As the prospect of a US TikTok ban continues to grow, the video app has refreshed its content moderation policies. Deepfakes of celeb endorsements and nonpublic figures are bannedTikTok says it will not allow any synthetic media “that contains the likeness of any real private figure” or that shows a public figure endorsing a product or violating the app’s other policies (i. The US government has reportedly threatened a public ban on TikTok if owner ByteDance doesn’t sell its stake, while the app has already been banned on government devices in the US, UK, New Zealand, and Canada