Threats, including joke threats against schools
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What triggers it
Threatening or intimidating a person, group or property; any joke about shooting or bombing a school, workplace or place of worship.
What Snapchat says
“Do not make jokes threatening this type of behavior. Such statements may result in your account being enforced for violation of these Guidelines, regardless of intent.”
We last checked this against Snapchat's page on .
How to fix it
Remove the threatening statement entirely.
Good to know
Any statement of intent to harm, even as a joke or lyric reference aimed at a real place or person. Sharing someone else's threat purely to warn others is allowed.
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