A 16-year-old tiktoker said her account was shut down because her acne was labeled as “hard-to-watch content.”
Eva, from Easingwold in England, said the platform’s decision made her decide to challenge perceptions about this common skin condition.
“Just because you have blemishes on the outside doesn’t mean you’re not beautiful,” Eva told BBC News.
Eva said she created the TikTok account to offer encouragement and advice to others.
However, his original account was deleted without warning for failing to follow company guidelines.
The teenager explained that she wrote an email to the company and did not let the situation discourage her.
In a statement, TikTok said it wanted to provide an “authentic and creative platform for self-expression.”
A spokesperson for the platform openly admitted that the social network did not make the right decision. TikTok said it reconsidered the decision and reinstated the account.
“We hope Eva will continue to use TikTok to offer encouragement and advice to others, and to share her story,” he told BBC News.