Graphic violence or serious injury
Snapchat may take the video down.
RemovalHow serious: SeriousSnapchatViolence and gore
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What triggers it
Gratuitous or graphic violence, or graphic depictions of serious injury to humans or animals (real or realistic).
What Snapchat says
“Graphic depictions of serious injury (whether real or realistic) to humans or animals are not allowed, except in the context of news coverage”
We last checked this against Snapchat's page on .
How to fix it
Remove or heavily blur graphic frames.
Good to know
Blood, wounds, bodies, beatings, fights. News coverage is an exception, but Snap still encourages blurring and it will not be recommended without a warning (see “Disturbing news footage without a graphic warning”).
Can FYProof spot it?
A full check of your video looks for it in what's shown. What a check finds is an estimate, not a guarantee.
- Video: looked at for this rule
- Speech: not for this rule
- On-screen text: not for this rule
- Caption: not 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.