Updated: November 6, 2024
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As outlined in our Community Guidelines, we do not allow animal abuse, cruelty, neglect or other forms of animal exploitation, and remove content in which distress or harm is caused to animals.
Animal abuse involves inflicting physical or psychological injury or harm to an animal. This includes the use of force against animals that can cause physical injuries, denying an animal basic food, water, sanitary or medical needs, harming or causing distress to an animal for entertainment, and subjecting animals to cruel or inhumane practices.
Here are some indicators of animal abuse that you should be aware of (non-exhaustive):
Being aggressive or violent towards an animal
Shouting and subjecting an animal to constant auditory distress
Inappropriate feeding of animals
Animals are trained or forced to attack each other
Filthy sanitary conditions affecting the animals' health and well-being
Absence of proper medical care when there's evidence of injury
Learn more about identifying animal abuse from our Safety Partners:
TikTok is committed to maintaining a supportive environment, including providing a space for pet owners and animal lovers to share and enjoy animal-related content. If you spot an instance of animal abuse on TikTok’s platform, we encourage you to report it by long-pressing on the content, clicking "Report" and selecting "Violence, abuse and criminal exploitation", then "animal abuse".
The search tool below may help connect you to local organisations in your region to learn more about how to prevent animal abuse.
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