Self-harm or suicide shown, encouraged or explained
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What triggers it
Video that shows, encourages or explains self-harm or suicide (cutting, burning, methods, instructions), says wounds are 'not severe enough', presents self-harm as healthy coping, discourages getting help, or shows self-harm without recovery context.
What X says
“We will remove promoting, encouraging, depicting or actively engaging in Self-harm Behaviors.”
We last checked this against X's page on .
How to fix it
Frame the video around recovery and support, remove method details and graphic wounds, and add hotline or resource information.
Good to know
Allowed (X adds support resources instead): personal stories about past or current struggles and recovery, healed scars shown with recovery context, coping tips, research and prevention advocacy. Even in a recovery story, specific method details are a problem.
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 X rules
Platforms change their rules often. This page sums up what X publishes; it isn't legal advice.