Delete your #TikTok accounts and uninstall IMMEDIATELY

[alextecplayz@techhub.social]

@Durrell note that this is the US TOS that was updated.

The EU/UK/CH TOS haven't changed since August 22, 2025, and TOS for regions outside the US, EU/UK/CH, that TOS has been updated December 1, 2025.

But also, some of this is just legal boilerplate that has been used on other platforms, INCLUDING Mastodon's TOS, such as:

"By creating, inputting, publishing, and otherwise providing Your Content on or to the Platform, you grant TikTok USDS Joint Venture a license to use Your Content that is:
- non-exclusive, irrevocable, and royalty-free (you retain the rights to use Your Content elsewhere, although we don't owe you any payments for sharing Your Content with us)
- assignable and sub-licensable, including through multiple tiers (so we can, for example, work with service providers and business partners to help distribute Your Content); and
- worldwide (so we can show your content to a global audience)."

[skynebula@mastodon.social]

@Durrell @aral Instagram/Threads/Meta does exactly the same for years...

[dagb@snabelen.no]

@ReggieHere Because you don't actually follow anyone, TikTok just selects what you see. Such algorithms is now predominant on X and Meta so the differences are diminishing. TikTok has just perfected this from the start,

@Durrell

[alextecplayz@techhub.social]

@Durrell there's nothing in the US TOS regarding clipboard use, voice or face data extraction from images, extracting contacts from your phone, location data or keystroke patterns.

legalmiga on threads (https://threads.net/@legalmiga/post/DT11_ZmFHYZ) hasn't provided any links or sources to these claims. Sure, it can be inferred that TikTok does that just like every other big tech social media app (e.g. Facebook, Twitter), but that's not new, and they mention this at the end of her thread. But at least she's a real attorney, which is nice to see.

[reggiehere@mastodon.social]

@dagb

Thanks, I knew other platforms worked in pretty much the same way, but I wasn't aware the TT had that as a primary design feature.

@Durrell

[offbeatmammal@mastodon.social]

@zleap @Durrell I hope Loops gets out of Beta and scales well enough to give users a viable place to migrate to. TikTok is really helped by the ecosystem of things like CapCut so creators will need help moving

[lisp_1@social.vivaldi.net]

@Durrell Tiktok sucks. It does not work right in Firefox.

[zleap@techhub.social]

@Offbeatmammal @Durrell

Me too, Social media HAS to change, but perhaps in such a way when young people are ready to sign up there is a good-informed set of choices.

[soy@ffuent.es]

I just wonder what about other social apps, like reddit, Instagram... Etc

[netraven@hear-me.social]

@Durrell ...do real people use tiktok still? asking for a friend.

[durrell@mastodon.social]

@tehdeminz.bsky.social You're not wrong. Every social media platform is deeply invasive. My problem is with the new owners And How deeply intertwined they are with the administration and the very specific TOS they launched last night

But you got to do what's best for you

[durrell@mastodon.social]

A workaround to delete your #TikTok account without accepting the new TOS.

1. Turn off your phones wifi/data

2. Open app and click settings

3. Go to account page

4. Turn wifi back on

5. Delete account

The TOS popup won't appear when the internet is off. Being on the account tab prevents it.

[nates1984@tech.lgbt]

@Durrell I have never used TikTok!

[urlyman@mastodon.social]

@aral thanks
https://mastodon.social/@urlyman/115949326682575405

@Durrell

[dorian@chaos.social]

@dagb @ReggieHere @Durrell you can follow people on tt. It has two timeline views, one with the content of people you follow and one that is algo generated (For You page)

[dagb@snabelen.no]

@dorian Aha, I did not know you can follow others.

@ReggieHere @Durrell

[leonardo@mastodon.bida.im]

@skynebula @Durrell @aral looks like a wonderful opportunity to delete all of them then 🙂

[ericphelps@mastodon.social]

@Durrell Am I missing something? They get your clipboard contents when you copy and paste into the app. Isn't that how the clipboard works?

And pretty much everything else there sounds like what Facebook does. What's really different?

Mind you, I deleted Facebook and WhatsApp long ago for this kind of stuff. But most people don't care.

[fromjason@mastodon.social]

@Durrell smart