Sexual objectification or speculation about sexuality
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What triggers it
Sexually objectifying someone, edits that sexualize a real person without consent, speculating about someone's gender or sexuality, or lurid coverage of sex crimes.
What Snapchat says
“We also prohibit speculation about someone’s gender or sexuality (for example, “Is ___ in the closet?”) and coverage of sex crimes or sexual taboos in a lurid, sensationalized format”
We last checked this against Snapchat's page on .
How to fix it
Drop the sexualizing edit or speculation; cover news respectfully and factually.
Good to know
Celebrity photos edited to exaggerate body parts, 'Is X gay?' style captions, '10 teachers who married students' style lists.
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
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