Real blood, fights or war/disaster footage
TikTok may leave the video out of recommendations, so fewer people see it.
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What triggers it
Real-world significant bleeding or bleeding as the focus, fights between people that could injure, or graphic war or disaster footage shared in the public interest.
What TikTok says
“Fighting between individuals that may cause physical injury”
We last checked this against TikTok's page on .
How to fix it
Blur blood and injuries, trim the fight, add news or educational context.
Good to know
School or street fights, bloody injuries, battlefield clips. The most graphic imagery (e.g. violent death by mutilation) is still removed.
Can FYProof spot it?
A full check of your video looks for it in what's shown and the caption. What a check finds is an estimate, not a guarantee.
- Video: looked at for this rule
- Speech: not for this rule
- On-screen text: not for this rule
- Caption: looked at for this rule
- Hashtags: not for this rule
Sounds other than speech, such as music, aren't checked.
Related TikTok rules
Platforms change their rules often. This page sums up what TikTok publishes; it isn't legal advice.