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One broken rule can end your LIVE, limit your LIVE features or ban your account.
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  1. One broken rule can end your LIVE, limit your LIVE features or ban your account.
  2. Read TikTok's Community Guidelines in full. They change, so reread them every few months.
  3. A child on camera with no adult present is a common reason LIVEs get cut.
  4. No nudity or sexual content. Check your outfit and camera angle before you go LIVE.
  5. No fights or risky stunts, even as a match punishment or when viewers send gifts.
  6. No hate or bullying, even as a joke, and even toward your match opponent.
  7. Do not show or sell illegal goods, and do not run betting or gambling games.
  8. Do not play a recorded video and call it LIVE, or leave a LIVE running with nobody there.
  9. Trying something new tonight? Check the Guidelines first. Still not sure? Leave it out.
  10. Three quick questions to check you know these rules.

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The rules that end LIVEs most often

The violations that most often cut a LIVE, and a simple check before you try anything new.

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Lessons

  1. The rules that end LIVEs most often
  2. Music, minors and money off TikTok
  3. Got a violation? What to do next
  4. Protect your account from scams

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Remember

  • Read TikTok's Community Guidelines at tiktok.com/community-guidelines, and reread them every few months.
  • Minors without an adult, sexual content, dangerous acts, hate, illegal goods and gambling can all end a LIVE.
  • Before you try something new, check the Guidelines. If you are still not sure, leave it out.

Quick questions

Answer all 3 to finish the lesson.

1Viewers send gifts and dare you to try a risky stunt. What do you do?
2In a match, the other creator mocks you. What is the best answer?
3You want to try a new challenge tonight, but you are not sure it is allowed. What do you do?