TikTok is banning FIFA 22 pack opening videos with \u201cillegal activities\u201d warning EA SPORTS \/ TikTokEA SPORTS Ultimate Team content from FIFA 22 is being taken down on TikTok, with a warning appearing for some users stating it is \u201cillegal activities and regulated goods.\u201d The FUT pack system has long been a contested feature, as it includes loot boxes with different valued in-game items that people can buy. Pack openings have the ability to go viral on YouTube, TikTok, and other video-sharing platforms \u2013 especially if they have a valuable player card inside. For example, a rare ICON item or one of the world\u2019s best footballers, such as Kylian Mbappe, Cristiano Ronaldo, or Lionel Messi. Previously, it has been argued that the loot box dimension of Ultimate Team can encourage \u201cgambling\u201d in young children, which led to it being removed entirely in Belgium. The case has also been made that pack opening videos encourage people to purchase more FIFA Points in-game. And now, TikTok is striking pack content. FIFA 22 Ultimate Team pack openings removed on TikTok A post on Twitter, from user JLingz Lisa, shows that a La Liga Team of the Season pack opening video had been removed by TikTok. The alert shows it was taken down for \u201cillegal activities and regulated goods\u201d \u2013 which is a bit unclear. A similar issue was also reported by efcdzn on Twitter, who claimed they posted a video \u201con route to get around 70-80k\u201d views and it was also taken down. The same warning message, referring to \u201cillegal activities\u201d was posted there. This case is a little different, however, as there is game code featured in the clip. For those who aren\u2019t aware, public game code can reveal upcoming packs arriving in FUT. I posted this TikTok (below) yesterday at around 4:40. It had around 50k views, would\u2019ve been on route to get around 70-80k. However, I woke up to it being removed for \u2018illegal and regulated goods\u2019, which is obviously not right as it\u2019s only leaking Fifa packs. 1\/2 pic.twitter.com\/eFpY9s1WYa \u2014 efcdzn | EFC Design (@efcdzn) May 1, 2022 Do pack FIFA pack openings break TikTok rules? According to the TikTok community violation guidelines, there are a few ways content creators risk facing a strike. These include gambling, frauds and scams, weapons, criminal activities, and personal data being shared. In this instance, the only logical explanation would be that Ultimate Team pack openings could be considered gambling \u2013 as it is banned in some countries, as noted earlier. For gambling, the guidelines state: \u201cWe do not allow content promoting gambling services, or that could be perceived as advertising for casinos, sports betting, or any other commercial gambling activity.\u201d This can include: \u201cContent that promotes casinos, sports betting, poker, lotteries, gambling-related software, and apps, or other gambling services.\u201d With that said, at the time of writing, there are still lots of pack opening videos live on TikTok, as seen below from thisisfg_, which indicates there may be some inconsistencies. The news of some FUT videos being removed on social media comes just two months after FIFA packs were ruled as \u201cnot gambling\u201d in the Netherlands. In that ruling, the court said: \u201cAs EA explains, the packs in FUT mode perform a multipurpose function. They simulate the uncertainty that also occurs in the real football world when putting together a team.\u201d \u201cThe vast majority of packs are obtained by and used for game participation,\u201d the ruling continued. \u201cThe tradability of the packs on the black market is relative. The black market mainly focuses on trading complete accounts rather than individual packs or their contents.\u201d With that said, these latest developments could re-open that discussion within the community. We have approached TikTok for clarification on the content that has been removed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
TikTok is banning FIFA 22 pack opening videos with \u201cillegal activities\u201d warning EA SPORTS \/ TikTokEA SPORTS Ultimate Team content from FIFA 22 is being taken down on TikTok, with a warning appearing for some users stating it is \u201cillegal activities and regulated goods.\u201d The FUT pack system has long been a contested feature, as […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69451","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69451","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69451"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69451\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69451"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69451"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69451"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}