Overview

Discussion and exploration of the legality of criminal and harmful activities is allowed for the purpose of informing people and drawing attention to them and the effects they might have. This is permitted as long as the discussions do not advocate for or coordinate harm. Facilitating, organizing or promoting certain criminal or harmful activities targeted at people, businesses, property or animals is prohibited.

What happens if you violate these standards?

Content may be labelled or removed, platform functionality may be restricted and for egregious violations, accounts may be banned. For more information see our page: Enforcement Approach

What is in violation of these standards?

Harm to people

• Doxing or Outing

• Sexual exploitation

• Swatting, specifically statements of intent, calls to action, supporting, advocating for

• Exposing the undercover status of law enforcement, military, or security personnel by posting information that contains:

  • full names or other explicit identification and explicitly mentions their undercover status

  • imagery that identifies the faces of the law enforcement personnel and explicitly mentions their undercover status

• Depicting, promoting, advocating for or encouraging participation in a high-risk viral challenge

Harm to animals

Statements of intent, calls to action, representing, supporting or advocating for, or promoting:

• Acts of physical harm against animals committed by you or your associates except in cases of hunting, fishing, religious sacrifice, food preparation or processing, pest or vermin, self-defense or redemption

• Organized animal vs. animal fights

• Unauthorized release of animals or livestock from commercial facilities such as research laboratories, rehabilitation facilities or farms

Harm to property

Statements of intent, calls to action, representing, supporting or advocating for harm against property that depicts, admits to, or promotes the following acts committed by you or your associates:

• Vandalism

• Hacking or cracking intended to hijack an internet domain, destroy or disrupt technology systems, seek ransoms, or gain unauthorized access to computer systems and data that you do not own

• Theft when committed by you or your associates, as well as positive statements about theft when committed by a third party

What is not in violation of these standards?

Content that

• is shared as part of news coverage

• is clearly provided for non-harmful purposes

• is meant to report on or cover events or actions of importance to the public good