High-risk viral challenge
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What triggers it
Footage of a high-risk viral challenge (any context), or promoting or encouraging one; coordinating or admitting to swatting.
What Instagram says
“Imagery depicting high-risk viral challenges, regardless of context.”
We last checked this against Instagram's page on .
How to fix it
Do not show the challenge being performed; talk about it without the footage.
Good to know
Awareness framing does NOT save footage of a high-risk challenge (e.g. choking/blackout, fire, ingesting harmful items). Mid-risk challenges are 18+ (see “Dangerous driving or mid-risk stunts (adults only)”).
Can FYProof spot it?
A full check of your video looks for it in what's shown, what's said, the caption and the hashtags. What a check finds is an estimate, not a guarantee.
- Video: looked at for this rule
- Speech: looked at for this rule
- On-screen text: not for this rule
- Caption: looked at for this rule
- Hashtags: looked at for this rule
The free caption check below looks for wording linked to this rule in a caption and hashtags.
Free caption check
Is my caption at risk?
Paste the caption and hashtags you plan to post. We check the words against each platform's published rules in a second. Nothing you type is saved.
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