From 8f28e1a73f95dfca8418b6d72ee5ed306d1d1330 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Open Terms Archive Bot Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2024 06:46:25 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Record new changes of Twitter Community Guidelines This version was recorded after extracting from and assembling the following snapshots from 18 source documents: - mongo://contrib/open-terms-archive/snapshots/66011dc1f25ff484fd19578c - mongo://contrib/open-terms-archive/snapshots/66011dc1f25ff484fd19578c - mongo://contrib/open-terms-archive/snapshots/66011dc1f25ff484fd19578c - mongo://contrib/open-terms-archive/snapshots/66011dc1f25ff484fd19578c - mongo://contrib/open-terms-archive/snapshots/66011dc1f25ff484fd19578c - mongo://contrib/open-terms-archive/snapshots/66011dc1f25ff484fd19578c - mongo://contrib/open-terms-archive/snapshots/66011dc1f25ff484fd19578c - mongo://contrib/open-terms-archive/snapshots/66011dc1f25ff484fd19578c - mongo://contrib/open-terms-archive/snapshots/66011dc1f25ff484fd19578c - mongo://contrib/open-terms-archive/snapshots/66011dc1f25ff484fd19578c - mongo://contrib/open-terms-archive/snapshots/66011dc1f25ff484fd19578c - mongo://contrib/open-terms-archive/snapshots/66011dc1f25ff484fd19578c - mongo://contrib/open-terms-archive/snapshots/66011dc1f25ff484fd19578c - mongo://contrib/open-terms-archive/snapshots/66011dc1f25ff484fd19578c - mongo://contrib/open-terms-archive/snapshots/66011dc1f25ff484fd19578c - mongo://contrib/open-terms-archive/snapshots/66011dc1f25ff484fd19578c - mongo://contrib/open-terms-archive/snapshots/66011dc1f25ff484fd19578c - mongo://contrib/open-terms-archive/snapshots/66011dc1f25ff484fd19578c --- Twitter/Community Guidelines.md | 1408 +++++++++++++++++-------------- 1 file changed, 758 insertions(+), 650 deletions(-) diff --git a/Twitter/Community Guidelines.md b/Twitter/Community Guidelines.md index ba4bb73e3eb..54bb901eadc 100644 --- a/Twitter/Community Guidelines.md +++ b/Twitter/Community Guidelines.md @@ -1,1097 +1,1205 @@ -The X Rules -=========== +Child sexual exploitation policy +================================ -X's purpose is to serve the public conversation. Violence, harassment and other similar types of behavior discourage people from expressing themselves, and ultimately diminish the value of global public conversation. Our rules are to ensure all people can participate in the public conversation freely and safely. -  - -### Safety - -Violent Speech: You may not threaten, incite, glorify, or express desire for violence or harm. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/violent-speech.html). - -Violent & Hateful Entities: You can’t affiliate with or promote the activities of violent and hateful entities. [Learn more](https://help.x.com/en/rules-and-policies/violent-entities.html). - -Child Sexual Exploitation: We have zero tolerance for child sexual exploitation on X. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/sexual-exploitation-policy.html). - -Abuse/Harassment: You may not share abusive content, engage in the targeted harassment of someone, or incite other people to do so. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/abusive-behavior.html). +### Overview  -Hateful conduct: You may not attack other people on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, caste, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, religious affiliation, age, disability, or serious disease. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/hateful-conduct-policy.html).  +**October 2020** -Perpetrators of Violent Attacks: We will remove any accounts maintained by individual perpetrators of terrorist, violent extremist, or mass violent attacks, and may also remove posts disseminating manifestos or other content produced by perpetrators. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/perpetrators-of-violent-attacks.html).  +**We have a zero-tolerance child sexual exploitation policy on X.** -Suicide: You may not promote or encourage suicide or self-harm. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/glorifying-self-harm.html). - -Sensitive media: You may not post media that is excessively gory or share violent or adult content within live video or in profile or header images. Media depicting sexual violence and/or assault is also not permitted. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/media-policy.html).  - -Illegal or Certain Regulated Goods or Services: You may not use our service for any unlawful purpose or in furtherance of illegal activities. This includes selling, buying, or facilitating transactions in illegal goods or services, as well as certain types of regulated goods or services. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/regulated-goods-services.html). +X has **zero tolerance towards any material that features or promotes child sexual exploitation**, one of the most serious violations of the [Our Rules](https://help.twitter.com/rules-and-policies/twitter-rules). This may include media, text, illustrated, or computer-generated images. Regardless of the intent, viewing, sharing, or linking to child sexual exploitation material contributes to the re-victimization of the depicted children. This also applies to content that may further contribute to victimization of children through the promotion or glorification of child sexual exploitation. For the purposes of this policy, a minor is any person under the age of 18.  -### Privacy +### What is in violation of this policy?  -Private Information: You may not publish or post other people's private information (such as home phone number and address) without their express authorization and permission. We also prohibit threatening to expose private information or incentivizing others to do so. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/personal-information.html). +Any content that depicts or promotes child sexual exploitation including, but not limited to:  -Non-Consensual Nudity: You may not post or share intimate photos or videos of someone that were produced or distributed without their consent. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/intimate-media.html). +* visual depictions of a child engaging in sexually explicit or sexually suggestive acts; +* illustrated, computer-generated or other forms of realistic depictions of a human child in a sexually explicit context, or engaging in sexually explicit acts;  +* sexualized commentaries about or directed at a known or unknown minor; and +* links to third-party sites that host child sexual exploitation material. +   -Account Compromise: You may not use or attempt to use credentials, passwords, tokens, keys, cookies or other data to log into or otherwise access, add, delete or modify the private information or account features of any X account other than your own (or those you have been directly authorized to do so via X’s Teams authorization, OAuth authorization or similar mechanism).  - +The following behaviors are also not permitted:  -### Authenticity +* sharing fantasies about or promoting engagement in child sexual exploitation; +* expressing a desire to obtain materials that feature child sexual exploitation; +* recruiting, advertising or expressing an interest in a commercial sex act involving a child, or in harboring and/or transporting a child for sexual purposes; +* sending sexually explicit media to a child; +* engaging or trying to engage a child in a sexually explicit conversation; +* trying to obtain sexually explicit media from a child or trying to engage a child in sexual activity  through blackmail or other incentives; +* identifying alleged victims of childhood sexual exploitation by name or image; and +* promoting or normalizing sexual attraction to minors as a form of identity or sexual orientation.  +   - -Platform Manipulation and Spam: You may not use X’s services in a manner intended to artificially amplify or suppress information or engage in behavior that manipulates or disrupts people’s experience on X. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/platform-manipulation.html). +### What is not a violation of this policy?  -Civic Integrity: You may not use X’s services for the purpose of manipulating or interfering in elections or other civic processes. This includes posting or sharing content that may suppress participation or mislead people about when, where, or how to participate in a civic process. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/election-integrity-policy.html). +* Discussions related to child sexual exploitation are permitted, provided they don’t normalise, promote or glorify child sexual exploitation **in any way**; +* Conversations about help-seeking behaviour of individuals who may struggle with an attraction to minors; +* Advocacy against illegal or harmful activity involving minors provided there is no sharing of, or linking to any material featuring child sexual exploitation; and +* Depictions of nude minors in a non-sexualized context or setting may be permitted in a limited number of scenarios (e.g., art works by internationally renowned artists that feature minors, news media reportage, media created and shared for scientific or educational purposes). +   -Misleading and Deceptive Identities: You may not impersonate individuals, groups, or organizations to mislead, confuse, or deceive others, nor use a fake identity in a manner that disrupts the experience of others on X. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/twitter-impersonation-and-deceptive-identities-policy.html). +### Who can report violations of this policy?  -Synthetic and Manipulated Media: You may not deceptively share synthetic or manipulated media that are likely to cause harm. In addition, we may label posts containing synthetic and manipulated media to help people understand their authenticity and to provide additional context. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/manipulated-media.html). +Anyone can report potential violations of this policy, whether they have an X account or not.  +  -Copyright and Trademark: You may not violate others’ intellectual property rights, including copyright and trademark. Learn more about our [trademark policy](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/twitter-trademark-policy.html) and [copyright policy](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/copyright-policy.html). - +### How can I report violations of this policy?  -### Third-party advertising in video content +If you think you've found an X account distributing or promoting child sexual exploitation, [you can report it via our child sexual exploitation form](https://help.twitter.com/forms/cse). Provide the username and links to all relevant Posts that led you to believe the account should be reviewed.  +  - -You may not submit, post, or display any video content on or through our services that includes third-party advertising, such as pre-roll video ads or sponsorship graphics, without our prior consent. +### What happens if you violate this policy?  -### -Enforcement and Appeals +In the majority of cases, the consequence for violating our child sexual exploitation policy is **immediate and permanent suspension**. In addition, violators will be prohibited from creating any new accounts in the future. Note: when we’re made aware of content depicting or promoting child sexual exploitation, including links to third party sites where this content can be accessed, they will be removed without further notice and reported to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC). +In a limited number of situations, where we haven’t identified any malicious intent, we will require you to remove this content. We will also temporarily lock you out of your account before you can Post again. Further violations will lead to your account being permanently suspended. If you believe that your account was suspended in error, you can [submit an appeal.](https://help.twitter.com/forms/general?subtopic=suspended) -Learn more about [our approach to enforcement](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/enforcement-philosophy.html), including potential consequences for violating these rules or attempting to circumvent enforcement, as well as how to appeal. - -The X Rules -=========== - -X's purpose is to serve the public conversation. Violence, harassment and other similar types of behavior discourage people from expressing themselves, and ultimately diminish the value of global public conversation. Our rules are to ensure all people can participate in the public conversation freely and safely. -  - -### Safety -Violent Speech: You may not threaten, incite, glorify, or express desire for violence or harm. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/violent-speech.html). +### Additional resources  -Violent & Hateful Entities: You can’t affiliate with or promote the activities of violent and hateful entities. [Learn more](https://help.x.com/en/rules-and-policies/violent-entities.html). +Learn more about our [range of enforcement options](https://help.twitter.com/rules-and-policies/enforcement-options) and our approach to [policy development and enforcement](https://help.twitter.com/rules-and-policies/enforcement-philosophy). -Child Sexual Exploitation: We have zero tolerance for child sexual exploitation on X. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/sexual-exploitation-policy.html). +If you’ve found content elsewhere on the internet that is distributing or promoting child sexual exploitation, you should [file a report with NCMEC](http://www.missingkids.org/gethelpnow/cybertipline), or with your local law enforcement. If you believe the content is hosted on a website outside of the United States, you can report it on the [International Association of Internet Hotlines website](https://www.inhope.org/EN#hotlineReferral). -Abuse/Harassment: You may not share abusive content, engage in the targeted harassment of someone, or incite other people to do so. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/abusive-behavior.html). +We partner with multiple organisations whose work is dedicated to fighting child sexual exploitation around the world. Please see the full list of [our child protection partners](https://about.twitter.com/safety/safety-partners.html#child-protection-partners). -Hateful conduct: You may not attack other people on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, caste, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, religious affiliation, age, disability, or serious disease. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/hateful-conduct-policy.html).  +Child sexual exploitation policy +================================ -Perpetrators of Violent Attacks: We will remove any accounts maintained by individual perpetrators of terrorist, violent extremist, or mass violent attacks, and may also remove posts disseminating manifestos or other content produced by perpetrators. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/perpetrators-of-violent-attacks.html).  +### Overview  -Suicide: You may not promote or encourage suicide or self-harm. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/glorifying-self-harm.html). +**October 2020** -Sensitive media: You may not post media that is excessively gory or share violent or adult content within live video or in profile or header images. Media depicting sexual violence and/or assault is also not permitted. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/media-policy.html).  +**We have a zero-tolerance child sexual exploitation policy on X.** -Illegal or Certain Regulated Goods or Services: You may not use our service for any unlawful purpose or in furtherance of illegal activities. This includes selling, buying, or facilitating transactions in illegal goods or services, as well as certain types of regulated goods or services. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/regulated-goods-services.html). +X has **zero tolerance towards any material that features or promotes child sexual exploitation**, one of the most serious violations of the [Our Rules](https://help.twitter.com/rules-and-policies/twitter-rules). This may include media, text, illustrated, or computer-generated images. Regardless of the intent, viewing, sharing, or linking to child sexual exploitation material contributes to the re-victimization of the depicted children. This also applies to content that may further contribute to victimization of children through the promotion or glorification of child sexual exploitation. For the purposes of this policy, a minor is any person under the age of 18.  -### Privacy +### What is in violation of this policy?  -Private Information: You may not publish or post other people's private information (such as home phone number and address) without their express authorization and permission. We also prohibit threatening to expose private information or incentivizing others to do so. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/personal-information.html). +Any content that depicts or promotes child sexual exploitation including, but not limited to:  -Non-Consensual Nudity: You may not post or share intimate photos or videos of someone that were produced or distributed without their consent. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/intimate-media.html). +* visual depictions of a child engaging in sexually explicit or sexually suggestive acts; +* illustrated, computer-generated or other forms of realistic depictions of a human child in a sexually explicit context, or engaging in sexually explicit acts;  +* sexualized commentaries about or directed at a known or unknown minor; and +* links to third-party sites that host child sexual exploitation material. +   -Account Compromise: You may not use or attempt to use credentials, passwords, tokens, keys, cookies or other data to log into or otherwise access, add, delete or modify the private information or account features of any X account other than your own (or those you have been directly authorized to do so via X’s Teams authorization, OAuth authorization or similar mechanism).  - +The following behaviors are also not permitted:  -### Authenticity +* sharing fantasies about or promoting engagement in child sexual exploitation; +* expressing a desire to obtain materials that feature child sexual exploitation; +* recruiting, advertising or expressing an interest in a commercial sex act involving a child, or in harboring and/or transporting a child for sexual purposes; +* sending sexually explicit media to a child; +* engaging or trying to engage a child in a sexually explicit conversation; +* trying to obtain sexually explicit media from a child or trying to engage a child in sexual activity  through blackmail or other incentives; +* identifying alleged victims of childhood sexual exploitation by name or image; and +* promoting or normalizing sexual attraction to minors as a form of identity or sexual orientation.  +   - -Platform Manipulation and Spam: You may not use X’s services in a manner intended to artificially amplify or suppress information or engage in behavior that manipulates or disrupts people’s experience on X. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/platform-manipulation.html). +### What is not a violation of this policy?  -Civic Integrity: You may not use X’s services for the purpose of manipulating or interfering in elections or other civic processes. This includes posting or sharing content that may suppress participation or mislead people about when, where, or how to participate in a civic process. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/election-integrity-policy.html). +* Discussions related to child sexual exploitation are permitted, provided they don’t normalise, promote or glorify child sexual exploitation **in any way**; +* Conversations about help-seeking behaviour of individuals who may struggle with an attraction to minors; +* Advocacy against illegal or harmful activity involving minors provided there is no sharing of, or linking to any material featuring child sexual exploitation; and +* Depictions of nude minors in a non-sexualized context or setting may be permitted in a limited number of scenarios (e.g., art works by internationally renowned artists that feature minors, news media reportage, media created and shared for scientific or educational purposes). +   -Misleading and Deceptive Identities: You may not impersonate individuals, groups, or organizations to mislead, confuse, or deceive others, nor use a fake identity in a manner that disrupts the experience of others on X. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/twitter-impersonation-and-deceptive-identities-policy.html). +### Who can report violations of this policy?  -Synthetic and Manipulated Media: You may not deceptively share synthetic or manipulated media that are likely to cause harm. In addition, we may label posts containing synthetic and manipulated media to help people understand their authenticity and to provide additional context. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/manipulated-media.html). +Anyone can report potential violations of this policy, whether they have an X account or not.  +  -Copyright and Trademark: You may not violate others’ intellectual property rights, including copyright and trademark. Learn more about our [trademark policy](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/twitter-trademark-policy.html) and [copyright policy](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/copyright-policy.html). - +### How can I report violations of this policy?  -### Third-party advertising in video content +If you think you've found an X account distributing or promoting child sexual exploitation, [you can report it via our child sexual exploitation form](https://help.twitter.com/forms/cse). Provide the username and links to all relevant Posts that led you to believe the account should be reviewed.  +  - -You may not submit, post, or display any video content on or through our services that includes third-party advertising, such as pre-roll video ads or sponsorship graphics, without our prior consent. +### What happens if you violate this policy?  -### -Enforcement and Appeals +In the majority of cases, the consequence for violating our child sexual exploitation policy is **immediate and permanent suspension**. In addition, violators will be prohibited from creating any new accounts in the future. Note: when we’re made aware of content depicting or promoting child sexual exploitation, including links to third party sites where this content can be accessed, they will be removed without further notice and reported to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC). +In a limited number of situations, where we haven’t identified any malicious intent, we will require you to remove this content. We will also temporarily lock you out of your account before you can Post again. Further violations will lead to your account being permanently suspended. If you believe that your account was suspended in error, you can [submit an appeal.](https://help.twitter.com/forms/general?subtopic=suspended) -Learn more about [our approach to enforcement](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/enforcement-philosophy.html), including potential consequences for violating these rules or attempting to circumvent enforcement, as well as how to appeal. - -The X Rules -=========== - -X's purpose is to serve the public conversation. Violence, harassment and other similar types of behavior discourage people from expressing themselves, and ultimately diminish the value of global public conversation. Our rules are to ensure all people can participate in the public conversation freely and safely. -  - -### Safety -Violent Speech: You may not threaten, incite, glorify, or express desire for violence or harm. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/violent-speech.html). +### Additional resources  -Violent & Hateful Entities: You can’t affiliate with or promote the activities of violent and hateful entities. [Learn more](https://help.x.com/en/rules-and-policies/violent-entities.html). +Learn more about our [range of enforcement options](https://help.twitter.com/rules-and-policies/enforcement-options) and our approach to [policy development and enforcement](https://help.twitter.com/rules-and-policies/enforcement-philosophy). -Child Sexual Exploitation: We have zero tolerance for child sexual exploitation on X. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/sexual-exploitation-policy.html). +If you’ve found content elsewhere on the internet that is distributing or promoting child sexual exploitation, you should [file a report with NCMEC](http://www.missingkids.org/gethelpnow/cybertipline), or with your local law enforcement. If you believe the content is hosted on a website outside of the United States, you can report it on the [International Association of Internet Hotlines website](https://www.inhope.org/EN#hotlineReferral). -Abuse/Harassment: You may not share abusive content, engage in the targeted harassment of someone, or incite other people to do so. