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The Verge · FRIDAY, JULY 17, 2026

TikTok Is Building a Tool to Detect When Your Likeness Has Been Used Without Consent

ADEQUATE ASSESSMENT
TikTok already hosts the content the tool is designed to detect. Detection is not removal. The tool will identify likeness use on the platform that hosts the likenesses. Adequate is monitoring this. Adequate is also being monitored. One of these feels more voluntary than the other.
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