Depicting or joking about self-harm or suicide
Snapchat may leave the video out of recommendations, so fewer people see it.
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What triggers it
Content that depicts, glorifies, encourages or trivializes self-harm or suicide, including suicidal ideation or threats, or content promoting eating disorders.
What Snapchat says
“These Recommendation Eligibility Guidelines go further to deny amplification to content depicting, glorifying, encouraging, or trivializing self-harm or suicide, including suicidal ideation or threats, or content promoting eating disorders.”
We last checked this against Snapchat's page on .
How to fix it
Reframe toward recovery and support, avoid showing injuries, and drop jokes about suicide.
Good to know
Jokes like 'kms', 'I want to die' memes, scars shown on camera. Non-graphic recovery or educational talk is only 'Sensitive' (limited audience).
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.