Selling or faking likes, followers or views
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What triggers it
Buying or selling followers or engagement, bots or scripts for likes, comments or reviews, how-to guides for fake engagement, mass automated or irrelevant posting, spreading violations across accounts, or using another account to dodge a restriction.
What TikTok says
“Sharing how-to guides or tips for boosting engagement in fake or deceptive ways”
We last checked this against TikTok's page on .
How to fix it
Remove promotions or tutorials for fake engagement; don't use bots, pods or second accounts to get around a restriction.
Good to know
Promotions of follower or view services, 'engagement pod' invitations, guides to bot farms or auto-likers. Behavioral spam (posting volume, multi-account) is not visible in one video.
Can FYProof spot it?
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Related TikTok rules
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