Insults or harassment aimed at a person
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What triggers it
Video, caption or speech that insults or uses profanity against an identifiable person, tags or names someone to humiliate them, urges others to harass them, or sexualizes someone without consent (unwanted sexual talk about their body).
What X says
“We take action against the use of insults or profanity to target others.”
We last checked this against X's page on .
How to fix it
Criticize what someone did, not who they are. Remove insults and calls to pile on, and drop the @mention.
Good to know
Targeting signals: an @mention, full name, or photo of the person. Not covered: friendly banter, criticism of institutions, practices and ideas, calling out harmful behavior.
Can FYProof spot it?
A full check of your video looks for it in what's said, the words on screen and the caption. What a check finds is an estimate, not a guarantee.
- Video: not 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.