{"id":239599,"date":"2026-05-11T14:05:47","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T14:05:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/11\/tiktok-launches-an-ad-free-subscription-plan-in-the-uk-techcrunch\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T14:05:47","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T14:05:47","slug":"tiktok-launches-an-ad-free-subscription-plan-in-the-uk-techcrunch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/11\/tiktok-launches-an-ad-free-subscription-plan-in-the-uk-techcrunch\/","title":{"rendered":"TikTok launches an ad-free subscription plan in the UK | TechCrunch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TikTok is <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.tiktok.com\/introducing-tiktok-ad-free-more-choices-for-how-you-experience-ads?lang=en-GB\" target=\"_blank\">introducing<\/a> an ad-free subscription plan in the U.K. that costs \u00a33.99 (about $5.44 USD) per month. The new offering is rolling out over the coming months and will be available to users 18 and over. Users who sign up for the plan won\u2019t see ads on TikTok, and their data won\u2019t be used for advertising purposes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The launch was likely driven by the U.K.\u2019s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which prohibits companies from collecting users\u2019 personal data for advertising purposes without their consent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cChoice for our community and growth for UK businesses go hand in hand on TikTok,\u201d said TikTok\u2019s UK Managing Director, Kris Boge, in a press release. \u201cAdvertising on our platform is already helping thousands of British businesses reach new customers, increase sales, and create jobs, while our new ad-free option gives people greater control over their experience.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TikTok first began testing the ad-free plan in 2023. It\u2019s unknown if the social media giant plans to bring the offering to the U.S.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2026\/05\/11\/tiktok-launches-an-ad-free-subscription-plan-in-the-uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TikTok is introducing an ad-free subscription plan in the U.K. that costs \u00a33.99 (about $5.44 USD) per month. The new offering is rolling out over the coming months and will be available to users 18 and over. Users who sign up for the plan won\u2019t see ads on TikTok, and their data won\u2019t be used [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":239600,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-239599","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tech"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=239599"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/239599\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/239600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=239599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=239599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=239599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}