Sexual content involving minors
Snapchat may take the video down and give the account a strike.
Account strikeHow serious: SeriousSnapchatMinors' safety
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What triggers it
Any sexualization of a minor, nude or sexually explicit content of anyone under 18 (including yourself), or grooming or sextortion content.
What Snapchat says
“Never post, save, send, forward, distribute, or ask for nude or sexually explicit content involving anyone under the age of 18 (this includes sending or saving such images of yourself).”
We last checked this against Snapchat's page on .
How to fix it
Do not post. Remove the content entirely.
Good to know
Any person who may be under 18 in a sexual, nude or sexualized context. Snap treats this as a severe harm: the account is disabled, not just warned, and reported to NCMEC.
Can FYProof spot it?
A full check of your video looks for it in what's shown, what's said, the words on screen and the caption. 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: looked at for this rule
- Caption: looked at for this rule
- Hashtags: not for this rule
Related Snapchat rules
Platforms change their rules often. This page sums up what Snapchat publishes; it isn't legal advice.