Hate speech against a protected group
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What triggers it
Content that demeans, defames, promotes discrimination or violence, or incites hatred based on race, color, caste, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, disability, veteran status, immigration status, age or pregnancy.
What Snapchat says
“We prohibit hate speech or content that abuses, demeans, defames, promotes discrimination or violence, or incites hatred on the basis of race, color, caste, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender, gender...”
We last checked this against Snapchat's page on .
How to fix it
Remove slurs and demeaning statements.
Good to know
Slurs, dehumanizing comparisons, hate symbols. Counter-speech, news, education, history and fiction are 'Sensitive' (limited), and in-group reclaimed slurs are also only 'Sensitive'.
Can FYProof spot it?
A full check of your video looks for it in what's shown, what's said, the words on screen, 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: looked at for this rule
- Caption: looked at for this rule
- Hashtags: looked at for this rule
Related Snapchat rules
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