Promoting self-harm, suicide or eating disorders
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What triggers it
Glorifying, promoting, encouraging or assisting self-injury, suicide or eating disorders, or sharing graphic self-harm content.
What Snapchat says
“We don’t allow the glorification, promotion, encouragement, or assistance of self-harm, such as self-injury, suicide, eating disorders, or other forms of serious self-harm.”
We last checked this against Snapchat's page on .
How to fix it
Do not post. If you are struggling, reach out to a crisis line.
Good to know
Cutting imagery, suicide methods, 'thinspo', pro-ana tips, extreme fasting goals, 'what I eat in a day' at dangerously low calories presented as a goal.
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