TikTok Restores Musk Documentary Ad Account After Error

TikTok restored Bleecker Street’s advertising account for the documentary Musk on October 18, saying the suspension had resulted from an error. The platform said the distributor could resume advertising if its ads comply with TikTok’s policies. The restoration followed a permanent suspension imposed shortly before the film’s wider U.S. release on October 16. Bleecker Street had said it would appeal and seek to reverse the decision. TikTok’s reinstatement came two days after the suspension, according to the dates reported by the distributor and the platform. The earlier explanation for the suspension was that the account had repeatedly posted political content that violated TikTok’s policies, according to an account of the platform’s rationale. The restoration statement did not identify a specific post or rule, or explain how the earlier rationale related to the error. The precise basis for the original decision therefore remains unspecified in the available information. Directed by Alex Gibney and distributed by Bleecker Street, Musk examines Elon Musk. The documentary opened in four theaters in New York and Los Angeles on October 9, then expanded to more theaters on October...