Animal cruelty, torture or glorifying it
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What triggers it
Footage or speech that shows, praises or celebrates animal abuse, torture or killing for its own sake.
What X says
“This also includes glorifying animal abuse or cruelty.”
We last checked this against X's page on .
How to fix it
Remove scenes of animals being hurt for entertainment and any celebration of it. Use a content warning for rescue or vet footage of injured animals.
Good to know
Allowed without a warning: hunting, fishing, food production, bullfighting and religious sacrifice unless excessively gory. Severely injured animals need a Graphic warning (“Graphic violence or injury without a content warning”). Selling endangered species or products from them is a separate rule (“Buying or selling endangered species or their products”).
Can FYProof spot it?
A full check of your video looks for it in what's shown, what's said 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: not for this rule
- Caption: looked at for this rule
- Hashtags: not for this rule
Sounds other than speech, such as music, aren't checked.
Related X rules
Platforms change their rules often. This page sums up what X publishes; it isn't legal advice.