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/abusive-behavior.html). +We partner with multiple organisations whose work is dedicated to fighting child sexual exploitation around the world. Please see the full list of [our child protection partners](https://about.twitter.com/safety/safety-partners.html#child-protection-partners). -Hateful conduct: You may not attack other people on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, caste, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, religious affiliation, age, disability, or serious disease. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/hateful-conduct-policy.html).  +Child sexual exploitation policy +================================ -Perpetrators of Violent Attacks: We will remove any accounts maintained by individual perpetrators of terrorist, violent extremist, or mass violent attacks, and may also remove posts disseminating manifestos or other content produced by perpetrators. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/perpetrators-of-violent-attacks.html).  +### Overview  -Suicide: You may not promote or encourage suicide or self-harm. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/glorifying-self-harm.html). +**October 2020** -Sensitive media: You may not post media that is excessively gory or share violent or adult content within live video or in profile or header images. Media depicting sexual violence and/or assault is also not permitted. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/media-policy.html).  +**We have a zero-tolerance child sexual exploitation policy on X.** -Illegal or Certain Regulated Goods or Services: You may not use our service for any unlawful purpose or in furtherance of illegal activities. This includes selling, buying, or facilitating transactions in illegal goods or services, as well as certain types of regulated goods or services. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/regulated-goods-services.html). +X has **zero tolerance towards any material that features or promotes child sexual exploitation**, one of the most serious violations of the [Our Rules](https://help.twitter.com/rules-and-policies/twitter-rules). This may include media, text, illustrated, or computer-generated images. Regardless of the intent, viewing, sharing, or linking to child sexual exploitation material contributes to the re-victimization of the depicted children. This also applies to content that may further contribute to victimization of children through the promotion or glorification of child sexual exploitation. For the purposes of this policy, a minor is any person under the age of 18.  -### Privacy +### What is in violation of this policy?  -Private Information: You may not publish or post other people's private information (such as home phone number and address) without their express authorization and permission. We also prohibit threatening to expose private information or incentivizing others to do so. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/personal-information.html). +Any content that depicts or promotes child sexual exploitation including, but not limited to:  -Non-Consensual Nudity: You may not post or share intimate photos or videos of someone that were produced or distributed without their consent. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/intimate-media.html). +* visual depictions of a child engaging in sexually explicit or sexually suggestive acts; +* illustrated, computer-generated or other forms of realistic depictions of a human child in a sexually explicit context, or engaging in sexually explicit acts;  +* sexualized commentaries about or directed at a known or unknown minor; and +* links to third-party sites that host child sexual exploitation material. +   -Account Compromise: You may not use or attempt to use credentials, passwords, tokens, keys, cookies or other data to log into or otherwise access, add, delete or modify the private information or account features of any X account other than your own (or those you have been directly authorized to do so via X’s Teams authorization, OAuth authorization or similar mechanism).  - +The following behaviors are also not permitted:  -### Authenticity +* sharing fantasies about or promoting engagement in child sexual exploitation; +* expressing a desire to obtain materials that feature child sexual exploitation; +* recruiting, advertising or expressing an interest in a commercial sex act involving a child, or in harboring and/or transporting a child for sexual purposes; +* sending sexually explicit media to a child; +* engaging or trying to engage a child in a sexually explicit conversation; +* trying to obtain sexually explicit media from a child or trying to engage a child in sexual activity  through blackmail or other incentives; +* identifying alleged victims of childhood sexual exploitation by name or image; and +* promoting or normalizing sexual attraction to minors as a form of identity or sexual orientation.  +   - -Platform Manipulation and Spam: You may not use X’s services in a manner intended to artificially amplify or suppress information or engage in behavior that manipulates or disrupts people’s experience on X. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/platform-manipulation.html). +### What is not a violation of this policy?  -Civic Integrity: You may not use X’s services for the purpose of manipulating or interfering in elections or other civic processes. This includes posting or sharing content that may suppress participation or mislead people about when, where, or how to participate in a civic process. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/election-integrity-policy.html). +* Discussions related to child sexual exploitation are permitted, provided they don’t normalise, promote or glorify child sexual exploitation **in any way**; +* Conversations about help-seeking behaviour of individuals who may struggle with an attraction to minors; +* Advocacy against illegal or harmful activity involving minors provided there is no sharing of, or linking to any material featuring child sexual exploitation; and +* Depictions of nude minors in a non-sexualized context or setting may be permitted in a limited number of scenarios (e.g., art works by internationally renowned artists that feature minors, news media reportage, media created and shared for scientific or educational purposes). +   -Misleading and Deceptive Identities: You may not impersonate individuals, groups, or organizations to mislead, confuse, or deceive others, nor use a fake identity in a manner that disrupts the experience of others on X. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/twitter-impersonation-and-deceptive-identities-policy.html). +### Who can report violations of this policy?  -Synthetic and Manipulated Media: You may not deceptively share synthetic or manipulated media that are likely to cause harm. In addition, we may label posts containing synthetic and manipulated media to help people understand their authenticity and to provide additional context. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/manipulated-media.html). +Anyone can report potential violations of this policy, whether they have an X account or not.  +  -Copyright and Trademark: You may not violate others’ intellectual property rights, including copyright and trademark. Learn more about our [trademark policy](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/twitter-trademark-policy.html) and [copyright policy](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/copyright-policy.html). - +### How can I report violations of this policy?  -### Third-party advertising in video content +If you think you've found an X account distributing or promoting child sexual exploitation, [you can report it via our child sexual exploitation form](https://help.twitter.com/forms/cse). Provide the username and links to all relevant Posts that led you to believe the account should be reviewed.  +  - -You may not submit, post, or display any video content on or through our services that includes third-party advertising, such as pre-roll video ads or sponsorship graphics, without our prior consent. +### What happens if you violate this policy?  -### -Enforcement and Appeals +In the majority of cases, the consequence for violating our child sexual exploitation policy is **immediate and permanent suspension**. In addition, violators will be prohibited from creating any new accounts in the future. Note: when we’re made aware of content depicting or promoting child sexual exploitation, including links to third party sites where this content can be accessed, they will be removed without further notice and reported to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC). +In a limited number of situations, where we haven’t identified any malicious intent, we will require you to remove this content. We will also temporarily lock you out of your account before you can Post again. Further violations will lead to your account being permanently suspended. If you believe that your account was suspended in error, you can [submit an appeal.](https://help.twitter.com/forms/general?subtopic=suspended) -Learn more about [our approach to enforcement](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/enforcement-philosophy.html), including potential consequences for violating these rules or attempting to circumvent enforcement, as well as how to appeal. -The X Rules -=========== +### Additional resources  -X's purpose is to serve the public conversation. Violence, harassment and other similar types of behavior discourage people from expressing themselves, and ultimately diminish the value of global public conversation. Our rules are to ensure all people can participate in the public conversation freely and safely. -  +Learn more about our [range of enforcement options](https://help.twitter.com/rules-and-policies/enforcement-options) and our approach to [policy development and enforcement](https://help.twitter.com/rules-and-policies/enforcement-philosophy). -### Safety +If you’ve found content elsewhere on the internet that is distributing or promoting child sexual exploitation, you should [file a report with NCMEC](http://www.missingkids.org/gethelpnow/cybertipline), or with your local law enforcement. If you believe the content is hosted on a website outside of the United States, you can report it on the [International Association of Internet Hotlines website](https://www.inhope.org/EN#hotlineReferral). -Violent Speech: You may not threaten, incite, glorify, or express desire for violence or harm. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/violent-speech.html). +We partner with multiple organisations whose work is dedicated to fighting child sexual exploitation around the world. Please see the full list of [our child protection partners](https://about.twitter.com/safety/safety-partners.html#child-protection-partners). -Violent & Hateful Entities: You can’t affiliate with or promote the activities of violent and hateful entities. [Learn more](https://help.x.com/en/rules-and-policies/violent-entities.html). +Child sexual exploitation policy +================================ -Child Sexual Exploitation: We have zero tolerance for child sexual exploitation on X. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/sexual-exploitation-policy.html). +### Overview  -Abuse/Harassment: You may not share abusive content, engage in the targeted harassment of someone, or incite other people to do so. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/abusive-behavior.html). +**October 2020** -Hateful conduct: You may not attack other people on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, caste, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, religious affiliation, age, disability, or serious disease. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/hateful-conduct-policy.html).  +**We have a zero-tolerance child sexual exploitation policy on X.** -Perpetrators of Violent Attacks: We will remove any accounts maintained by individual perpetrators of terrorist, violent extremist, or mass violent attacks, and may also remove posts disseminating manifestos or other content produced by perpetrators. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/perpetrators-of-violent-attacks.html).  - -Suicide: You may not promote or encourage suicide or self-harm. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/glorifying-self-harm.html). - -Sensitive media: You may not post media that is excessively gory or share violent or adult content within live video or in profile or header images. Media depicting sexual violence and/or assault is also not permitted. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/media-policy.html).  - -Illegal or Certain Regulated Goods or Services: You may not use our service for any unlawful purpose or in furtherance of illegal activities. This includes selling, buying, or facilitating transactions in illegal goods or services, as well as certain types of regulated goods or services. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/regulated-goods-services.html). +X has **zero tolerance towards any material that features or promotes child sexual exploitation**, one of the most serious violations of the [Our Rules](https://help.twitter.com/rules-and-policies/twitter-rules). This may include media, text, illustrated, or computer-generated images. Regardless of the intent, viewing, sharing, or linking to child sexual exploitation material contributes to the re-victimization of the depicted children. This also applies to content that may further contribute to victimization of children through the promotion or glorification of child sexual exploitation. For the purposes of this policy, a minor is any person under the age of 18.  -### Privacy +### What is in violation of this policy?  -Private Information: You may not publish or post other people's private information (such as home phone number and address) without their express authorization and permission. We also prohibit threatening to expose private information or incentivizing others to do so. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/personal-information.html). +Any content that depicts or promotes child sexual exploitation including, but not limited to:  -Non-Consensual Nudity: You may not post or share intimate photos or videos of someone that were produced or distributed without their consent. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/intimate-media.html). +* visual depictions of a child engaging in sexually explicit or sexually suggestive acts; +* illustrated, computer-generated or other forms of realistic depictions of a human child in a sexually explicit context, or engaging in sexually explicit acts;  +* sexualized commentaries about or directed at a known or unknown minor; and +* links to third-party sites that host child sexual exploitation material. +   -Account Compromise: You may not use or attempt to use credentials, passwords, tokens, keys, cookies or other data to log into or otherwise access, add, delete or modify the private information or account features of any X account other than your own (or those you have been directly authorized to do so via X’s Teams authorization, OAuth authorization or similar mechanism).  - +The following behaviors are also not permitted:  -### Authenticity +* sharing fantasies about or promoting engagement in child sexual exploitation; +* expressing a desire to obtain materials that feature child sexual exploitation; +* recruiting, advertising or expressing an interest in a commercial sex act involving a child, or in harboring and/or transporting a child for sexual purposes; +* sending sexually explicit media to a child; +* engaging or trying to engage a child in a sexually explicit conversation; +* trying to obtain sexually explicit media from a child or trying to engage a child in sexual activity  through blackmail or other incentives; +* identifying alleged victims of childhood sexual exploitation by name or image; and +* promoting or normalizing sexual attraction to minors as a form of identity or sexual orientation.  +   - -Platform Manipulation and Spam: You may not use X’s services in a manner intended to artificially amplify or suppress information or engage in behavior that manipulates or disrupts people’s experience on X. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/platform-manipulation.html). +### What is not a violation of this policy?  -Civic Integrity: You may not use X’s services for the purpose of manipulating or interfering in elections or other civic processes. This includes posting or sharing content that may suppress participation or mislead people about when, where, or how to participate in a civic process. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/election-integrity-policy.html). +* Discussions related to child sexual exploitation are permitted, provided they don’t normalise, promote or glorify child sexual exploitation **in any way**; +* Conversations about help-seeking behaviour of individuals who may struggle with an attraction to minors; +* Advocacy against illegal or harmful activity involving minors provided there is no sharing of, or linking to any material featuring child sexual exploitation; and +* Depictions of nude minors in a non-sexualized context or setting may be permitted in a limited number of scenarios (e.g., art works by internationally renowned artists that feature minors, news media reportage, media created and shared for scientific or educational purposes). +   -Misleading and Deceptive Identities: You may not impersonate individuals, groups, or organizations to mislead, confuse, or deceive others, nor use a fake identity in a manner that disrupts the experience of others on X. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/twitter-impersonation-and-deceptive-identities-policy.html). +### Who can report violations of this policy?  -Synthetic and Manipulated Media: You may not deceptively share synthetic or manipulated media that are likely to cause harm. In addition, we may label posts containing synthetic and manipulated media to help people understand their authenticity and to provide additional context. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/manipulated-media.html). +Anyone can report potential violations of this policy, whether they have an X account or not.  +  -Copyright and Trademark: You may not violate others’ intellectual property rights, including copyright and trademark. Learn more about our [trademark policy](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/twitter-trademark-policy.html) and [copyright policy](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/copyright-policy.html). - +### How can I report violations of this policy?  -### Third-party advertising in video content +If you think you've found an X account distributing or promoting child sexual exploitation, [you can report it via our child sexual exploitation form](https://help.twitter.com/forms/cse). Provide the username and links to all relevant Posts that led you to believe the account should be reviewed.  +  - -You may not submit, post, or display any video content on or through our services that includes third-party advertising, such as pre-roll video ads or sponsorship graphics, without our prior consent. +### What happens if you violate this policy?  -### -Enforcement and Appeals +In the majority of cases, the consequence for violating our child sexual exploitation policy is **immediate and permanent suspension**. In addition, violators will be prohibited from creating any new accounts in the future. Note: when we’re made aware of content depicting or promoting child sexual exploitation, including links to third party sites where this content can be accessed, they will be removed without further notice and reported to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC). +In a limited number of situations, where we haven’t identified any malicious intent, we will require you to remove this content. We will also temporarily lock you out of your account before you can Post again. Further violations will lead to your account being permanently suspended. If you believe that your account was suspended in error, you can [submit an appeal.](https://help.twitter.com/forms/general?subtopic=suspended) -Learn more about [our approach to enforcement](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/enforcement-philosophy.html), including potential consequences for violating these rules or attempting to circumvent enforcement, as well as how to appeal. - -The X Rules -=========== - -X's purpose is to serve the public conversation. Violence, harassment and other similar types of behavior discourage people from expressing themselves, and ultimately diminish the value of global public conversation. Our rules are to ensure all people can participate in the public conversation freely and safely. -  - -### Safety -Violent Speech: You may not threaten, incite, glorify, or express desire for violence or harm. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/violent-speech.html). +### Additional resources  -Violent & Hateful Entities: You can’t affiliate with or promote the activities of violent and hateful entities. [Learn more](https://help.x.com/en/rules-and-policies/violent-entities.html). +Learn more about our [range of enforcement options](https://help.twitter.com/rules-and-policies/enforcement-options) and our approach to [policy development and enforcement](https://help.twitter.com/rules-and-policies/enforcement-philosophy). -Child Sexual Exploitation: We have zero tolerance for child sexual exploitation on X. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/sexual-exploitation-policy.html). +If you’ve found content elsewhere on the internet that is distributing or promoting child sexual exploitation, you should [file a report with NCMEC](http://www.missingkids.org/gethelpnow/cybertipline), or with your local law enforcement. If you believe the content is hosted on a website outside of the United States, you can report it on the [International Association of Internet Hotlines website](https://www.inhope.org/EN#hotlineReferral). -Abuse/Harassment: You may not share abusive content, engage in the targeted harassment of someone, or incite other people to do so. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/abusive-behavior.html). +We partner with multiple organisations whose work is dedicated to fighting child sexual exploitation around the world. Please see the full list of [our child protection partners](https://about.twitter.com/safety/safety-partners.html#child-protection-partners). -Hateful conduct: You may not attack other people on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, caste, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, religious affiliation, age, disability, or serious disease. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/hateful-conduct-policy.html).  +Child sexual exploitation policy +================================ -Perpetrators of Violent Attacks: We will remove any accounts maintained by individual perpetrators of terrorist, violent extremist, or mass violent attacks, and may also remove posts disseminating manifestos or other content produced by perpetrators. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/perpetrators-of-violent-attacks.html).  +### Overview  -Suicide: You may not promote or encourage suicide or self-harm. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/glorifying-self-harm.html). +**October 2020** -Sensitive media: You may not post media that is excessively gory or share violent or adult content within live video or in profile or header images. Media depicting sexual violence and/or assault is also not permitted. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/media-policy.html).  +**We have a zero-tolerance child sexual exploitation policy on X.** -Illegal or Certain Regulated Goods or Services: You may not use our service for any unlawful purpose or in furtherance of illegal activities. This includes selling, buying, or facilitating transactions in illegal goods or services, as well as certain types of regulated goods or services. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/regulated-goods-services.html). +X has **zero tolerance towards any material that features or promotes child sexual exploitation**, one of the most serious violations of the [Our Rules](https://help.twitter.com/rules-and-policies/twitter-rules). This may include media, text, illustrated, or computer-generated images. Regardless of the intent, viewing, sharing, or linking to child sexual exploitation material contributes to the re-victimization of the depicted children. This also applies to content that may further contribute to victimization of children through the promotion or glorification of child sexual exploitation. For the purposes of this policy, a minor is any person under the age of 18.  -### Privacy +### What is in violation of this policy?  -Private Information: You may not publish or post other people's private information (such as home phone number and address) without their express authorization and permission. We also prohibit threatening to expose private information or incentivizing others to do so. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/personal-information.html). +Any content that depicts or promotes child sexual exploitation including, but not limited to:  -Non-Consensual Nudity: You may not post or share intimate photos or videos of someone that were produced or distributed without their consent. