Describing suicide or self-harm acts
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What triggers it
Non-instructional descriptions of suicide or self-harm acts, including documentary, education, fiction or art with detailed descriptions or non-graphic imagery.
What TikTok says
“Documentary or educational content that reports on suicide or self-harm using detailed descriptions or non-graphic imagery”
We last checked this against TikTok's page on .
How to fix it
Talk about feelings, recovery and help rather than the act. Remove descriptions of what was done.
Good to know
Personal stories or news that describe the act itself. Highly graphic imagery is generally removed regardless of intent.
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 TikTok rules
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