Sexual Content and Conduct

We strive to protect Snapchatters from unsolicited sexual content or abuse. Our policies prohibit sexual exploitation of any kind, including the sexual exploitation of children. We also prohibit sexual harassment and sharing, promoting, or distributing sexually explicit content and conduct, including pornography, sexual nudity, offers of sexual services. This includes sharing pornography, sexual nudity, offers of sexual services, or non-consensual intimate imagery (NCII), or unsolicited sexual imagery (i.e., cyberflashing), and engaging in sexual extortion (sextortion).

We prohibit the following sexual harms: 

• Any activity that involves sexual exploitation or abuse of a minor, including sharing child sexual exploitation or abuse imagery; grooming for sexual purposes; sexual extortion (sextortion); or attempts to persuade, decieve, or coerce a minor with the intent of sexual abuse or exploitation. We report any child sexual exploitation that we’ve identified, including attempts to engage in such conduct, to the appropriate authorities, including the U.S. National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC), in line with legal requirements.

• The sexualization of minors, including fetishization, or sharing of minor nudity, whether involving real individuals or fictional, AI-generated, or digitally created representations, regardless of whether it rises to the level of child sexual exploitation.

• Pedophilic content, including promoting, glorifying, or facilitating pedophilic relationships, whether real or fictional, including imaginary scenarios. 

• Sexual exploitation or violence, including non-consensual sexual content, sextortion, and deceptive sexual practices, such as efforts to coerce or entice users to provide nude imagery. We also prohibit the glorification of sexual exploitation or violence, whether involving adults or minors, including endorsement of perpetrators of such activity. 

• Producing, sharing, or threatening to create or share non-consensual intimate imagery (NCII)––including sexual or intimate photos or videos taken or shared without permission, depictions of private acts (such as bathing or using the bathroom), as well as “revenge porn” or behavior that threatens to share, exploit, or expose individuals’ intimate images or videos without their consent.

• Sharing or creating AI-generated sexual content, including offering or promoting “nudify” services or applications.

• Sexual harassment, which may include making unwanted advances, sharing graphic and unsolicited content, or sending obscene requests or sexual invitations to other users.

• Promoting, distributing, or sharing pornographic content, including photos, videos, or highly realistic animation, drawings, or other renderings of explicit sex acts, or nudity where the primary intention is sexual arousal.

• Promoting, offering, or soliciting of sexual services (whether paid or unpaid), including both offline services (such as erotic massage) and online experiences (such as offering sexual subscription, chat, or video services).

We do allow for non-sexual nudity in certain contexts, such as breastfeeding, medical procedures, and other similar depictions provided the subject has provided their consent.