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/intimate-media.html). +* visual depictions of a child engaging in sexually explicit or sexually suggestive acts; +* illustrated, computer-generated or other forms of realistic depictions of a human child in a sexually explicit context, or engaging in sexually explicit acts;  +* sexualized commentaries about or directed at a known or unknown minor; and +* links to third-party sites that host child sexual exploitation material. +   -Account Compromise: You may not use or attempt to use credentials, passwords, tokens, keys, cookies or other data to log into or otherwise access, add, delete or modify the private information or account features of any X account other than your own (or those you have been directly authorized to do so via X’s Teams authorization, OAuth authorization or similar mechanism).  - +The following behaviors are also not permitted:  -### Authenticity +* sharing fantasies about or promoting engagement in child sexual exploitation; +* expressing a desire to obtain materials that feature child sexual exploitation; +* recruiting, advertising or expressing an interest in a commercial sex act involving a child, or in harboring and/or transporting a child for sexual purposes; +* sending sexually explicit media to a child; +* engaging or trying to engage a child in a sexually explicit conversation; +* trying to obtain sexually explicit media from a child or trying to engage a child in sexual activity  through blackmail or other incentives; +* identifying alleged victims of childhood sexual exploitation by name or image; and +* promoting or normalizing sexual attraction to minors as a form of identity or sexual orientation.  +   - -Platform Manipulation and Spam: You may not use X’s services in a manner intended to artificially amplify or suppress information or engage in behavior that manipulates or disrupts people’s experience on X. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/platform-manipulation.html). +### What is not a violation of this policy?  -Civic Integrity: You may not use X’s services for the purpose of manipulating or interfering in elections or other civic processes. This includes posting or sharing content that may suppress participation or mislead people about when, where, or how to participate in a civic process. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/election-integrity-policy.html). +* Discussions related to child sexual exploitation are permitted, provided they don’t normalise, promote or glorify child sexual exploitation **in any way**; +* Conversations about help-seeking behaviour of individuals who may struggle with an attraction to minors; +* Advocacy against illegal or harmful activity involving minors provided there is no sharing of, or linking to any material featuring child sexual exploitation; and +* Depictions of nude minors in a non-sexualized context or setting may be permitted in a limited number of scenarios (e.g., art works by internationally renowned artists that feature minors, news media reportage, media created and shared for scientific or educational purposes). +   -Misleading and Deceptive Identities: You may not impersonate individuals, groups, or organizations to mislead, confuse, or deceive others, nor use a fake identity in a manner that disrupts the experience of others on X. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/twitter-impersonation-and-deceptive-identities-policy.html). +### Who can report violations of this policy?  -Synthetic and Manipulated Media: You may not deceptively share synthetic or manipulated media that are likely to cause harm. In addition, we may label posts containing synthetic and manipulated media to help people understand their authenticity and to provide additional context. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/manipulated-media.html). +Anyone can report potential violations of this policy, whether they have an X account or not.  +  -Copyright and Trademark: You may not violate others’ intellectual property rights, including copyright and trademark. Learn more about our [trademark policy](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/twitter-trademark-policy.html) and [copyright policy](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/copyright-policy.html). - +### How can I report violations of this policy?  -### Third-party advertising in video content +If you think you've found an X account distributing or promoting child sexual exploitation, [you can report it via our child sexual exploitation form](https://help.twitter.com/forms/cse). Provide the username and links to all relevant Posts that led you to believe the account should be reviewed.  +  - -You may not submit, post, or display any video content on or through our services that includes third-party advertising, such as pre-roll video ads or sponsorship graphics, without our prior consent. +### What happens if you violate this policy?  -### -Enforcement and Appeals +In the majority of cases, the consequence for violating our child sexual exploitation policy is **immediate and permanent suspension**. In addition, violators will be prohibited from creating any new accounts in the future. Note: when we’re made aware of content depicting or promoting child sexual exploitation, including links to third party sites where this content can be accessed, they will be removed without further notice and reported to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC). +In a limited number of situations, where we haven’t identified any malicious intent, we will require you to remove this content. We will also temporarily lock you out of your account before you can Post again. Further violations will lead to your account being permanently suspended. If you believe that your account was suspended in error, you can [submit an appeal.](https://help.twitter.com/forms/general?subtopic=suspended) -Learn more about [our approach to enforcement](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/enforcement-philosophy.html), including potential consequences for violating these rules or attempting to circumvent enforcement, as well as how to appeal. - -The X Rules -=========== - -X's purpose is to serve the public conversation. Violence, harassment and other similar types of behavior discourage people from expressing themselves, and ultimately diminish the value of global public conversation. Our rules are to ensure all people can participate in the public conversation freely and safely. -  - -### Safety -Violent Speech: You may not threaten, incite, glorify, or express desire for violence or harm. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/violent-speech.html). +### Additional resources  -Violent & Hateful Entities: You can’t affiliate with or promote the activities of violent and hateful entities. [Learn more](https://help.x.com/en/rules-and-policies/violent-entities.html). +Learn more about our [range of enforcement options](https://help.twitter.com/rules-and-policies/enforcement-options) and our approach to [policy development and enforcement](https://help.twitter.com/rules-and-policies/enforcement-philosophy). -Child Sexual Exploitation: We have zero tolerance for child sexual exploitation on X. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/sexual-exploitation-policy.html). +If you’ve found content elsewhere on the internet that is distributing or promoting child sexual exploitation, you should [file a report with NCMEC](http://www.missingkids.org/gethelpnow/cybertipline), or with your local law enforcement. If you believe the content is hosted on a website outside of the United States, you can report it on the [International Association of Internet Hotlines website](https://www.inhope.org/EN#hotlineReferral). -Abuse/Harassment: You may not share abusive content, engage in the targeted harassment of someone, or incite other people to do so. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/abusive-behavior.html). +We partner with multiple organisations whose work is dedicated to fighting child sexual exploitation around the world. Please see the full list of [our child protection partners](https://about.twitter.com/safety/safety-partners.html#child-protection-partners). -Hateful conduct: You may not attack other people on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, caste, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, religious affiliation, age, disability, or serious disease. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/hateful-conduct-policy.html).  +Child sexual exploitation policy +================================ -Perpetrators of Violent Attacks: We will remove any accounts maintained by individual perpetrators of terrorist, violent extremist, or mass violent attacks, and may also remove posts disseminating manifestos or other content produced by perpetrators. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/perpetrators-of-violent-attacks.html).  +### Overview  -Suicide: You may not promote or encourage suicide or self-harm. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/glorifying-self-harm.html). +**October 2020** -Sensitive media: You may not post media that is excessively gory or share violent or adult content within live video or in profile or header images. Media depicting sexual violence and/or assault is also not permitted. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/media-policy.html).  +**We have a zero-tolerance child sexual exploitation policy on X.** -Illegal or Certain Regulated Goods or Services: You may not use our service for any unlawful purpose or in furtherance of illegal activities. This includes selling, buying, or facilitating transactions in illegal goods or services, as well as certain types of regulated goods or services. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/regulated-goods-services.html). +X has **zero tolerance towards any material that features or promotes child sexual exploitation**, one of the most serious violations of the [Our Rules](https://help.twitter.com/rules-and-policies/twitter-rules). This may include media, text, illustrated, or computer-generated images. Regardless of the intent, viewing, sharing, or linking to child sexual exploitation material contributes to the re-victimization of the depicted children. This also applies to content that may further contribute to victimization of children through the promotion or glorification of child sexual exploitation. For the purposes of this policy, a minor is any person under the age of 18.  -### Privacy +### What is in violation of this policy?  -Private Information: You may not publish or post other people's private information (such as home phone number and address) without their express authorization and permission. We also prohibit threatening to expose private information or incentivizing others to do so. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/personal-information.html). +Any content that depicts or promotes child sexual exploitation including, but not limited to:  -Non-Consensual Nudity: You may not post or share intimate photos or videos of someone that were produced or distributed without their consent. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/intimate-media.html). +* visual depictions of a child engaging in sexually explicit or sexually suggestive acts; +* illustrated, computer-generated or other forms of realistic depictions of a human child in a sexually explicit context, or engaging in sexually explicit acts;  +* sexualized commentaries about or directed at a known or unknown minor; and +* links to third-party sites that host child sexual exploitation material. +   -Account Compromise: You may not use or attempt to use credentials, passwords, tokens, keys, cookies or other data to log into or otherwise access, add, delete or modify the private information or account features of any X account other than your own (or those you have been directly authorized to do so via X’s Teams authorization, OAuth authorization or similar mechanism).  - +The following behaviors are also not permitted:  -### Authenticity +* sharing fantasies about or promoting engagement in child sexual exploitation; +* expressing a desire to obtain materials that feature child sexual exploitation; +* recruiting, advertising or expressing an interest in a commercial sex act involving a child, or in harboring and/or transporting a child for sexual purposes; +* sending sexually explicit media to a child; +* engaging or trying to engage a child in a sexually explicit conversation; +* trying to obtain sexually explicit media from a child or trying to engage a child in sexual activity  through blackmail or other incentives; +* identifying alleged victims of childhood sexual exploitation by name or image; and +* promoting or normalizing sexual attraction to minors as a form of identity or sexual orientation.  +   - -Platform Manipulation and Spam: You may not use X’s services in a manner intended to artificially amplify or suppress information or engage in behavior that manipulates or disrupts people’s experience on X. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/platform-manipulation.html). +### What is not a violation of this policy?  -Civic Integrity: You may not use X’s services for the purpose of manipulating or interfering in elections or other civic processes. This includes posting or sharing content that may suppress participation or mislead people about when, where, or how to participate in a civic process. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/election-integrity-policy.html). +* Discussions related to child sexual exploitation are permitted, provided they don’t normalise, promote or glorify child sexual exploitation **in any way**; +* Conversations about help-seeking behaviour of individuals who may struggle with an attraction to minors; +* Advocacy against illegal or harmful activity involving minors provided there is no sharing of, or linking to any material featuring child sexual exploitation; and +* Depictions of nude minors in a non-sexualized context or setting may be permitted in a limited number of scenarios (e.g., art works by internationally renowned artists that feature minors, news media reportage, media created and shared for scientific or educational purposes). +   -Misleading and Deceptive Identities: You may not impersonate individuals, groups, or organizations to mislead, confuse, or deceive others, nor use a fake identity in a manner that disrupts the experience of others on X. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/twitter-impersonation-and-deceptive-identities-policy.html). +### Who can report violations of this policy?  -Synthetic and Manipulated Media: You may not deceptively share synthetic or manipulated media that are likely to cause harm. In addition, we may label posts containing synthetic and manipulated media to help people understand their authenticity and to provide additional context. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/manipulated-media.html). +Anyone can report potential violations of this policy, whether they have an X account or not.  +  -Copyright and Trademark: You may not violate others’ intellectual property rights, including copyright and trademark. Learn more about our [trademark policy](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/twitter-trademark-policy.html) and [copyright policy](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/copyright-policy.html). - +### How can I report violations of this policy?  -### Third-party advertising in video content +If you think you've found an X account distributing or promoting child sexual exploitation, [you can report it via our child sexual exploitation form](https://help.twitter.com/forms/cse). Provide the username and links to all relevant Posts that led you to believe the account should be reviewed.  +  - -You may not submit, post, or display any video content on or through our services that includes third-party advertising, such as pre-roll video ads or sponsorship graphics, without our prior consent. +### What happens if you violate this policy?  -### -Enforcement and Appeals +In the majority of cases, the consequence for violating our child sexual exploitation policy is **immediate and permanent suspension**. In addition, violators will be prohibited from creating any new accounts in the future. Note: when we’re made aware of content depicting or promoting child sexual exploitation, including links to third party sites where this content can be accessed, they will be removed without further notice and reported to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC). +In a limited number of situations, where we haven’t identified any malicious intent, we will require you to remove this content. We will also temporarily lock you out of your account before you can Post again. Further violations will lead to your account being permanently suspended. If you believe that your account was suspended in error, you can [submit an appeal.](https://help.twitter.com/forms/general?subtopic=suspended) -Learn more about [our approach to enforcement](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/enforcement-philosophy.html), including potential consequences for violating these rules or attempting to circumvent enforcement, as well as how to appeal. -The X Rules -=========== +### Additional resources  -X's purpose is to serve the public conversation. Violence, harassment and other similar types of behavior discourage people from expressing themselves, and ultimately diminish the value of global public conversation. Our rules are to ensure all people can participate in the public conversation freely and safely. -  - -### Safety - -Violent Speech: You may not threaten, incite, glorify, or express desire for violence or harm. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/violent-speech.html). +Learn more about our [range of enforcement options](https://help.twitter.com/rules-and-policies/enforcement-options) and our approach to [policy development and enforcement](https://help.twitter.com/rules-and-policies/enforcement-philosophy). -Violent & Hateful Entities: You can’t affiliate with or promote the activities of violent and hateful entities. [Learn more](https://help.x.com/en/rules-and-policies/violent-entities.html). +If you’ve found content elsewhere on the internet that is distributing or promoting child sexual exploitation, you should [file a report with NCMEC](http://www.missingkids.org/gethelpnow/cybertipline), or with your local law enforcement. If you believe the content is hosted on a website outside of the United States, you can report it on the [International Association of Internet Hotlines website](https://www.inhope.org/EN#hotlineReferral). -Child Sexual Exploitation: We have zero tolerance for child sexual exploitation on X. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/sexual-exploitation-policy.html). +We partner with multiple organisations whose work is dedicated to fighting child sexual exploitation around the world. Please see the full list of [our child protection partners](https://about.twitter.com/safety/safety-partners.html#child-protection-partners). -Abuse/Harassment: You may not share abusive content, engage in the targeted harassment of someone, or incite other people to do so. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/abusive-behavior.html). +Child sexual exploitation policy +================================ -Hateful conduct: You may not attack other people on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, caste, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, religious affiliation, age, disability, or serious disease. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/hateful-conduct-policy.html).  +### Overview  -Perpetrators of Violent Attacks: We will remove any accounts maintained by individual perpetrators of terrorist, violent extremist, or mass violent attacks, and may also remove posts disseminating manifestos or other content produced by perpetrators. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/perpetrators-of-violent-attacks.html).  +**October 2020** -Suicide: You may not promote or encourage suicide or self-harm. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/glorifying-self-harm.html). +**We have a zero-tolerance child sexual exploitation policy on X.** -Sensitive media: You may not post media that is excessively gory or share violent or adult content within live video or in profile or header images. Media depicting sexual violence and/or assault is also not permitted. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/media-policy.html).  - -Illegal or Certain Regulated Goods or Services: You may not use our service for any unlawful purpose or in furtherance of illegal activities. This includes selling, buying, or facilitating transactions in illegal goods or services, as well as certain types of regulated goods or services. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/regulated-goods-services.html). +X has **zero tolerance towards any material that features or promotes child sexual exploitation**, one of the most serious violations of the [Our Rules](https://help.twitter.com/rules-and-policies/twitter-rules). This may include media, text, illustrated, or computer-generated images. Regardless of the intent, viewing, sharing, or linking to child sexual exploitation material contributes to the re-victimization of the depicted children. This also applies to content that may further contribute to victimization of children through the promotion or glorification of child sexual exploitation. For the purposes of this policy, a minor is any person under the age of 18.  -### Privacy +### What is in violation of this policy?  -Private Information: You may not publish or post other people's private information (such as home phone number and address) without their express authorization and permission. We also prohibit threatening to expose private information or incentivizing others to do so. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/personal-information.html). +Any content that depicts or promotes child sexual exploitation including, but not limited to:  -Non-Consensual Nudity: You may not post or share intimate photos or videos of someone that were produced or distributed without their consent. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/intimate-media.html). +* visual depictions of a child engaging in sexually explicit or sexually suggestive acts; +* illustrated, computer-generated or other forms of realistic depictions of a human child in a sexually explicit context, or engaging in sexually explicit acts;  +* sexualized commentaries about or directed at a known or unknown minor; and +* links to third-party sites that host child sexual exploitation material. +   -Account Compromise: You may not use or attempt to use credentials, passwords, tokens, keys, cookies or other data to log into or otherwise access, add, delete or modify the private information or account features of any X account other than your own (or those you have been directly authorized to do so via X’s Teams authorization, OAuth authorization or similar mechanism).  - +The following behaviors are also not permitted:  -### Authenticity +* sharing fantasies about or promoting engagement in child sexual exploitation; +* expressing a desire to obtain materials that feature child sexual exploitation; +* recruiting, advertising or expressing an interest in a commercial sex act involving a child, or in harboring and/or transporting a child for sexual purposes; +* sending sexually explicit media to a child; +* engaging or trying to engage a child in a sexually explicit conversation; +* trying to obtain sexually explicit media from a child or trying to engage a child in sexual activity  through blackmail or other incentives; +* identifying alleged victims of childhood sexual exploitation by name or image; and +* promoting or normalizing sexual attraction to minors as a form of identity or sexual orientation.  +   - -Platform Manipulation and Spam: You may not use X’s services in a manner intended to artificially amplify or suppress information or engage in behavior that manipulates or disrupts people’s experience on X. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/platform-manipulation.html). +### What is not a violation of this policy?  -Civic Integrity: You may not use X’s services for the purpose of manipulating or interfering in elections or other civic processes. This includes posting or sharing content that may suppress participation or mislead people about when, where, or how to participate in a civic process. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/election-integrity-policy.html). +* Discussions related to child sexual exploitation are permitted, provided they don’t normalise, promote or glorify child sexual exploitation **in any way**; +* Conversations about help-seeking behaviour of individuals who may struggle with an attraction to minors; +* Advocacy against illegal or harmful activity involving minors provided there is no sharing of, or linking to any material featuring child sexual exploitation; and +* Depictions of nude minors in a non-sexualized context or setting may be permitted in a limited number of scenarios (e.g., art works by internationally renowned artists that feature minors, news media reportage, media created and shared for scientific or educational purposes). +   -Misleading and Deceptive Identities: You may not impersonate individuals, groups, or organizations to mislead, confuse, or deceive others, nor use a fake identity in a manner that disrupts the experience of others on X. