What is happening to TikTok on March 7?

TIKTOK users have been left scratching their heads as the date, March 7, continues to trend online.

The implementation of new rules have led people to believe certain soccer accounts will be banned for copyright issues.

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What is happening to TikTok on March 7?

TikTok will be updating its community guidelines on March 7, 2022.

This has led TikTok communities around the world to believe certain soccer accounts are going to be banned due to copyright violation issues.

Many of these accounts often repost snippets of videos from other outlets.

One person wrote on Twitter: “I think all football accounts are getting banned for copyright.”

Another said: “Apparently TikTok is banning all vids or accounts related to football.”

A third wrote: “Football accounts are getting banned on that day.”

However, there is currently no confirmation that TikTok will actually ban these accounts.

According to , TikTok's new guidelines seem to target harmful sports stunts and challenges.

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Have certain dates on TikTok gone viral before?

This is not the first time a particular date has gone viral on TikTok.

In the past, TikTok users have feared certain dates for no tangible reason.

In 2020, TikTok users began a surrounding the date of August 27, 2020.

The August 27 trend first went viral by a video posted by TikTok user .

Viewers of the TikTok video were told to remember the date and that they were chosen. The ambiguity of the video led people to hysteria and helped it gain traction on social media.

Why is TikTok updating its guidlines?

TikTok often updates its guidelines to help make the platform a safer place for its community members.

TikTok continues to remove content it deems inappropriate and has tightened its guidelines over the past few years.

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Head of TikTok's trust and safety, Cormac Keenan, stated "strengthen our dangerous acts and challenges policy, broaden our approach to eating disorders, add clarity on the types of hateful ideologies prohibited on our platform, and expand our policy to protect the security, integrity, availability, and reliability of our platform".

On March 7, 2022, TikTok users will begin to see these new guidelines in effect.