowed.
Examples of violations include but are not limited to:
  1. Unrealistic results
Do not use AI to show results that the product cannot realistically achieve or that are inconsistent with its normal function, such as:
  • Shampoo that “instantly grows hair” or “fills bald spots.”
  • Toothpaste that “removes cavities” or “restores teeth instantly.”
  • Products that “cure nail diseases” in a very short time.
  • Seeds grow into mature plants in days.
  1. Overstated performance
Do not use AI effects to exaggerate what a product can do, for example:
  • Showing dirt being removed in an extreme or unrealistic way.
  • Showing a vacuum removing deep stains instantly.
  • Cleaning product unclogging a drain or removing rust instantly without realistic steps.
  • Making a product appear suitable for every scenario, leading users to have unreasonable expectations for the product.
  1. Fear-based or shocking visuals
Do not use AI-generated scary or shocking images (such as damaged organs or diseases) to unduly influence people to buy supplements or health products or to mislead them about the product’s effectiveness.

Misleading Product Representation Using AI (Product Not as Described)

Using AI to fabricate, modify, or exaggerate product displays so that the product shown in videos or images does not match the actual product being sold is considered misleading advertising and “product not as described.” In other words, if AI changes the product’s size, color, shape, features, or performance, so that it no longer matches the real product, it is misleading.
This also includes using AI to change quantity or bundle contents, make an item appear larger or thicker, show unsupported accessories, show an incorrect installation position, make a static product appear animated, or show compatibility with vehicles, surfaces, parts, or environments not supported by the product.
Examples of violations include but are not limited to:
  1. Inconsistent Product Specifications
Do not use AI to:
  • Change the size, color, material, or shape of a product.
  • Show features or performance the product does not actually have.
  • Create scenes that make the product look more advanced or different than it really is.
  • Display a product that looks different from the product page or what customers receive.
    1. Fake or exaggerated visual effects
    Do not use AI to:
    • Turn flat (2D) products into fake 3D or rotating visuals.
    • Animate static products in unrealistic ways.
    • Add effects like glowing, lighting, or special features that the real product does not have.

      Enforcement for Violations

      The platform may take appropriate enforcement actions against AI-generated content and related accounts that violate the standards outlined above. Enforcement measures will vary based on the nature, severity, and frequency of the violation.

      Account-Level Enforcement

      Accounts may be subject to tiered enforcement based on the severity and recurrence of violations:
      • Minor Violations
      For first-time or low-impact violations, the platform may issue a warning and require corrective action.
      • Repeated Violations
      For accounts that repeatedly publish violating content, or commit severe violations, the platform may impose account restrictions. These may include limiting posting capabilities, permanently disabling commission withdrawal privileges, or suspending or banning the account entirely.
      • Severe Violations
      For accounts with multiple violations or 1 violation that causes significant negative impact, additional measures may apply, including suspension or permanent revocation of product promotion privileges.
      • Extremely Severe Violations
      Accounts that use AI-generated content for fraud, dissemination of illegal information, or other serious unlawful or non-compliant activities may be permanently banned.

      Content-Level Enforcement

      For violating content, the platform may take 1 or more of the following actions, depending on the severity of the violation:
      • Restricting content distribution or visibility
      • Removing product links or shopping cart functionality
      • Deducting applicable Creator Health Rating (CHR) points
      The following scenarios are examples of content-level violations.

      Best Practices Checklist

      Before publishing AIGC content, confirm:
      • The product shown matches what buyers receive
      • Size, color, material, quantity, and included accessories match the Product Description Page
      • Performance effects are supported by product evidence;
      • Time-based results such as cleaning, curing, growing, repairing, or installing are realistic;
      • Compatibility, safety, and certification claims are verified;
      • Disclose content that is fully or significantly AI-generated.
      As a general rule, remember that
      • Ensure AI-generated content is truthful and does not mislead viewers.
      • Do not use AI to impersonate individuals or misrepresent products.
      • Respect intellectual property rights when using AI tools.

      Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

      Is AI-generated content allowed on the platform?Yes, AI-generated content is permitted, provided it complies with applicable policies and community guidelines.
      Does using filters or effects mean my content is AI-generated?No. Using filters and/or effects by themselves does not constitute AI-generated content.
      When do I need to disclose AI-generated content or AI edits?Creators are required to disclose when content is entirely AI-generated or has been significantly edited using AI tools. Minor edits or basic enhancements, such as light adjustments, color grading, small cropping, or noise reduction, do not require disclosure. However, disclosure is required when AI is used to make substantial or transformative changes, such as altering what someone says or does, significantly changing appearance, or adding synthetic elements.
      What happens if I forget to disclose AI-generated content?If your content is AI-generated or significantly edited using AI, and it does not violate our community guidelines or policies, the platform may automatically apply an AI-generated label.
      Will my content be restricted if I enable the AI-generated content label?No, your content will not be restricted. However, to help ensure authenticity and transparency for viewers, we encourage creators to proactively disclose any AI-generated content.
      Can I remove an AI-generated label after it is applied by the platform?The application of AI-Generated labels cannot be reversed. If the label was applied proactively by the platform, it will be reviewed on a case-by-case basis.
      Can I use third-party AI tools to create or edit content?Yes, you may use third-party AI tools to create or edit content, as long as the content complies with our community guidelines and policies.

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