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/twitter-impersonation-and-deceptive-identities-policy.html). +### Who can report violations of this policy?  -Synthetic and Manipulated Media: You may not deceptively share synthetic or manipulated media that are likely to cause harm. In addition, we may label posts containing synthetic and manipulated media to help people understand their authenticity and to provide additional context. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/manipulated-media.html). +Anyone can report potential violations of this policy, whether they have an X account or not.  +  -Copyright and Trademark: You may not violate others’ intellectual property rights, including copyright and trademark. Learn more about our [trademark policy](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/twitter-trademark-policy.html) and [copyright policy](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/copyright-policy.html). - +### How can I report violations of this policy?  -### Third-party advertising in video content +If you think you've found an X account distributing or promoting child sexual exploitation, [you can report it via our child sexual exploitation form](https://help.twitter.com/forms/cse). Provide the username and links to all relevant Posts that led you to believe the account should be reviewed.  +  - -You may not submit, post, or display any video content on or through our services that includes third-party advertising, such as pre-roll video ads or sponsorship graphics, without our prior consent. +### What happens if you violate this policy?  -### -Enforcement and Appeals +In the majority of cases, the consequence for violating our child sexual exploitation policy is **immediate and permanent suspension**. In addition, violators will be prohibited from creating any new accounts in the future. Note: when we’re made aware of content depicting or promoting child sexual exploitation, including links to third party sites where this content can be accessed, they will be removed without further notice and reported to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC). +In a limited number of situations, where we haven’t identified any malicious intent, we will require you to remove this content. We will also temporarily lock you out of your account before you can Post again. Further violations will lead to your account being permanently suspended. If you believe that your account was suspended in error, you can [submit an appeal.](https://help.twitter.com/forms/general?subtopic=suspended) -Learn more about [our approach to enforcement](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/enforcement-philosophy.html), including potential consequences for violating these rules or attempting to circumvent enforcement, as well as how to appeal. - -The X Rules -=========== -X's purpose is to serve the public conversation. Violence, harassment and other similar types of behavior discourage people from expressing themselves, and ultimately diminish the value of global public conversation. Our rules are to ensure all people can participate in the public conversation freely and safely. -  - -### Safety - -Violent Speech: You may not threaten, incite, glorify, or express desire for violence or harm. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/violent-speech.html). +### Additional resources  -Violent & Hateful Entities: You can’t affiliate with or promote the activities of violent and hateful entities. [Learn more](https://help.x.com/en/rules-and-policies/violent-entities.html). +Learn more about our [range of enforcement options](https://help.twitter.com/rules-and-policies/enforcement-options) and our approach to [policy development and enforcement](https://help.twitter.com/rules-and-policies/enforcement-philosophy). -Child Sexual Exploitation: We have zero tolerance for child sexual exploitation on X. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/sexual-exploitation-policy.html). +If you’ve found content elsewhere on the internet that is distributing or promoting child sexual exploitation, you should [file a report with NCMEC](http://www.missingkids.org/gethelpnow/cybertipline), or with your local law enforcement. If you believe the content is hosted on a website outside of the United States, you can report it on the [International Association of Internet Hotlines website](https://www.inhope.org/EN#hotlineReferral). -Abuse/Harassment: You may not share abusive content, engage in the targeted harassment of someone, or incite other people to do so. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/abusive-behavior.html). +We partner with multiple organisations whose work is dedicated to fighting child sexual exploitation around the world. Please see the full list of [our child protection partners](https://about.twitter.com/safety/safety-partners.html#child-protection-partners). -Hateful conduct: You may not attack other people on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, caste, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, religious affiliation, age, disability, or serious disease. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/hateful-conduct-policy.html).  +Child sexual exploitation policy +================================ -Perpetrators of Violent Attacks: We will remove any accounts maintained by individual perpetrators of terrorist, violent extremist, or mass violent attacks, and may also remove posts disseminating manifestos or other content produced by perpetrators. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/perpetrators-of-violent-attacks.html).  +### Overview  -Suicide: You may not promote or encourage suicide or self-harm. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/glorifying-self-harm.html). +**October 2020** -Sensitive media: You may not post media that is excessively gory or share violent or adult content within live video or in profile or header images. Media depicting sexual violence and/or assault is also not permitted. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/media-policy.html).  +**We have a zero-tolerance child sexual exploitation policy on X.** -Illegal or Certain Regulated Goods or Services: You may not use our service for any unlawful purpose or in furtherance of illegal activities. This includes selling, buying, or facilitating transactions in illegal goods or services, as well as certain types of regulated goods or services. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/regulated-goods-services.html). +X has **zero tolerance towards any material that features or promotes child sexual exploitation**, one of the most serious violations of the [Our Rules](https://help.twitter.com/rules-and-policies/twitter-rules). This may include media, text, illustrated, or computer-generated images. Regardless of the intent, viewing, sharing, or linking to child sexual exploitation material contributes to the re-victimization of the depicted children. This also applies to content that may further contribute to victimization of children through the promotion or glorification of child sexual exploitation. For the purposes of this policy, a minor is any person under the age of 18.  -### Privacy +### What is in violation of this policy?  -Private Information: You may not publish or post other people's private information (such as home phone number and address) without their express authorization and permission. We also prohibit threatening to expose private information or incentivizing others to do so. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/personal-information.html). +Any content that depicts or promotes child sexual exploitation including, but not limited to:  -Non-Consensual Nudity: You may not post or share intimate photos or videos of someone that were produced or distributed without their consent. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/intimate-media.html). +* visual depictions of a child engaging in sexually explicit or sexually suggestive acts; +* illustrated, computer-generated or other forms of realistic depictions of a human child in a sexually explicit context, or engaging in sexually explicit acts;  +* sexualized commentaries about or directed at a known or unknown minor; and +* links to third-party sites that host child sexual exploitation material. +   -Account Compromise: You may not use or attempt to use credentials, passwords, tokens, keys, cookies or other data to log into or otherwise access, add, delete or modify the private information or account features of any X account other than your own (or those you have been directly authorized to do so via X’s Teams authorization, OAuth authorization or similar mechanism).  - +The following behaviors are also not permitted:  -### Authenticity +* sharing fantasies about or promoting engagement in child sexual exploitation; +* expressing a desire to obtain materials that feature child sexual exploitation; +* recruiting, advertising or expressing an interest in a commercial sex act involving a child, or in harboring and/or transporting a child for sexual purposes; +* sending sexually explicit media to a child; +* engaging or trying to engage a child in a sexually explicit conversation; +* trying to obtain sexually explicit media from a child or trying to engage a child in sexual activity  through blackmail or other incentives; +* identifying alleged victims of childhood sexual exploitation by name or image; and +* promoting or normalizing sexual attraction to minors as a form of identity or sexual orientation.  +   - -Platform Manipulation and Spam: You may not use X’s services in a manner intended to artificially amplify or suppress information or engage in behavior that manipulates or disrupts people’s experience on X. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/platform-manipulation.html). +### What is not a violation of this policy?  -Civic Integrity: You may not use X’s services for the purpose of manipulating or interfering in elections or other civic processes. This includes posting or sharing content that may suppress participation or mislead people about when, where, or how to participate in a civic process. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/election-integrity-policy.html). +* Discussions related to child sexual exploitation are permitted, provided they don’t normalise, promote or glorify child sexual exploitation **in any way**; +* Conversations about help-seeking behaviour of individuals who may struggle with an attraction to minors; +* Advocacy against illegal or harmful activity involving minors provided there is no sharing of, or linking to any material featuring child sexual exploitation; and +* Depictions of nude minors in a non-sexualized context or setting may be permitted in a limited number of scenarios (e.g., art works by internationally renowned artists that feature minors, news media reportage, media created and shared for scientific or educational purposes). +   -Misleading and Deceptive Identities: You may not impersonate individuals, groups, or organizations to mislead, confuse, or deceive others, nor use a fake identity in a manner that disrupts the experience of others on X. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/twitter-impersonation-and-deceptive-identities-policy.html). +### Who can report violations of this policy?  -Synthetic and Manipulated Media: You may not deceptively share synthetic or manipulated media that are likely to cause harm. In addition, we may label posts containing synthetic and manipulated media to help people understand their authenticity and to provide additional context. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/manipulated-media.html). +Anyone can report potential violations of this policy, whether they have an X account or not.  +  -Copyright and Trademark: You may not violate others’ intellectual property rights, including copyright and trademark. Learn more about our [trademark policy](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/twitter-trademark-policy.html) and [copyright policy](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/copyright-policy.html). - +### How can I report violations of this policy?  -### Third-party advertising in video content +If you think you've found an X account distributing or promoting child sexual exploitation, [you can report it via our child sexual exploitation form](https://help.twitter.com/forms/cse). Provide the username and links to all relevant Posts that led you to believe the account should be reviewed.  +  - -You may not submit, post, or display any video content on or through our services that includes third-party advertising, such as pre-roll video ads or sponsorship graphics, without our prior consent. +### What happens if you violate this policy?  -### -Enforcement and Appeals +In the majority of cases, the consequence for violating our child sexual exploitation policy is **immediate and permanent suspension**. In addition, violators will be prohibited from creating any new accounts in the future. Note: when we’re made aware of content depicting or promoting child sexual exploitation, including links to third party sites where this content can be accessed, they will be removed without further notice and reported to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC). +In a limited number of situations, where we haven’t identified any malicious intent, we will require you to remove this content. We will also temporarily lock you out of your account before you can Post again. Further violations will lead to your account being permanently suspended. If you believe that your account was suspended in error, you can [submit an appeal.](https://help.twitter.com/forms/general?subtopic=suspended) -Learn more about [our approach to enforcement](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/enforcement-philosophy.html), including potential consequences for violating these rules or attempting to circumvent enforcement, as well as how to appeal. - -The X Rules -=========== - -X's purpose is to serve the public conversation. Violence, harassment and other similar types of behavior discourage people from expressing themselves, and ultimately diminish the value of global public conversation. Our rules are to ensure all people can participate in the public conversation freely and safely. -  -### Safety +### Additional resources  -Violent Speech: You may not threaten, incite, glorify, or express desire for violence or harm. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/violent-speech.html). +Learn more about our [range of enforcement options](https://help.twitter.com/rules-and-policies/enforcement-options) and our approach to [policy development and enforcement](https://help.twitter.com/rules-and-policies/enforcement-philosophy). -Violent & Hateful Entities: You can’t affiliate with or promote the activities of violent and hateful entities. [Learn more](https://help.x.com/en/rules-and-policies/violent-entities.html). +If you’ve found content elsewhere on the internet that is distributing or promoting child sexual exploitation, you should [file a report with NCMEC](http://www.missingkids.org/gethelpnow/cybertipline), or with your local law enforcement. If you believe the content is hosted on a website outside of the United States, you can report it on the [International Association of Internet Hotlines website](https://www.inhope.org/EN#hotlineReferral). -Child Sexual Exploitation: We have zero tolerance for child sexual exploitation on X. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/sexual-exploitation-policy.html). +We partner with multiple organisations whose work is dedicated to fighting child sexual exploitation around the world. Please see the full list of [our child protection partners](https://about.twitter.com/safety/safety-partners.html#child-protection-partners). -Abuse/Harassment: You may not share abusive content, engage in the targeted harassment of someone, or incite other people to do so. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/abusive-behavior.html). +Child sexual exploitation policy +================================ -Hateful conduct: You may not attack other people on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, caste, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, religious affiliation, age, disability, or serious disease. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/hateful-conduct-policy.html).  +### Overview  -Perpetrators of Violent Attacks: We will remove any accounts maintained by individual perpetrators of terrorist, violent extremist, or mass violent attacks, and may also remove posts disseminating manifestos or other content produced by perpetrators. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/perpetrators-of-violent-attacks.html).  +**October 2020** -Suicide: You may not promote or encourage suicide or self-harm. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/glorifying-self-harm.html). +**We have a zero-tolerance child sexual exploitation policy on X.** -Sensitive media: You may not post media that is excessively gory or share violent or adult content within live video or in profile or header images. Media depicting sexual violence and/or assault is also not permitted. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/media-policy.html).  - -Illegal or Certain Regulated Goods or Services: You may not use our service for any unlawful purpose or in furtherance of illegal activities. This includes selling, buying, or facilitating transactions in illegal goods or services, as well as certain types of regulated goods or services. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/regulated-goods-services.html). +X has **zero tolerance towards any material that features or promotes child sexual exploitation**, one of the most serious violations of the [Our Rules](https://help.twitter.com/rules-and-policies/twitter-rules). This may include media, text, illustrated, or computer-generated images. Regardless of the intent, viewing, sharing, or linking to child sexual exploitation material contributes to the re-victimization of the depicted children. This also applies to content that may further contribute to victimization of children through the promotion or glorification of child sexual exploitation. For the purposes of this policy, a minor is any person under the age of 18.  -### Privacy +### What is in violation of this policy?  -Private Information: You may not publish or post other people's private information (such as home phone number and address) without their express authorization and permission. We also prohibit threatening to expose private information or incentivizing others to do so. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/personal-information.html). +Any content that depicts or promotes child sexual exploitation including, but not limited to:  -Non-Consensual Nudity: You may not post or share intimate photos or videos of someone that were produced or distributed without their consent. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/intimate-media.html). +* visual depictions of a child engaging in sexually explicit or sexually suggestive acts; +* illustrated, computer-generated or other forms of realistic depictions of a human child in a sexually explicit context, or engaging in sexually explicit acts;  +* sexualized commentaries about or directed at a known or unknown minor; and +* links to third-party sites that host child sexual exploitation material. +   -Account Compromise: You may not use or attempt to use credentials, passwords, tokens, keys, cookies or other data to log into or otherwise access, add, delete or modify the private information or account features of any X account other than your own (or those you have been directly authorized to do so via X’s Teams authorization, OAuth authorization or similar mechanism).  - +The following behaviors are also not permitted:  -### Authenticity +* sharing fantasies about or promoting engagement in child sexual exploitation; +* expressing a desire to obtain materials that feature child sexual exploitation; +* recruiting, advertising or expressing an interest in a commercial sex act involving a child, or in harboring and/or transporting a child for sexual purposes; +* sending sexually explicit media to a child; +* engaging or trying to engage a child in a sexually explicit conversation; +* trying to obtain sexually explicit media from a child or trying to engage a child in sexual activity  through blackmail or other incentives; +* identifying alleged victims of childhood sexual exploitation by name or image; and +* promoting or normalizing sexual attraction to minors as a form of identity or sexual orientation.  +   - -Platform Manipulation and Spam: You may not use X’s services in a manner intended to artificially amplify or suppress information or engage in behavior that manipulates or disrupts people’s experience on X. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/platform-manipulation.html). +### What is not a violation of this policy?  -Civic Integrity: You may not use X’s services for the purpose of manipulating or interfering in elections or other civic processes. This includes posting or sharing content that may suppress participation or mislead people about when, where, or how to participate in a civic process. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/election-integrity-policy.html). +* Discussions related to child sexual exploitation are permitted, provided they don’t normalise, promote or glorify child sexual exploitation **in any way**; +* Conversations about help-seeking behaviour of individuals who may struggle with an attraction to minors; +* Advocacy against illegal or harmful activity involving minors provided there is no sharing of, or linking to any material featuring child sexual exploitation; and +* Depictions of nude minors in a non-sexualized context or setting may be permitted in a limited number of scenarios (e.g., art works by internationally renowned artists that feature minors, news media reportage, media created and shared for scientific or educational purposes). +   -Misleading and Deceptive Identities: You may not impersonate individuals, groups, or organizations to mislead, confuse, or deceive others, nor use a fake identity in a manner that disrupts the experience of others on X. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/twitter-impersonation-and-deceptive-identities-policy.html). +### Who can report violations of this policy?  -Synthetic and Manipulated Media: You may not deceptively share synthetic or manipulated media that are likely to cause harm. In addition, we may label posts containing synthetic and manipulated media to help people understand their authenticity and to provide additional context. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/manipulated-media.html). +Anyone can report potential violations of this policy, whether they have an X account or not.  +  -Copyright and Trademark: You may not violate others’ intellectual property rights, including copyright and trademark. Learn more about our [trademark policy](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/twitter-trademark-policy.html) and [copyright policy](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/copyright-policy.html). - +### How can I report violations of this policy?  -### Third-party advertising in video content +If you think you've found an X account distributing or promoting child sexual exploitation, [you can report it via our child sexual exploitation form](https://help.twitter.com/forms/cse). Provide the username and links to all relevant Posts that led you to believe the account should be reviewed.  +  - -You may not submit, post, or display any video content on or through our services that includes third-party advertising, such as pre-roll video ads or sponsorship graphics, without our prior consent. +### What happens if you violate this policy?  -### -Enforcement and Appeals +In the majority of cases, the consequence for violating our child sexual exploitation policy is **immediate and permanent suspension**. In addition, violators will be prohibited from creating any new accounts in the future. Note: when we’re made aware of content depicting or promoting child sexual exploitation, including links to third party sites where this content can be accessed, they will be removed without further notice and reported to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC). +In a limited number of situations, where we haven’t identified any malicious intent, we will require you to remove this content. We will also temporarily lock you out of your account before you can Post again. Further violations will lead to your account being permanently suspended. If you believe that your account was suspended in error, you can [submit an appeal.](https://help.twitter.com/forms/general?subtopic=suspended) -Learn more about [our approach to enforcement](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/enforcement-philosophy.html), including potential consequences for violating these rules or attempting to circumvent enforcement, as well as how to appeal. - -The X Rules -=========== - -X's purpose is to serve the public conversation. Violence, harassment and other similar types of behavior discourage people from expressing themselves, and ultimately diminish the value of global public conversation. Our rules are to ensure all people can participate in the public conversation freely and safely. -  - -### Safety -Violent Speech: You may not threaten, incite, glorify, or express desire for violence or harm. