App
To make a complaint about a user’s account on TikTok:
- Log in to TikTok.
- Go to the user’s profile by clicking on their username.
- Tap (•••) in the top right corner of the profile.
- Select “🚩Report” followed by “Report account.”
- Tap “Posting Inappropriate Content.”
- Then tap “Minor safety” followed by “Nudity or sexual activity of minors” or “Abuse or crimes against minors.”
- Tap “Submit” to send your report.
To make a complaint about a sexual video on TikTok:
- Log in to TikTok.
- Tap on the video you would like to report.
- On the bottom right, tap the share option “↷ ” followed by “🚩Report.”
- Tap “Nudity and sexual content” followed by “Youth sexual activity, solicitation, and exploitation.”
- Tap “Submit” to send your report.
To make a complaint about a sexual live video on TikTok:
- Log in to TikTok.
- Tap on the live video you would like to report.
- On the bottom right, tap the more option (•••), followed by “🚩Report.”
- Then tap “Minor safety” followed by the most appropriate option, such as “Nudity or sexual activity of minors” or “Abuse or crimes against minors.”
- Fill out the text box including details about your concerns.
- Tap “Submit” to send your report.
To make a complaint about a direct message on TikTok:
- Log in to TikTok.
- Go to the direct message you would like to report.
- Tap “🚩” in the top right corner of the conversation followed by selecting the messages you would like to report.
- Then tap the most appropriate option (at the bottom select “See all” for more options), such as “Minor safety.”
- Tap “Submit” to send your report.
We update the content on this page quarterly but because online services may change their reporting processes, you may find the instructions above do not work. If that occurs, do your best to adjust the process to match what you are seeing onscreen - it may be that a simple adjustment is all that is required (e.g. if the precise drop down option listed above does not appear, try choosing the option that is closest to what is suggested above). If all else fails, you can also contact us and we can try to assist you with the process.
Desktop
To make a complaint about a user’s account on TikTok:
- Log in to TikTok.
- Go to the user’s profile by clicking on their username.
- Click (•••) at the top of the profile, then select “🚩Report.”
- Click “Posting Inappropriate Content” then “Minor safety” followed by the appropriate reason for reporting the user such as “Nudity or sexual activity of minors” or “Abuse or crimes against minors.”
- Click “Submit” to send your report.
To make a complaint about a sexual video on TikTok:
- Log in to TikTok.
- Click on the video you would like to report.
- Then click “🚩Report” from the top right corner of the video.
- Select “Nudity and sexual content” followed by “Youth sexual activity, solicitation, and exploitation.”
- Click “Submit” to send your report.
To make a complaint about a live sexual video on TikTok:
- Log in to TikTok.
- Click on the live video you would like to report.
- Click (•••) in the upper right corner and select “🚩Report.”
- Next select “Minor safety” followed by “Next.”
- Click the most appropriate option for reporting such as “Nudity or sexual activity of minors” or “Abuse or crimes against minors.”
- Click “Submit” to send your report.
To make a complaint about a direct message on TikTok:
- Log in to TikTok.
- Click on the direct message you would like to report and hover your mouse over the message.
- Click (•••) then select “🚩Report.”
- Click on “Minor safety” followed by "Nudity of sexual activity of minors" or "Abuse or crimes against minors" then “Next.”
- Select the messages you want to include in your report then click “Submit” to send your report.
We update the content on this page quarterly but because online services may change their reporting processes, you may find the instructions above do not work. If that occurs, do your best to adjust the process to match what you are seeing onscreen - it may be that a simple adjustment is all that is required (e.g. if the precise drop down option listed above does not appear, try choosing the option that is closest to what is suggested above). If all else fails, you can also contact us and we can try to assist you with the process.