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Does TikTok remove EXIF metadata from images?

Short answer

No dated CreatorPrivacyKit test is published. Photo posts, story-style surfaces, and video stills are different objects and should not be collapsed into one claim.

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What we measured

No dated CreatorPrivacyKit result is published for this route yet. Fields below stay empty on purpose.

FieldDelivered copy
GPS / location Not yet tested
EXIF Not yet tested
Camera information Not yet tested
Timestamps Not yet tested
Provenance / C2PA Not yet tested
Recompression / resize Not yet tested

GPS / location

Not yet tested

EXIF

Not yet tested

Test environment

Environment details are recorded when a test is run: OS, app or browser version, device, and upload path.

How to test your own file

  1. Identify the exact surface (photo post vs. video frame grab).
  2. Run the shared lab protocol on that surface only.

Methodology

Every published result has to follow the same protocol: a known source file, a recorded hash, a specific upload path, and a downloaded copy. Folklore does not count.

Read the lab methodology →

Privacy implications

Strip GPS on stills before they enter TikTok if location is sensitive.

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