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/violent-speech.html). +### Additional resources  -Violent & Hateful Entities: You can’t affiliate with or promote the activities of violent and hateful entities. [Learn more](https://help.x.com/en/rules-and-policies/violent-entities.html). +Learn more about our [range of enforcement options](https://help.twitter.com/rules-and-policies/enforcement-options) and our approach to [policy development and enforcement](https://help.twitter.com/rules-and-policies/enforcement-philosophy). -Child Sexual Exploitation: We have zero tolerance for child sexual exploitation on X. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/sexual-exploitation-policy.html). +If you’ve found content elsewhere on the internet that is distributing or promoting child sexual exploitation, you should [file a report with NCMEC](http://www.missingkids.org/gethelpnow/cybertipline), or with your local law enforcement. If you believe the content is hosted on a website outside of the United States, you can report it on the [International Association of Internet Hotlines website](https://www.inhope.org/EN#hotlineReferral). -Abuse/Harassment: You may not share abusive content, engage in the targeted harassment of someone, or incite other people to do so. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/abusive-behavior.html). +We partner with multiple organisations whose work is dedicated to fighting child sexual exploitation around the world. Please see the full list of [our child protection partners](https://about.twitter.com/safety/safety-partners.html#child-protection-partners). -Hateful conduct: You may not attack other people on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, caste, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, religious affiliation, age, disability, or serious disease. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/hateful-conduct-policy.html).  +Child sexual exploitation policy +================================ -Perpetrators of Violent Attacks: We will remove any accounts maintained by individual perpetrators of terrorist, violent extremist, or mass violent attacks, and may also remove posts disseminating manifestos or other content produced by perpetrators. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/perpetrators-of-violent-attacks.html).  +### Overview  -Suicide: You may not promote or encourage suicide or self-harm. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/glorifying-self-harm.html). +**October 2020** -Sensitive media: You may not post media that is excessively gory or share violent or adult content within live video or in profile or header images. Media depicting sexual violence and/or assault is also not permitted. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/media-policy.html).  +**We have a zero-tolerance child sexual exploitation policy on X.** -Illegal or Certain Regulated Goods or Services: You may not use our service for any unlawful purpose or in furtherance of illegal activities. This includes selling, buying, or facilitating transactions in illegal goods or services, as well as certain types of regulated goods or services. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/regulated-goods-services.html). +X has **zero tolerance towards any material that features or promotes child sexual exploitation**, one of the most serious violations of the [Our Rules](https://help.twitter.com/rules-and-policies/twitter-rules). This may include media, text, illustrated, or computer-generated images. Regardless of the intent, viewing, sharing, or linking to child sexual exploitation material contributes to the re-victimization of the depicted children. This also applies to content that may further contribute to victimization of children through the promotion or glorification of child sexual exploitation. For the purposes of this policy, a minor is any person under the age of 18.  -### Privacy +### What is in violation of this policy?  -Private Information: You may not publish or post other people's private information (such as home phone number and address) without their express authorization and permission. We also prohibit threatening to expose private information or incentivizing others to do so. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/personal-information.html). +Any content that depicts or promotes child sexual exploitation including, but not limited to:  -Non-Consensual Nudity: You may not post or share intimate photos or videos of someone that were produced or distributed without their consent. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/intimate-media.html). +* visual depictions of a child engaging in sexually explicit or sexually suggestive acts; +* illustrated, computer-generated or other forms of realistic depictions of a human child in a sexually explicit context, or engaging in sexually explicit acts;  +* sexualized commentaries about or directed at a known or unknown minor; and +* links to third-party sites that host child sexual exploitation material. +   -Account Compromise: You may not use or attempt to use credentials, passwords, tokens, keys, cookies or other data to log into or otherwise access, add, delete or modify the private information or account features of any X account other than your own (or those you have been directly authorized to do so via X’s Teams authorization, OAuth authorization or similar mechanism).  - +The following behaviors are also not permitted:  -### Authenticity +* sharing fantasies about or promoting engagement in child sexual exploitation; +* expressing a desire to obtain materials that feature child sexual exploitation; +* recruiting, advertising or expressing an interest in a commercial sex act involving a child, or in harboring and/or transporting a child for sexual purposes; +* sending sexually explicit media to a child; +* engaging or trying to engage a child in a sexually explicit conversation; +* trying to obtain sexually explicit media from a child or trying to engage a child in sexual activity  through blackmail or other incentives; +* identifying alleged victims of childhood sexual exploitation by name or image; and +* promoting or normalizing sexual attraction to minors as a form of identity or sexual orientation.  +   - -Platform Manipulation and Spam: You may not use X’s services in a manner intended to artificially amplify or suppress information or engage in behavior that manipulates or disrupts people’s experience on X. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/platform-manipulation.html). +### What is not a violation of this policy?  -Civic Integrity: You may not use X’s services for the purpose of manipulating or interfering in elections or other civic processes. This includes posting or sharing content that may suppress participation or mislead people about when, where, or how to participate in a civic process. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/election-integrity-policy.html). +* Discussions related to child sexual exploitation are permitted, provided they don’t normalise, promote or glorify child sexual exploitation **in any way**; +* Conversations about help-seeking behaviour of individuals who may struggle with an attraction to minors; +* Advocacy against illegal or harmful activity involving minors provided there is no sharing of, or linking to any material featuring child sexual exploitation; and +* Depictions of nude minors in a non-sexualized context or setting may be permitted in a limited number of scenarios (e.g., art works by internationally renowned artists that feature minors, news media reportage, media created and shared for scientific or educational purposes). +   -Misleading and Deceptive Identities: You may not impersonate individuals, groups, or organizations to mislead, confuse, or deceive others, nor use a fake identity in a manner that disrupts the experience of others on X. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/twitter-impersonation-and-deceptive-identities-policy.html). +### Who can report violations of this policy?  -Synthetic and Manipulated Media: You may not deceptively share synthetic or manipulated media that are likely to cause harm. In addition, we may label posts containing synthetic and manipulated media to help people understand their authenticity and to provide additional context. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/manipulated-media.html). +Anyone can report potential violations of this policy, whether they have an X account or not.  +  -Copyright and Trademark: You may not violate others’ intellectual property rights, including copyright and trademark. Learn more about our [trademark policy](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/twitter-trademark-policy.html) and [copyright policy](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/copyright-policy.html). - +### How can I report violations of this policy?  -### Third-party advertising in video content +If you think you've found an X account distributing or promoting child sexual exploitation, [you can report it via our child sexual exploitation form](https://help.twitter.com/forms/cse). Provide the username and links to all relevant Posts that led you to believe the account should be reviewed.  +  - -You may not submit, post, or display any video content on or through our services that includes third-party advertising, such as pre-roll video ads or sponsorship graphics, without our prior consent. +### What happens if you violate this policy?  -### -Enforcement and Appeals +In the majority of cases, the consequence for violating our child sexual exploitation policy is **immediate and permanent suspension**. In addition, violators will be prohibited from creating any new accounts in the future. Note: when we’re made aware of content depicting or promoting child sexual exploitation, including links to third party sites where this content can be accessed, they will be removed without further notice and reported to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC). +In a limited number of situations, where we haven’t identified any malicious intent, we will require you to remove this content. We will also temporarily lock you out of your account before you can Post again. Further violations will lead to your account being permanently suspended. If you believe that your account was suspended in error, you can [submit an appeal.](https://help.twitter.com/forms/general?subtopic=suspended) -Learn more about [our approach to enforcement](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/enforcement-philosophy.html), including potential consequences for violating these rules or attempting to circumvent enforcement, as well as how to appeal. -The X Rules -=========== +### Additional resources  -X's purpose is to serve the public conversation. Violence, harassment and other similar types of behavior discourage people from expressing themselves, and ultimately diminish the value of global public conversation. Our rules are to ensure all people can participate in the public conversation freely and safely. -  - -### Safety - -Violent Speech: You may not threaten, incite, glorify, or express desire for violence or harm. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/violent-speech.html). +Learn more about our [range of enforcement options](https://help.twitter.com/rules-and-policies/enforcement-options) and our approach to [policy development and enforcement](https://help.twitter.com/rules-and-policies/enforcement-philosophy). -Violent & Hateful Entities: You can’t affiliate with or promote the activities of violent and hateful entities. [Learn more](https://help.x.com/en/rules-and-policies/violent-entities.html). +If you’ve found content elsewhere on the internet that is distributing or promoting child sexual exploitation, you should [file a report with NCMEC](http://www.missingkids.org/gethelpnow/cybertipline), or with your local law enforcement. If you believe the content is hosted on a website outside of the United States, you can report it on the [International Association of Internet Hotlines website](https://www.inhope.org/EN#hotlineReferral). -Child Sexual Exploitation: We have zero tolerance for child sexual exploitation on X. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/sexual-exploitation-policy.html). +We partner with multiple organisations whose work is dedicated to fighting child sexual exploitation around the world. Please see the full list of [our child protection partners](https://about.twitter.com/safety/safety-partners.html#child-protection-partners). -Abuse/Harassment: You may not share abusive content, engage in the targeted harassment of someone, or incite other people to do so. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/abusive-behavior.html). +Child sexual exploitation policy +================================ -Hateful conduct: You may not attack other people on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, caste, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, religious affiliation, age, disability, or serious disease. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/hateful-conduct-policy.html).  +### Overview  -Perpetrators of Violent Attacks: We will remove any accounts maintained by individual perpetrators of terrorist, violent extremist, or mass violent attacks, and may also remove posts disseminating manifestos or other content produced by perpetrators. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/perpetrators-of-violent-attacks.html).  +**October 2020** -Suicide: You may not promote or encourage suicide or self-harm. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/glorifying-self-harm.html). +**We have a zero-tolerance child sexual exploitation policy on X.** -Sensitive media: You may not post media that is excessively gory or share violent or adult content within live video or in profile or header images. Media depicting sexual violence and/or assault is also not permitted. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/media-policy.html).  - -Illegal or Certain Regulated Goods or Services: You may not use our service for any unlawful purpose or in furtherance of illegal activities. This includes selling, buying, or facilitating transactions in illegal goods or services, as well as certain types of regulated goods or services. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/regulated-goods-services.html). +X has **zero tolerance towards any material that features or promotes child sexual exploitation**, one of the most serious violations of the [Our Rules](https://help.twitter.com/rules-and-policies/twitter-rules). This may include media, text, illustrated, or computer-generated images. Regardless of the intent, viewing, sharing, or linking to child sexual exploitation material contributes to the re-victimization of the depicted children. This also applies to content that may further contribute to victimization of children through the promotion or glorification of child sexual exploitation. For the purposes of this policy, a minor is any person under the age of 18.  -### Privacy +### What is in violation of this policy?  -Private Information: You may not publish or post other people's private information (such as home phone number and address) without their express authorization and permission. We also prohibit threatening to expose private information or incentivizing others to do so. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/personal-information.html). +Any content that depicts or promotes child sexual exploitation including, but not limited to:  -Non-Consensual Nudity: You may not post or share intimate photos or videos of someone that were produced or distributed without their consent. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/intimate-media.html). +* visual depictions of a child engaging in sexually explicit or sexually suggestive acts; +* illustrated, computer-generated or other forms of realistic depictions of a human child in a sexually explicit context, or engaging in sexually explicit acts;  +* sexualized commentaries about or directed at a known or unknown minor; and +* links to third-party sites that host child sexual exploitation material. +   -Account Compromise: You may not use or attempt to use credentials, passwords, tokens, keys, cookies or other data to log into or otherwise access, add, delete or modify the private information or account features of any X account other than your own (or those you have been directly authorized to do so via X’s Teams authorization, OAuth authorization or similar mechanism).  - +The following behaviors are also not permitted:  -### Authenticity +* sharing fantasies about or promoting engagement in child sexual exploitation; +* expressing a desire to obtain materials that feature child sexual exploitation; +* recruiting, advertising or expressing an interest in a commercial sex act involving a child, or in harboring and/or transporting a child for sexual purposes; +* sending sexually explicit media to a child; +* engaging or trying to engage a child in a sexually explicit conversation; +* trying to obtain sexually explicit media from a child or trying to engage a child in sexual activity  through blackmail or other incentives; +* identifying alleged victims of childhood sexual exploitation by name or image; and +* promoting or normalizing sexual attraction to minors as a form of identity or sexual orientation.  +   - -Platform Manipulation and Spam: You may not use X’s services in a manner intended to artificially amplify or suppress information or engage in behavior that manipulates or disrupts people’s experience on X. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/platform-manipulation.html). +### What is not a violation of this policy?  -Civic Integrity: You may not use X’s services for the purpose of manipulating or interfering in elections or other civic processes. This includes posting or sharing content that may suppress participation or mislead people about when, where, or how to participate in a civic process. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/election-integrity-policy.html). +* Discussions related to child sexual exploitation are permitted, provided they don’t normalise, promote or glorify child sexual exploitation **in any way**; +* Conversations about help-seeking behaviour of individuals who may struggle with an attraction to minors; +* Advocacy against illegal or harmful activity involving minors provided there is no sharing of, or linking to any material featuring child sexual exploitation; and +* Depictions of nude minors in a non-sexualized context or setting may be permitted in a limited number of scenarios (e.g., art works by internationally renowned artists that feature minors, news media reportage, media created and shared for scientific or educational purposes). +   -Misleading and Deceptive Identities: You may not impersonate individuals, groups, or organizations to mislead, confuse, or deceive others, nor use a fake identity in a manner that disrupts the experience of others on X. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/twitter-impersonation-and-deceptive-identities-policy.html). +### Who can report violations of this policy?  -Synthetic and Manipulated Media: You may not deceptively share synthetic or manipulated media that are likely to cause harm. In addition, we may label posts containing synthetic and manipulated media to help people understand their authenticity and to provide additional context. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/manipulated-media.html). +Anyone can report potential violations of this policy, whether they have an X account or not.  +  -Copyright and Trademark: You may not violate others’ intellectual property rights, including copyright and trademark. Learn more about our [trademark policy](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/twitter-trademark-policy.html) and [copyright policy](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/copyright-policy.html). - +### How can I report violations of this policy?  -### Third-party advertising in video content +If you think you've found an X account distributing or promoting child sexual exploitation, [you can report it via our child sexual exploitation form](https://help.twitter.com/forms/cse). Provide the username and links to all relevant Posts that led you to believe the account should be reviewed.  +  - -You may not submit, post, or display any video content on or through our services that includes third-party advertising, such as pre-roll video ads or sponsorship graphics, without our prior consent. +### What happens if you violate this policy?  -### -Enforcement and Appeals +In the majority of cases, the consequence for violating our child sexual exploitation policy is **immediate and permanent suspension**. In addition, violators will be prohibited from creating any new accounts in the future. Note: when we’re made aware of content depicting or promoting child sexual exploitation, including links to third party sites where this content can be accessed, they will be removed without further notice and reported to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC). +In a limited number of situations, where we haven’t identified any malicious intent, we will require you to remove this content. We will also temporarily lock you out of your account before you can Post again. Further violations will lead to your account being permanently suspended. If you believe that your account was suspended in error, you can [submit an appeal.](https://help.twitter.com/forms/general?subtopic=suspended) -Learn more about [our approach to enforcement](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/enforcement-philosophy.html), including potential consequences for violating these rules or attempting to circumvent enforcement, as well as how to appeal. - -The X Rules -=========== -X's purpose is to serve the public conversation. Violence, harassment and other similar types of behavior discourage people from expressing themselves, and ultimately diminish the value of global public conversation. Our rules are to ensure all people can participate in the public conversation freely and safely. -  - -### Safety - -Violent Speech: You may not threaten, incite, glorify, or express desire for violence or harm. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/violent-speech.html). +### Additional resources  -Violent & Hateful Entities: You can’t affiliate with or promote the activities of violent and hateful entities. [Learn more](https://help.x.com/en/rules-and-policies/violent-entities.html). +Learn more about our [range of enforcement options](https://help.twitter.com/rules-and-policies/enforcement-options) and our approach to [policy development and enforcement](https://help.twitter.com/rules-and-policies/enforcement-philosophy). -Child Sexual Exploitation: We have zero tolerance for child sexual exploitation on X. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/sexual-exploitation-policy.html). +If you’ve found content elsewhere on the internet that is distributing or promoting child sexual exploitation, you should [file a report with NCMEC](http://www.missingkids.org/gethelpnow/cybertipline), or with your local law enforcement. If you believe the content is hosted on a website outside of the United States, you can report it on the [International Association of Internet Hotlines website](https://www.inhope.org/EN#hotlineReferral). -Abuse/Harassment: You may not share abusive content, engage in the targeted harassment of someone, or incite other people to do so. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/abusive-behavior.html). +We partner with multiple organisations whose work is dedicated to fighting child sexual exploitation around the world. Please see the full list of [our child protection partners](https://about.twitter.com/safety/safety-partners.html#child-protection-partners). -Hateful conduct: You may not attack other people on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, caste, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, religious affiliation, age, disability, or serious disease. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/hateful-conduct-policy.html).  +Child sexual exploitation policy +================================ -Perpetrators of Violent Attacks: We will remove any accounts maintained by individual perpetrators of terrorist, violent extremist, or mass violent attacks, and may also remove posts disseminating manifestos or other content produced by perpetrators. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/perpetrators-of-violent-attacks.html).  +### Overview  -Suicide: You may not promote or encourage suicide or self-harm. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/glorifying-self-harm.html). +**October 2020** -Sensitive media: You may not post media that is excessively gory or share violent or adult content within live video or in profile or header images. Media depicting sexual violence and/or assault is also not permitted. