TikTok’s current guidelines, in place until March 7, don’t mention governments or scientific institutions. However, it does instruct users not to post “Content that misleads community members about elections or other civic processes.” Last year, TikTok also created some controversy when updating its privacy policy. App users were informed that the app may collect new forms of biometric data, but the company was reportedly “unable to explain what types of data these terms referred to, or why the app might need to access this information in the first place.”