Bullying, humiliation or wishing harm

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RemovalHow serious: SeriousSnapchatHate and harassment

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What triggers it

Mocking, shaming or humiliating a person (including with edited or AI imagery), spreading rumors, or wishing harm on someone.

What Snapchat says

“including mocking, shaming, rumor spreading, wishing harm on another party, sharing humiliating imagery (including manipulated or AI-generated imagery), or repeated, unwanted contact.”
Snapchat Community Guidelines
Official source: values.snap.com/policy/policy-community-guidelines

We last checked this against Snapchat's page on .

How to fix it

Remove the targeting of the person, or get their clear agreement and keep it good-natured.

Good to know

A real, identifiable person being mocked, shamed or humiliated. Criticism or satire of prominent public adults or organizations is allowed.

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

Platforms change their rules often. This page sums up what Snapchat publishes; it isn't legal advice.

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