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/media-policy.html).  +**We have a zero-tolerance child sexual exploitation policy on X.** -Illegal or Certain Regulated Goods or Services: You may not use our service for any unlawful purpose or in furtherance of illegal activities. This includes selling, buying, or facilitating transactions in illegal goods or services, as well as certain types of regulated goods or services. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/regulated-goods-services.html). +X has **zero tolerance towards any material that features or promotes child sexual exploitation**, one of the most serious violations of the [Our Rules](https://help.twitter.com/rules-and-policies/twitter-rules). This may include media, text, illustrated, or computer-generated images. Regardless of the intent, viewing, sharing, or linking to child sexual exploitation material contributes to the re-victimization of the depicted children. This also applies to content that may further contribute to victimization of children through the promotion or glorification of child sexual exploitation. For the purposes of this policy, a minor is any person under the age of 18.  -### Privacy +### What is in violation of this policy?  -Private Information: You may not publish or post other people's private information (such as home phone number and address) without their express authorization and permission. We also prohibit threatening to expose private information or incentivizing others to do so. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/personal-information.html). +Any content that depicts or promotes child sexual exploitation including, but not limited to:  -Non-Consensual Nudity: You may not post or share intimate photos or videos of someone that were produced or distributed without their consent. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/intimate-media.html). +* visual depictions of a child engaging in sexually explicit or sexually suggestive acts; +* illustrated, computer-generated or other forms of realistic depictions of a human child in a sexually explicit context, or engaging in sexually explicit acts;  +* sexualized commentaries about or directed at a known or unknown minor; and +* links to third-party sites that host child sexual exploitation material. +   -Account Compromise: You may not use or attempt to use credentials, passwords, tokens, keys, cookies or other data to log into or otherwise access, add, delete or modify the private information or account features of any X account other than your own (or those you have been directly authorized to do so via X’s Teams authorization, OAuth authorization or similar mechanism).  - +The following behaviors are also not permitted:  -### Authenticity +* sharing fantasies about or promoting engagement in child sexual exploitation; +* expressing a desire to obtain materials that feature child sexual exploitation; +* recruiting, advertising or expressing an interest in a commercial sex act involving a child, or in harboring and/or transporting a child for sexual purposes; +* sending sexually explicit media to a child; +* engaging or trying to engage a child in a sexually explicit conversation; +* trying to obtain sexually explicit media from a child or trying to engage a child in sexual activity  through blackmail or other incentives; +* identifying alleged victims of childhood sexual exploitation by name or image; and +* promoting or normalizing sexual attraction to minors as a form of identity or sexual orientation.  +   - -Platform Manipulation and Spam: You may not use X’s services in a manner intended to artificially amplify or suppress information or engage in behavior that manipulates or disrupts people’s experience on X. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/platform-manipulation.html). +### What is not a violation of this policy?  -Civic Integrity: You may not use X’s services for the purpose of manipulating or interfering in elections or other civic processes. This includes posting or sharing content that may suppress participation or mislead people about when, where, or how to participate in a civic process. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/election-integrity-policy.html). +* Discussions related to child sexual exploitation are permitted, provided they don’t normalise, promote or glorify child sexual exploitation **in any way**; +* Conversations about help-seeking behaviour of individuals who may struggle with an attraction to minors; +* Advocacy against illegal or harmful activity involving minors provided there is no sharing of, or linking to any material featuring child sexual exploitation; and +* Depictions of nude minors in a non-sexualized context or setting may be permitted in a limited number of scenarios (e.g., art works by internationally renowned artists that feature minors, news media reportage, media created and shared for scientific or educational purposes). +   -Misleading and Deceptive Identities: You may not impersonate individuals, groups, or organizations to mislead, confuse, or deceive others, nor use a fake identity in a manner that disrupts the experience of others on X. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/twitter-impersonation-and-deceptive-identities-policy.html). +### Who can report violations of this policy?  -Synthetic and Manipulated Media: You may not deceptively share synthetic or manipulated media that are likely to cause harm. In addition, we may label posts containing synthetic and manipulated media to help people understand their authenticity and to provide additional context. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/manipulated-media.html). +Anyone can report potential violations of this policy, whether they have an X account or not.  +  -Copyright and Trademark: You may not violate others’ intellectual property rights, including copyright and trademark. Learn more about our [trademark policy](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/twitter-trademark-policy.html) and [copyright policy](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/copyright-policy.html). - +### How can I report violations of this policy?  -### Third-party advertising in video content +If you think you've found an X account distributing or promoting child sexual exploitation, [you can report it via our child sexual exploitation form](https://help.twitter.com/forms/cse). Provide the username and links to all relevant Posts that led you to believe the account should be reviewed.  +  - -You may not submit, post, or display any video content on or through our services that includes third-party advertising, such as pre-roll video ads or sponsorship graphics, without our prior consent. +### What happens if you violate this policy?  -### -Enforcement and Appeals +In the majority of cases, the consequence for violating our child sexual exploitation policy is **immediate and permanent suspension**. In addition, violators will be prohibited from creating any new accounts in the future. Note: when we’re made aware of content depicting or promoting child sexual exploitation, including links to third party sites where this content can be accessed, they will be removed without further notice and reported to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC). +In a limited number of situations, where we haven’t identified any malicious intent, we will require you to remove this content. We will also temporarily lock you out of your account before you can Post again. Further violations will lead to your account being permanently suspended. If you believe that your account was suspended in error, you can [submit an appeal.](https://help.twitter.com/forms/general?subtopic=suspended) -Learn more about [our approach to enforcement](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/enforcement-philosophy.html), including potential consequences for violating these rules or attempting to circumvent enforcement, as well as how to appeal. - -The X Rules -=========== - -X's purpose is to serve the public conversation. Violence, harassment and other similar types of behavior discourage people from expressing themselves, and ultimately diminish the value of global public conversation. Our rules are to ensure all people can participate in the public conversation freely and safely. -  -### Safety +### Additional resources  -Violent Speech: You may not threaten, incite, glorify, or express desire for violence or harm. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/violent-speech.html). +Learn more about our [range of enforcement options](https://help.twitter.com/rules-and-policies/enforcement-options) and our approach to [policy development and enforcement](https://help.twitter.com/rules-and-policies/enforcement-philosophy). -Violent & Hateful Entities: You can’t affiliate with or promote the activities of violent and hateful entities. [Learn more](https://help.x.com/en/rules-and-policies/violent-entities.html). +If you’ve found content elsewhere on the internet that is distributing or promoting child sexual exploitation, you should [file a report with NCMEC](http://www.missingkids.org/gethelpnow/cybertipline), or with your local law enforcement. If you believe the content is hosted on a website outside of the United States, you can report it on the [International Association of Internet Hotlines website](https://www.inhope.org/EN#hotlineReferral). -Child Sexual Exploitation: We have zero tolerance for child sexual exploitation on X. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/sexual-exploitation-policy.html). +We partner with multiple organisations whose work is dedicated to fighting child sexual exploitation around the world. Please see the full list of [our child protection partners](https://about.twitter.com/safety/safety-partners.html#child-protection-partners). -Abuse/Harassment: You may not share abusive content, engage in the targeted harassment of someone, or incite other people to do so. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/abusive-behavior.html). +Child sexual exploitation policy +================================ -Hateful conduct: You may not attack other people on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, caste, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, religious affiliation, age, disability, or serious disease. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/hateful-conduct-policy.html).  +### Overview  -Perpetrators of Violent Attacks: We will remove any accounts maintained by individual perpetrators of terrorist, violent extremist, or mass violent attacks, and may also remove posts disseminating manifestos or other content produced by perpetrators. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/perpetrators-of-violent-attacks.html).  +**October 2020** -Suicide: You may not promote or encourage suicide or self-harm. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/glorifying-self-harm.html). +**We have a zero-tolerance child sexual exploitation policy on X.** -Sensitive media: You may not post media that is excessively gory or share violent or adult content within live video or in profile or header images. Media depicting sexual violence and/or assault is also not permitted. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/media-policy.html).  - -Illegal or Certain Regulated Goods or Services: You may not use our service for any unlawful purpose or in furtherance of illegal activities. This includes selling, buying, or facilitating transactions in illegal goods or services, as well as certain types of regulated goods or services. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/regulated-goods-services.html). +X has **zero tolerance towards any material that features or promotes child sexual exploitation**, one of the most serious violations of the [Our Rules](https://help.twitter.com/rules-and-policies/twitter-rules). This may include media, text, illustrated, or computer-generated images. Regardless of the intent, viewing, sharing, or linking to child sexual exploitation material contributes to the re-victimization of the depicted children. This also applies to content that may further contribute to victimization of children through the promotion or glorification of child sexual exploitation. For the purposes of this policy, a minor is any person under the age of 18.  -### Privacy +### What is in violation of this policy?  -Private Information: You may not publish or post other people's private information (such as home phone number and address) without their express authorization and permission. We also prohibit threatening to expose private information or incentivizing others to do so. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/personal-information.html). +Any content that depicts or promotes child sexual exploitation including, but not limited to:  -Non-Consensual Nudity: You may not post or share intimate photos or videos of someone that were produced or distributed without their consent. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/intimate-media.html). +* visual depictions of a child engaging in sexually explicit or sexually suggestive acts; +* illustrated, computer-generated or other forms of realistic depictions of a human child in a sexually explicit context, or engaging in sexually explicit acts;  +* sexualized commentaries about or directed at a known or unknown minor; and +* links to third-party sites that host child sexual exploitation material. +   -Account Compromise: You may not use or attempt to use credentials, passwords, tokens, keys, cookies or other data to log into or otherwise access, add, delete or modify the private information or account features of any X account other than your own (or those you have been directly authorized to do so via X’s Teams authorization, OAuth authorization or similar mechanism).  - +The following behaviors are also not permitted:  -### Authenticity +* sharing fantasies about or promoting engagement in child sexual exploitation; +* expressing a desire to obtain materials that feature child sexual exploitation; +* recruiting, advertising or expressing an interest in a commercial sex act involving a child, or in harboring and/or transporting a child for sexual purposes; +* sending sexually explicit media to a child; +* engaging or trying to engage a child in a sexually explicit conversation; +* trying to obtain sexually explicit media from a child or trying to engage a child in sexual activity  through blackmail or other incentives; +* identifying alleged victims of childhood sexual exploitation by name or image; and +* promoting or normalizing sexual attraction to minors as a form of identity or sexual orientation.  +   - -Platform Manipulation and Spam: You may not use X’s services in a manner intended to artificially amplify or suppress information or engage in behavior that manipulates or disrupts people’s experience on X. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/platform-manipulation.html). +### What is not a violation of this policy?  -Civic Integrity: You may not use X’s services for the purpose of manipulating or interfering in elections or other civic processes. This includes posting or sharing content that may suppress participation or mislead people about when, where, or how to participate in a civic process. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/election-integrity-policy.html). +* Discussions related to child sexual exploitation are permitted, provided they don’t normalise, promote or glorify child sexual exploitation **in any way**; +* Conversations about help-seeking behaviour of individuals who may struggle with an attraction to minors; +* Advocacy against illegal or harmful activity involving minors provided there is no sharing of, or linking to any material featuring child sexual exploitation; and +* Depictions of nude minors in a non-sexualized context or setting may be permitted in a limited number of scenarios (e.g., art works by internationally renowned artists that feature minors, news media reportage, media created and shared for scientific or educational purposes). +   -Misleading and Deceptive Identities: You may not impersonate individuals, groups, or organizations to mislead, confuse, or deceive others, nor use a fake identity in a manner that disrupts the experience of others on X. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/twitter-impersonation-and-deceptive-identities-policy.html). +### Who can report violations of this policy?  -Synthetic and Manipulated Media: You may not deceptively share synthetic or manipulated media that are likely to cause harm. In addition, we may label posts containing synthetic and manipulated media to help people understand their authenticity and to provide additional context. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/manipulated-media.html). +Anyone can report potential violations of this policy, whether they have an X account or not.  +  -Copyright and Trademark: You may not violate others’ intellectual property rights, including copyright and trademark. Learn more about our [trademark policy](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/twitter-trademark-policy.html) and [copyright policy](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/copyright-policy.html). - +### How can I report violations of this policy?  -### Third-party advertising in video content +If you think you've found an X account distributing or promoting child sexual exploitation, [you can report it via our child sexual exploitation form](https://help.twitter.com/forms/cse). Provide the username and links to all relevant Posts that led you to believe the account should be reviewed.  +  - -You may not submit, post, or display any video content on or through our services that includes third-party advertising, such as pre-roll video ads or sponsorship graphics, without our prior consent. +### What happens if you violate this policy?  -### -Enforcement and Appeals +In the majority of cases, the consequence for violating our child sexual exploitation policy is **immediate and permanent suspension**. In addition, violators will be prohibited from creating any new accounts in the future. Note: when we’re made aware of content depicting or promoting child sexual exploitation, including links to third party sites where this content can be accessed, they will be removed without further notice and reported to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC). +In a limited number of situations, where we haven’t identified any malicious intent, we will require you to remove this content. We will also temporarily lock you out of your account before you can Post again. Further violations will lead to your account being permanently suspended. If you believe that your account was suspended in error, you can [submit an appeal.](https://help.twitter.com/forms/general?subtopic=suspended) -Learn more about [our approach to enforcement](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/enforcement-philosophy.html), including potential consequences for violating these rules or attempting to circumvent enforcement, as well as how to appeal. - -The X Rules -=========== - -X's purpose is to serve the public conversation. Violence, harassment and other similar types of behavior discourage people from expressing themselves, and ultimately diminish the value of global public conversation. Our rules are to ensure all people can participate in the public conversation freely and safely. -  - -### Safety -Violent Speech: You may not threaten, incite, glorify, or express desire for violence or harm. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/violent-speech.html). +### Additional resources  -Violent & Hateful Entities: You can’t affiliate with or promote the activities of violent and hateful entities. [Learn more](https://help.x.com/en/rules-and-policies/violent-entities.html). +Learn more about our [range of enforcement options](https://help.twitter.com/rules-and-policies/enforcement-options) and our approach to [policy development and enforcement](https://help.twitter.com/rules-and-policies/enforcement-philosophy). -Child Sexual Exploitation: We have zero tolerance for child sexual exploitation on X. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/sexual-exploitation-policy.html). +If you’ve found content elsewhere on the internet that is distributing or promoting child sexual exploitation, you should [file a report with NCMEC](http://www.missingkids.org/gethelpnow/cybertipline), or with your local law enforcement. If you believe the content is hosted on a website outside of the United States, you can report it on the [International Association of Internet Hotlines website](https://www.inhope.org/EN#hotlineReferral). -Abuse/Harassment: You may not share abusive content, engage in the targeted harassment of someone, or incite other people to do so. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/abusive-behavior.html). +We partner with multiple organisations whose work is dedicated to fighting child sexual exploitation around the world. Please see the full list of [our child protection partners](https://about.twitter.com/safety/safety-partners.html#child-protection-partners). -Hateful conduct: You may not attack other people on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, caste, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, religious affiliation, age, disability, or serious disease. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/hateful-conduct-policy.html).  +Child sexual exploitation policy +================================ -Perpetrators of Violent Attacks: We will remove any accounts maintained by individual perpetrators of terrorist, violent extremist, or mass violent attacks, and may also remove posts disseminating manifestos or other content produced by perpetrators. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/perpetrators-of-violent-attacks.html).  +### Overview  -Suicide: You may not promote or encourage suicide or self-harm. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/glorifying-self-harm.html). +**October 2020** -Sensitive media: You may not post media that is excessively gory or share violent or adult content within live video or in profile or header images. Media depicting sexual violence and/or assault is also not permitted. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/media-policy.html).  +**We have a zero-tolerance child sexual exploitation policy on X.** -Illegal or Certain Regulated Goods or Services: You may not use our service for any unlawful purpose or in furtherance of illegal activities. This includes selling, buying, or facilitating transactions in illegal goods or services, as well as certain types of regulated goods or services. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/regulated-goods-services.html). +X has **zero tolerance towards any material that features or promotes child sexual exploitation**, one of the most serious violations of the [Our Rules](https://help.twitter.com/rules-and-policies/twitter-rules). This may include media, text, illustrated, or computer-generated images. Regardless of the intent, viewing, sharing, or linking to child sexual exploitation material contributes to the re-victimization of the depicted children. This also applies to content that may further contribute to victimization of children through the promotion or glorification of child sexual exploitation. For the purposes of this policy, a minor is any person under the age of 18.  -### Privacy +### What is in violation of this policy?  -Private Information: You may not publish or post other people's private information (such as home phone number and address) without their express authorization and permission. We also prohibit threatening to expose private information or incentivizing others to do so. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/personal-information.html). +Any content that depicts or promotes child sexual exploitation including, but not limited to:  -Non-Consensual Nudity: You may not post or share intimate photos or videos of someone that were produced or distributed without their consent. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/intimate-media.html). +* visual depictions of a child engaging in sexually explicit or sexually suggestive acts; +* illustrated, computer-generated or other forms of realistic depictions of a human child in a sexually explicit context, or engaging in sexually explicit acts;  +* sexualized commentaries about or directed at a known or unknown minor; and +* links to third-party sites that host child sexual exploitation material. +   -Account Compromise: You may not use or attempt to use credentials, passwords, tokens, keys, cookies or other data to log into or otherwise access, add, delete or modify the private information or account features of any X account other than your own (or those you have been directly authorized to do so via X’s Teams authorization, OAuth authorization or similar mechanism).  - +The following behaviors are also not permitted:  -### Authenticity +* sharing fantasies about or promoting engagement in child sexual exploitation; +* expressing a desire to obtain materials that feature child sexual exploitation; +* recruiting, advertising or expressing an interest in a commercial sex act involving a child, or in harboring and/or transporting a child for sexual purposes; +* sending sexually explicit media to a child; +* engaging or trying to engage a child in a sexually explicit conversation; +* trying to obtain sexually explicit media from a child or trying to engage a child in sexual activity  through blackmail or other incentives; +* identifying alleged victims of childhood sexual exploitation by name or image; and +* promoting or normalizing sexual attraction to minors as a form of identity or sexual orientation.  +   - -Platform Manipulation and Spam: You may not use X’s services in a manner intended to artificially amplify or suppress information or engage in behavior that manipulates or disrupts people’s experience on X. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/platform-manipulation.html). +### What is not a violation of this policy?  -Civic Integrity: You may not use X’s services for the purpose of manipulating or interfering in elections or other civic processes. This includes posting or sharing content that may suppress participation or mislead people about when, where, or how to participate in a civic process. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/election-integrity-policy.html). +* Discussions related to child sexual exploitation are permitted, provided they don’t normalise, promote or glorify child sexual exploitation **in any way**; +* Conversations about help-seeking behaviour of individuals who may struggle with an attraction to minors; +* Advocacy against illegal or harmful activity involving minors provided there is no sharing of, or linking to any material featuring child sexual exploitation; and +* Depictions of nude minors in a non-sexualized context or setting may be permitted in a limited number of scenarios (e.g., art works by internationally renowned artists that feature minors, news media reportage, media created and shared for scientific or educational purposes). +   -Misleading and Deceptive Identities: You may not impersonate individuals, groups, or organizations to mislead, confuse, or deceive others, nor use a fake identity in a manner that disrupts the experience of others on X. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/twitter-impersonation-and-deceptive-identities-policy.html). +### Who can report violations of this policy?  -Synthetic and Manipulated Media: You may not deceptively share synthetic or manipulated media that are likely to cause harm. In addition, we may label posts containing synthetic and manipulated media to help people understand their authenticity and to provide additional context. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/manipulated-media.html). +Anyone can report potential violations of this policy, whether they have an X account or not.  +  -Copyright and Trademark: You may not violate others’ intellectual property rights, including copyright and trademark. Learn more about our [trademark policy](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/twitter-trademark-policy.html) and [copyright policy](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/copyright-policy.html). - +### How can I report violations of this policy?  -### Third-party advertising in video content +If you think you've found an X account distributing or promoting child sexual exploitation, [you can report it via our child sexual exploitation form](https://help.twitter.com/forms/cse). Provide the username and links to all relevant Posts that led you to believe the account should be reviewed.  +  - -You may not submit, post, or display any video content on or through our services that includes third-party advertising, such as pre-roll video ads or sponsorship graphics, without our prior consent. +### What happens if you violate this policy?  -### -Enforcement and Appeals +In the majority of cases, the consequence for violating our child sexual exploitation policy is **immediate and permanent suspension**. In addition, violators will be prohibited from creating any new accounts in the future. Note: when we’re made aware of content depicting or promoting child sexual exploitation, including links to third party sites where this content can be accessed, they will be removed without further notice and reported to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC). +In a limited number of situations, where we haven’t identified any malicious intent, we will require you to remove this content. We will also temporarily lock you out of your account before you can Post again. Further violations will lead to your account being permanently suspended. If you believe that your account was suspended in error, you can [submit an appeal.](https://help.twitter.com/forms/general?subtopic=suspended) -Learn more about [our approach to enforcement](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/enforcement-philosophy.html), including potential consequences for violating these rules or attempting to circumvent enforcement, as well as how to appeal. -The X Rules -=========== +### Additional resources  -X's purpose is to serve the public conversation. Violence, harassment and other similar types of behavior discourage people from expressing themselves, and ultimately diminish the value of global public conversation. Our rules are to ensure all people can participate in the public conversation freely and safely. -  - -### Safety - -Violent Speech: You may not threaten, incite, glorify, or express desire for violence or harm. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/violent-speech.html). +Learn more about our [range of enforcement options](https://help.twitter.com/rules-and-policies/enforcement-options) and our approach to [policy development and enforcement](https://help.twitter.com/rules-and-policies/enforcement-philosophy). -Violent & Hateful Entities: You can’t affiliate with or promote the activities of violent and hateful entities. [Learn more](https://help.x.com/en/rules-and-policies/violent-entities.html). +If you’ve found content elsewhere on the internet that is distributing or promoting child sexual exploitation, you should [file a report with NCMEC](http://www.missingkids.org/gethelpnow/cybertipline), or with your local law enforcement. If you believe the content is hosted on a website outside of the United States, you can report it on the [International Association of Internet Hotlines website](https://www.inhope.org/EN#hotlineReferral). -Child Sexual Exploitation: We have zero tolerance for child sexual exploitation on X. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/sexual-exploitation-policy.html). +We partner with multiple organisations whose work is dedicated to fighting child sexual exploitation around the world. Please see the full list of [our child protection partners](https://about.twitter.com/safety/safety-partners.html#child-protection-partners). -Abuse/Harassment: You may not share abusive content, engage in the targeted harassment of someone, or incite other people to do so. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/abusive-behavior.html). +Child sexual exploitation policy +================================ -Hateful conduct: You may not attack other people on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, caste, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, religious affiliation, age, disability, or serious disease. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/hateful-conduct-policy.html).  +### Overview  -Perpetrators of Violent Attacks: We will remove any accounts maintained by individual perpetrators of terrorist, violent extremist, or mass violent attacks, and may also remove posts disseminating manifestos or other content produced by perpetrators. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/perpetrators-of-violent-attacks.html).  +**October 2020** -Suicide: You may not promote or encourage suicide or self-harm. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/glorifying-self-harm.html). +**We have a zero-tolerance child sexual exploitation policy on X.** -Sensitive media: You may not post media that is excessively gory or share violent or adult content within live video or in profile or header images. Media depicting sexual violence and/or assault is also not permitted. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/media-policy.html).  - -Illegal or Certain Regulated Goods or Services: You may not use our service for any unlawful purpose or in furtherance of illegal activities. This includes selling, buying, or facilitating transactions in illegal goods or services, as well as certain types of regulated goods or services. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/regulated-goods-services.html). +X has **zero tolerance towards any material that features or promotes child sexual exploitation**, one of the most serious violations of the [Our Rules](https://help.twitter.com/rules-and-policies/twitter-rules). This may include media, text, illustrated, or computer-generated images. Regardless of the intent, viewing, sharing, or linking to child sexual exploitation material contributes to the re-victimization of the depicted children. This also applies to content that may further contribute to victimization of children through the promotion or glorification of child sexual exploitation. For the purposes of this policy, a minor is any person under the age of 18.  -### Privacy +### What is in violation of this policy?  -Private Information: You may not publish or post other people's private information (such as home phone number and address) without their express authorization and permission. We also prohibit threatening to expose private information or incentivizing others to do so. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/personal-information.html). +Any content that depicts or promotes child sexual exploitation including, but not limited to:  -Non-Consensual Nudity: You may not post or share intimate photos or videos of someone that were produced or distributed without their consent. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/intimate-media.html). +* visual depictions of a child engaging in sexually explicit or sexually suggestive acts; +* illustrated, computer-generated or other forms of realistic depictions of a human child in a sexually explicit context, or engaging in sexually explicit acts;  +* sexualized commentaries about or directed at a known or unknown minor; and +* links to third-party sites that host child sexual exploitation material. +   -Account Compromise: You may not use or attempt to use credentials, passwords, tokens, keys, cookies or other data to log into or otherwise access, add, delete or modify the private information or account features of any X account other than your own (or those you have been directly authorized to do so via X’s Teams authorization, OAuth authorization or similar mechanism).  - +The following behaviors are also not permitted:  -### Authenticity +* sharing fantasies about or promoting engagement in child sexual exploitation; +* expressing a desire to obtain materials that feature child sexual exploitation; +* recruiting, advertising or expressing an interest in a commercial sex act involving a child, or in harboring and/or transporting a child for sexual purposes; +* sending sexually explicit media to a child; +* engaging or trying to engage a child in a sexually explicit conversation; +* trying to obtain sexually explicit media from a child or trying to engage a child in sexual activity  through blackmail or other incentives; +* identifying alleged victims of childhood sexual exploitation by name or image; and +* promoting or normalizing sexual attraction to minors as a form of identity or sexual orientation.  +   - -Platform Manipulation and Spam: You may not use X’s services in a manner intended to artificially amplify or suppress information or engage in behavior that manipulates or disrupts people’s experience on X. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/platform-manipulation.html). +### What is not a violation of this policy?  -Civic Integrity: You may not use X’s services for the purpose of manipulating or interfering in elections or other civic processes. This includes posting or sharing content that may suppress participation or mislead people about when, where, or how to participate in a civic process. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/election-integrity-policy.html). +* Discussions related to child sexual exploitation are permitted, provided they don’t normalise, promote or glorify child sexual exploitation **in any way**; +* Conversations about help-seeking behaviour of individuals who may struggle with an attraction to minors; +* Advocacy against illegal or harmful activity involving minors provided there is no sharing of, or linking to any material featuring child sexual exploitation; and +* Depictions of nude minors in a non-sexualized context or setting may be permitted in a limited number of scenarios (e.g., art works by internationally renowned artists that feature minors, news media reportage, media created and shared for scientific or educational purposes). +   -Misleading and Deceptive Identities: You may not impersonate individuals, groups, or organizations to mislead, confuse, or deceive others, nor use a fake identity in a manner that disrupts the experience of others on X. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/twitter-impersonation-and-deceptive-identities-policy.html). +### Who can report violations of this policy?  -Synthetic and Manipulated Media: You may not deceptively share synthetic or manipulated media that are likely to cause harm. In addition, we may label posts containing synthetic and manipulated media to help people understand their authenticity and to provide additional context. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/manipulated-media.html). +Anyone can report potential violations of this policy, whether they have an X account or not.  +  -Copyright and Trademark: You may not violate others’ intellectual property rights, including copyright and trademark. Learn more about our [trademark policy](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/twitter-trademark-policy.html) and [copyright policy](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/copyright-policy.html). - +### How can I report violations of this policy?  -### Third-party advertising in video content +If you think you've found an X account distributing or promoting child sexual exploitation, [you can report it via our child sexual exploitation form](https://help.twitter.com/forms/cse). Provide the username and links to all relevant Posts that led you to believe the account should be reviewed.  +  - -You may not submit, post, or display any video content on or through our services that includes third-party advertising, such as pre-roll video ads or sponsorship graphics, without our prior consent. +### What happens if you violate this policy?  -### -Enforcement and Appeals +In the majority of cases, the consequence for violating our child sexual exploitation policy is **immediate and permanent suspension**. In addition, violators will be prohibited from creating any new accounts in the future. Note: when we’re made aware of content depicting or promoting child sexual exploitation, including links to third party sites where this content can be accessed, they will be removed without further notice and reported to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC). +In a limited number of situations, where we haven’t identified any malicious intent, we will require you to remove this content. We will also temporarily lock you out of your account before you can Post again. Further violations will lead to your account being permanently suspended. If you believe that your account was suspended in error, you can [submit an appeal.](https://help.twitter.com/forms/general?subtopic=suspended) -Learn more about [our approach to enforcement](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/enforcement-philosophy.html), including potential consequences for violating these rules or attempting to circumvent enforcement, as well as how to appeal. - -The X Rules -=========== -X's purpose is to serve the public conversation. Violence, harassment and other similar types of behavior discourage people from expressing themselves, and ultimately diminish the value of global public conversation. Our rules are to ensure all people can participate in the public conversation freely and safely. -  +### Additional resources  -### Safety +Learn more about our [range of enforcement options](https://help.twitter.com/rules-and-policies/enforcement-options) and our approach to [policy development and enforcement](https://help.twitter.com/rules-and-policies/enforcement-philosophy). -Violent Speech: You may not threaten, incite, glorify, or express desire for violence or harm. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/violent-speech.html). +If you’ve found content elsewhere on the internet that is distributing or promoting child sexual exploitation, you should [file a report with NCMEC](http://www.missingkids.org/gethelpnow/cybertipline), or with your local law enforcement. If you believe the content is hosted on a website outside of the United States, you can report it on the [International Association of Internet Hotlines website](https://www.inhope.org/EN#hotlineReferral). -Violent & Hateful Entities: You can’t affiliate with or promote the activities of violent and hateful entities. [Learn more](https://help.x.com/en/rules-and-policies/violent-entities.html). +We partner with multiple organisations whose work is dedicated to fighting child sexual exploitation around the world. Please see the full list of [our child protection partners](https://about.twitter.com/safety/safety-partners.html#child-protection-partners). -Child Sexual Exploitation: We have zero tolerance for child sexual exploitation on X. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/sexual-exploitation-policy.html). +Child sexual exploitation policy +================================ -Abuse/Harassment: You may not share abusive content, engage in the targeted harassment of someone, or incite other people to do so. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/abusive-behavior.html). +### Overview  -Hateful conduct: You may not attack other people on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, caste, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, religious affiliation, age, disability, or serious disease. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/hateful-conduct-policy.html).  +**October 2020** -Perpetrators of Violent Attacks: We will remove any accounts maintained by individual perpetrators of terrorist, violent extremist, or mass violent attacks, and may also remove posts disseminating manifestos or other content produced by perpetrators. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/perpetrators-of-violent-attacks.html).  +**We have a zero-tolerance child sexual exploitation policy on X.** -Suicide: You may not promote or encourage suicide or self-harm. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/glorifying-self-harm.html). - -Sensitive media: You may not post media that is excessively gory or share violent or adult content within live video or in profile or header images. Media depicting sexual violence and/or assault is also not permitted. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/media-policy.html).  - -Illegal or Certain Regulated Goods or Services: You may not use our service for any unlawful purpose or in furtherance of illegal activities. This includes selling, buying, or facilitating transactions in illegal goods or services, as well as certain types of regulated goods or services. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/regulated-goods-services.html). +X has **zero tolerance towards any material that features or promotes child sexual exploitation**, one of the most serious violations of the [Our Rules](https://help.twitter.com/rules-and-policies/twitter-rules). This may include media, text, illustrated, or computer-generated images. Regardless of the intent, viewing, sharing, or linking to child sexual exploitation material contributes to the re-victimization of the depicted children. This also applies to content that may further contribute to victimization of children through the promotion or glorification of child sexual exploitation. For the purposes of this policy, a minor is any person under the age of 18.  -### Privacy +### What is in violation of this policy?  -Private Information: You may not publish or post other people's private information (such as home phone number and address) without their express authorization and permission. We also prohibit threatening to expose private information or incentivizing others to do so. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/personal-information.html). +Any content that depicts or promotes child sexual exploitation including, but not limited to:  -Non-Consensual Nudity: You may not post or share intimate photos or videos of someone that were produced or distributed without their consent. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/intimate-media.html). +* visual depictions of a child engaging in sexually explicit or sexually suggestive acts; +* illustrated, computer-generated or other forms of realistic depictions of a human child in a sexually explicit context, or engaging in sexually explicit acts;  +* sexualized commentaries about or directed at a known or unknown minor; and +* links to third-party sites that host child sexual exploitation material. +   -Account Compromise: You may not use or attempt to use credentials, passwords, tokens, keys, cookies or other data to log into or otherwise access, add, delete or modify the private information or account features of any X account other than your own (or those you have been directly authorized to do so via X’s Teams authorization, OAuth authorization or similar mechanism).  - +The following behaviors are also not permitted:  -### Authenticity +* sharing fantasies about or promoting engagement in child sexual exploitation; +* expressing a desire to obtain materials that feature child sexual exploitation; +* recruiting, advertising or expressing an interest in a commercial sex act involving a child, or in harboring and/or transporting a child for sexual purposes; +* sending sexually explicit media to a child; +* engaging or trying to engage a child in a sexually explicit conversation; +* trying to obtain sexually explicit media from a child or trying to engage a child in sexual activity  through blackmail or other incentives; +* identifying alleged victims of childhood sexual exploitation by name or image; and +* promoting or normalizing sexual attraction to minors as a form of identity or sexual orientation.  +   - -Platform Manipulation and Spam: You may not use X’s services in a manner intended to artificially amplify or suppress information or engage in behavior that manipulates or disrupts people’s experience on X. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/platform-manipulation.html). +### What is not a violation of this policy?  -Civic Integrity: You may not use X’s services for the purpose of manipulating or interfering in elections or other civic processes. This includes posting or sharing content that may suppress participation or mislead people about when, where, or how to participate in a civic process. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/election-integrity-policy.html). +* Discussions related to child sexual exploitation are permitted, provided they don’t normalise, promote or glorify child sexual exploitation **in any way**; +* Conversations about help-seeking behaviour of individuals who may struggle with an attraction to minors; +* Advocacy against illegal or harmful activity involving minors provided there is no sharing of, or linking to any material featuring child sexual exploitation; and +* Depictions of nude minors in a non-sexualized context or setting may be permitted in a limited number of scenarios (e.g., art works by internationally renowned artists that feature minors, news media reportage, media created and shared for scientific or educational purposes). +   -Misleading and Deceptive Identities: You may not impersonate individuals, groups, or organizations to mislead, confuse, or deceive others, nor use a fake identity in a manner that disrupts the experience of others on X. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/twitter-impersonation-and-deceptive-identities-policy.html). +### Who can report violations of this policy?  -Synthetic and Manipulated Media: You may not deceptively share synthetic or manipulated media that are likely to cause harm. In addition, we may label posts containing synthetic and manipulated media to help people understand their authenticity and to provide additional context. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/manipulated-media.html). +Anyone can report potential violations of this policy, whether they have an X account or not.  +  -Copyright and Trademark: You may not violate others’ intellectual property rights, including copyright and trademark. Learn more about our [trademark policy](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/twitter-trademark-policy.html) and [copyright policy](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/copyright-policy.html). - +### How can I report violations of this policy?  -### Third-party advertising in video content +If you think you've found an X account distributing or promoting child sexual exploitation, [you can report it via our child sexual exploitation form](https://help.twitter.com/forms/cse). Provide the username and links to all relevant Posts that led you to believe the account should be reviewed.  +  - -You may not submit, post, or display any video content on or through our services that includes third-party advertising, such as pre-roll video ads or sponsorship graphics, without our prior consent. +### What happens if you violate this policy?  -### -Enforcement and Appeals +In the majority of cases, the consequence for violating our child sexual exploitation policy is **immediate and permanent suspension**. In addition, violators will be prohibited from creating any new accounts in the future. Note: when we’re made aware of content depicting or promoting child sexual exploitation, including links to third party sites where this content can be accessed, they will be removed without further notice and reported to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC). +In a limited number of situations, where we haven’t identified any malicious intent, we will require you to remove this content. We will also temporarily lock you out of your account before you can Post again. Further violations will lead to your account being permanently suspended. If you believe that your account was suspended in error, you can [submit an appeal.](https://help.twitter.com/forms/general?subtopic=suspended) -Learn more about [our approach to enforcement](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/enforcement-philosophy.html), including potential consequences for violating these rules or attempting to circumvent enforcement, as well as how to appeal. - -The X Rules -=========== - -X's purpose is to serve the public conversation. Violence, harassment and other similar types of behavior discourage people from expressing themselves, and ultimately diminish the value of global public conversation. Our rules are to ensure all people can participate in the public conversation freely and safely. -  -### Safety +### Additional resources  -Violent Speech: You may not threaten, incite, glorify, or express desire for violence or harm. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/violent-speech.html). +Learn more about our [range of enforcement options](https://help.twitter.com/rules-and-policies/enforcement-options) and our approach to [policy development and enforcement](https://help.twitter.com/rules-and-policies/enforcement-philosophy). -Violent & Hateful Entities: You can’t affiliate with or promote the activities of violent and hateful entities. [Learn more](https://help.x.com/en/rules-and-policies/violent-entities.html). +If you’ve found content elsewhere on the internet that is distributing or promoting child sexual exploitation, you should [file a report with NCMEC](http://www.missingkids.org/gethelpnow/cybertipline), or with your local law enforcement. If you believe the content is hosted on a website outside of the United States, you can report it on the [International Association of Internet Hotlines website](https://www.inhope.org/EN#hotlineReferral). -Child Sexual Exploitation: We have zero tolerance for child sexual exploitation on X. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/sexual-exploitation-policy.html). +We partner with multiple organisations whose work is dedicated to fighting child sexual exploitation around the world. Please see the full list of [our child protection partners](https://about.twitter.com/safety/safety-partners.html#child-protection-partners). -Abuse/Harassment: You may not share abusive content, engage in the targeted harassment of someone, or incite other people to do so. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/abusive-behavior.html). +Child sexual exploitation policy +================================ -Hateful conduct: You may not attack other people on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, caste, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, religious affiliation, age, disability, or serious disease. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/hateful-conduct-policy.html).  +### Overview  -Perpetrators of Violent Attacks: We will remove any accounts maintained by individual perpetrators of terrorist, violent extremist, or mass violent attacks, and may also remove posts disseminating manifestos or other content produced by perpetrators. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/perpetrators-of-violent-attacks.html).  +**October 2020** -Suicide: You may not promote or encourage suicide or self-harm. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/glorifying-self-harm.html). +**We have a zero-tolerance child sexual exploitation policy on X.** -Sensitive media: You may not post media that is excessively gory or share violent or adult content within live video or in profile or header images. Media depicting sexual violence and/or assault is also not permitted. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/media-policy.html).  - -Illegal or Certain Regulated Goods or Services: You may not use our service for any unlawful purpose or in furtherance of illegal activities. This includes selling, buying, or facilitating transactions in illegal goods or services, as well as certain types of regulated goods or services. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/regulated-goods-services.html). +X has **zero tolerance towards any material that features or promotes child sexual exploitation**, one of the most serious violations of the [Our Rules](https://help.twitter.com/rules-and-policies/twitter-rules). This may include media, text, illustrated, or computer-generated images. Regardless of the intent, viewing, sharing, or linking to child sexual exploitation material contributes to the re-victimization of the depicted children. This also applies to content that may further contribute to victimization of children through the promotion or glorification of child sexual exploitation. For the purposes of this policy, a minor is any person under the age of 18.  -### Privacy +### What is in violation of this policy?  -Private Information: You may not publish or post other people's private information (such as home phone number and address) without their express authorization and permission. We also prohibit threatening to expose private information or incentivizing others to do so. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/personal-information.html). +Any content that depicts or promotes child sexual exploitation including, but not limited to:  -Non-Consensual Nudity: You may not post or share intimate photos or videos of someone that were produced or distributed without their consent. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/intimate-media.html). +* visual depictions of a child engaging in sexually explicit or sexually suggestive acts; +* illustrated, computer-generated or other forms of realistic depictions of a human child in a sexually explicit context, or engaging in sexually explicit acts;  +* sexualized commentaries about or directed at a known or unknown minor; and +* links to third-party sites that host child sexual exploitation material. +   -Account Compromise: You may not use or attempt to use credentials, passwords, tokens, keys, cookies or other data to log into or otherwise access, add, delete or modify the private information or account features of any X account other than your own (or those you have been directly authorized to do so via X’s Teams authorization, OAuth authorization or similar mechanism).  - +The following behaviors are also not permitted:  -### Authenticity +* sharing fantasies about or promoting engagement in child sexual exploitation; +* expressing a desire to obtain materials that feature child sexual exploitation; +* recruiting, advertising or expressing an interest in a commercial sex act involving a child, or in harboring and/or transporting a child for sexual purposes; +* sending sexually explicit media to a child; +* engaging or trying to engage a child in a sexually explicit conversation; +* trying to obtain sexually explicit media from a child or trying to engage a child in sexual activity  through blackmail or other incentives; +* identifying alleged victims of childhood sexual exploitation by name or image; and +* promoting or normalizing sexual attraction to minors as a form of identity or sexual orientation.  +   - -Platform Manipulation and Spam: You may not use X’s services in a manner intended to artificially amplify or suppress information or engage in behavior that manipulates or disrupts people’s experience on X. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/platform-manipulation.html). +### What is not a violation of this policy?  -Civic Integrity: You may not use X’s services for the purpose of manipulating or interfering in elections or other civic processes. This includes posting or sharing content that may suppress participation or mislead people about when, where, or how to participate in a civic process. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/election-integrity-policy.html). +* Discussions related to child sexual exploitation are permitted, provided they don’t normalise, promote or glorify child sexual exploitation **in any way**; +* Conversations about help-seeking behaviour of individuals who may struggle with an attraction to minors; +* Advocacy against illegal or harmful activity involving minors provided there is no sharing of, or linking to any material featuring child sexual exploitation; and +* Depictions of nude minors in a non-sexualized context or setting may be permitted in a limited number of scenarios (e.g., art works by internationally renowned artists that feature minors, news media reportage, media created and shared for scientific or educational purposes). +   -Misleading and Deceptive Identities: You may not impersonate individuals, groups, or organizations to mislead, confuse, or deceive others, nor use a fake identity in a manner that disrupts the experience of others on X. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/twitter-impersonation-and-deceptive-identities-policy.html). +### Who can report violations of this policy?  -Synthetic and Manipulated Media: You may not deceptively share synthetic or manipulated media that are likely to cause harm. In addition, we may label posts containing synthetic and manipulated media to help people understand their authenticity and to provide additional context. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/manipulated-media.html). +Anyone can report potential violations of this policy, whether they have an X account or not.  +  -Copyright and Trademark: You may not violate others’ intellectual property rights, including copyright and trademark. Learn more about our [trademark policy](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/twitter-trademark-policy.html) and [copyright policy](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/copyright-policy.html). - +### How can I report violations of this policy?  -### Third-party advertising in video content +If you think you've found an X account distributing or promoting child sexual exploitation, [you can report it via our child sexual exploitation form](https://help.twitter.com/forms/cse). Provide the username and links to all relevant Posts that led you to believe the account should be reviewed.  +  - -You may not submit, post, or display any video content on or through our services that includes third-party advertising, such as pre-roll video ads or sponsorship graphics, without our prior consent. +### What happens if you violate this policy?  -### -Enforcement and Appeals +In the majority of cases, the consequence for violating our child sexual exploitation policy is **immediate and permanent suspension**. In addition, violators will be prohibited from creating any new accounts in the future. Note: when we’re made aware of content depicting or promoting child sexual exploitation, including links to third party sites where this content can be accessed, they will be removed without further notice and reported to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC). +In a limited number of situations, where we haven’t identified any malicious intent, we will require you to remove this content. We will also temporarily lock you out of your account before you can Post again. Further violations will lead to your account being permanently suspended. If you believe that your account was suspended in error, you can [submit an appeal.](https://help.twitter.com/forms/general?subtopic=suspended) -Learn more about [our approach to enforcement](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/enforcement-philosophy.html), including potential consequences for violating these rules or attempting to circumvent enforcement, as well as how to appeal. -The X Rules -=========== +### Additional resources  -X's purpose is to serve the public conversation. Violence, harassment and other similar types of behavior discourage people from expressing themselves, and ultimately diminish the value of global public conversation. Our rules are to ensure all people can participate in the public conversation freely and safely. -  +Learn more about our [range of enforcement options](https://help.twitter.com/rules-and-policies/enforcement-options) and our approach to [policy development and enforcement](https://help.twitter.com/rules-and-policies/enforcement-philosophy). -### Safety +If you’ve found content elsewhere on the internet that is distributing or promoting child sexual exploitation, you should [file a report with NCMEC](http://www.missingkids.org/gethelpnow/cybertipline), or with your local law enforcement. If you believe the content is hosted on a website outside of the United States, you can report it on the [International Association of Internet Hotlines website](https://www.inhope.org/EN#hotlineReferral). -Violent Speech: You may not threaten, incite, glorify, or express desire for violence or harm. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/violent-speech.html). +We partner with multiple organisations whose work is dedicated to fighting child sexual exploitation around the world. Please see the full list of [our child protection partners](https://about.twitter.com/safety/safety-partners.html#child-protection-partners). -Violent & Hateful Entities: You can’t affiliate with or promote the activities of violent and hateful entities. [Learn more](https://help.x.com/en/rules-and-policies/violent-entities.html). +Child sexual exploitation policy +================================ -Child Sexual Exploitation: We have zero tolerance for child sexual exploitation on X. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/sexual-exploitation-policy.html). +### Overview  -Abuse/Harassment: You may not share abusive content, engage in the targeted harassment of someone, or incite other people to do so. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/abusive-behavior.html). +**October 2020** -Hateful conduct: You may not attack other people on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, caste, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, religious affiliation, age, disability, or serious disease. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/hateful-conduct-policy.html).  +**We have a zero-tolerance child sexual exploitation policy on X.** -Perpetrators of Violent Attacks: We will remove any accounts maintained by individual perpetrators of terrorist, violent extremist, or mass violent attacks, and may also remove posts disseminating manifestos or other content produced by perpetrators. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/perpetrators-of-violent-attacks.html).  +X has **zero tolerance towards any material that features or promotes child sexual exploitation**, one of the most serious violations of the [Our Rules](https://help.twitter.com/rules-and-policies/twitter-rules). This may include media, text, illustrated, or computer-generated images. Regardless of the intent, viewing, sharing, or linking to child sexual exploitation material contributes to the re-victimization of the depicted children. This also applies to content that may further contribute to victimization of children through the promotion or glorification of child sexual exploitation. For the purposes of this policy, a minor is any person under the age of 18.  + -Suicide: You may not promote or encourage suicide or self-harm. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/glorifying-self-harm.html). +### What is in violation of this policy?  -Sensitive media: You may not post media that is excessively gory or share violent or adult content within live video or in profile or header images. Media depicting sexual violence and/or assault is also not permitted. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/media-policy.html).  +Any content that depicts or promotes child sexual exploitation including, but not limited to:  -Illegal or Certain Regulated Goods or Services: You may not use our service for any unlawful purpose or in furtherance of illegal activities. This includes selling, buying, or facilitating transactions in illegal goods or services, as well as certain types of regulated goods or services. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/regulated-goods-services.html). - +* visual depictions of a child engaging in sexually explicit or sexually suggestive acts; +* illustrated, computer-generated or other forms of realistic depictions of a human child in a sexually explicit context, or engaging in sexually explicit acts;  +* sexualized commentaries about or directed at a known or unknown minor; and +* links to third-party sites that host child sexual exploitation material. +   -### Privacy +The following behaviors are also not permitted:  -Private Information: You may not publish or post other people's private information (such as home phone number and address) without their express authorization and permission. We also prohibit threatening to expose private information or incentivizing others to do so. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/personal-information.html). +* sharing fantasies about or promoting engagement in child sexual exploitation; +* expressing a desire to obtain materials that feature child sexual exploitation; +* recruiting, advertising or expressing an interest in a commercial sex act involving a child, or in harboring and/or transporting a child for sexual purposes; +* sending sexually explicit media to a child; +* engaging or trying to engage a child in a sexually explicit conversation; +* trying to obtain sexually explicit media from a child or trying to engage a child in sexual activity  through blackmail or other incentives; +* identifying alleged victims of childhood sexual exploitation by name or image; and +* promoting or normalizing sexual attraction to minors as a form of identity or sexual orientation.  +   -Non-Consensual Nudity: You may not post or share intimate photos or videos of someone that were produced or distributed without their consent. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/intimate-media.html). +### What is not a violation of this policy?  -Account Compromise: You may not use or attempt to use credentials, passwords, tokens, keys, cookies or other data to log into or otherwise access, add, delete or modify the private information or account features of any X account other than your own (or those you have been directly authorized to do so via X’s Teams authorization, OAuth authorization or similar mechanism).  - +* Discussions related to child sexual exploitation are permitted, provided they don’t normalise, promote or glorify child sexual exploitation **in any way**; +* Conversations about help-seeking behaviour of individuals who may struggle with an attraction to minors; +* Advocacy against illegal or harmful activity involving minors provided there is no sharing of, or linking to any material featuring child sexual exploitation; and +* Depictions of nude minors in a non-sexualized context or setting may be permitted in a limited number of scenarios (e.g., art works by internationally renowned artists that feature minors, news media reportage, media created and shared for scientific or educational purposes). +   -### Authenticity +### Who can report violations of this policy?  - -Platform Manipulation and Spam: You may not use X’s services in a manner intended to artificially amplify or suppress information or engage in behavior that manipulates or disrupts people’s experience on X. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/platform-manipulation.html). +Anyone can report potential violations of this policy, whether they have an X account or not.  +  + +### How can I report violations of this policy?  -Civic Integrity: You may not use X’s services for the purpose of manipulating or interfering in elections or other civic processes. This includes posting or sharing content that may suppress participation or mislead people about when, where, or how to participate in a civic process. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/election-integrity-policy.html). +If you think you've found an X account distributing or promoting child sexual exploitation, [you can report it via our child sexual exploitation form](https://help.twitter.com/forms/cse). Provide the username and links to all relevant Posts that led you to believe the account should be reviewed.  +  -Misleading and Deceptive Identities: You may not impersonate individuals, groups, or organizations to mislead, confuse, or deceive others, nor use a fake identity in a manner that disrupts the experience of others on X. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/twitter-impersonation-and-deceptive-identities-policy.html). +### What happens if you violate this policy?  -Synthetic and Manipulated Media: You may not deceptively share synthetic or manipulated media that are likely to cause harm. In addition, we may label posts containing synthetic and manipulated media to help people understand their authenticity and to provide additional context. [Learn more](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/manipulated-media.html). +In the majority of cases, the consequence for violating our child sexual exploitation policy is **immediate and permanent suspension**. In addition, violators will be prohibited from creating any new accounts in the future. Note: when we’re made aware of content depicting or promoting child sexual exploitation, including links to third party sites where this content can be accessed, they will be removed without further notice and reported to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC). -Copyright and Trademark: You may not violate others’ intellectual property rights, including copyright and trademark. Learn more about our [trademark policy](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/twitter-trademark-policy.html) and [copyright policy](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/copyright-policy.html). +In a limited number of situations, where we haven’t identified any malicious intent, we will require you to remove this content. We will also temporarily lock you out of your account before you can Post again. Further violations will lead to your account being permanently suspended. If you believe that your account was suspended in error, you can [submit an appeal.](https://help.twitter.com/forms/general?subtopic=suspended) -### Third-party advertising in video content +### Additional resources  - -You may not submit, post, or display any video content on or through our services that includes third-party advertising, such as pre-roll video ads or sponsorship graphics, without our prior consent. +Learn more about our [range of enforcement options](https://help.twitter.com/rules-and-policies/enforcement-options) and our approach to [policy development and enforcement](https://help.twitter.com/rules-and-policies/enforcement-philosophy). -### -Enforcement and Appeals +If you’ve found content elsewhere on the internet that is distributing or promoting child sexual exploitation, you should [file a report with NCMEC](http://www.missingkids.org/gethelpnow/cybertipline), or with your local law enforcement. If you believe the content is hosted on a website outside of the United States, you can report it on the [International Association of Internet Hotlines website](https://www.inhope.org/EN#hotlineReferral). - -Learn more about [our approach to enforcement](https://help.twitter.com/en/rules-and-policies/enforcement-philosophy.html), including potential consequences for violating these rules or attempting to circumvent enforcement, as well as how to appeal. \ No newline at end of file +We partner with multiple organisations whose work is dedicated to fighting child sexual exploitation around the world. Please see the full list of [our child protection partners](https://about.twitter.com/safety/safety-partners.html#child-protection-partners). \ No newline at end of file