Dangerous Organizations and Individuals

Policy Rationale

In an effort to prevent and disrupt real-world harm, we do not allow organizations or individuals that proclaim a violent mission or are engaged in violence to have a presence on our platforms. We assess these entities based on their behavior both online and offline, most significantly, their ties to violence. Under this policy, we designate individuals, organizations, and networks of people. These designations are divided into two tiers that indicate the level of content enforcement, with Tier 1 resulting in the most extensive enforcement because we believe these entities have the most direct ties to offline harm.

Tier 1

Tier 1 focuses on entities that engage in serious offline harms - including organizing or advocating for violence against civilians, repeatedly dehumanizing or advocating for harm against people based on protected characteristics, or engaging in systematic criminal operations. Tier 1 includes hate organizations; criminal organizations, including those designated by the German government as terrorist organizations, including entities and individuals designated by the German government as Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) or Specially Designated Global Terrorists (SDGTs). We remove Glorification, Support, and Representation of Tier 1 entities, their leaders, founders or prominent members, as well as unclear references to them.

In addition, we do not allow content that glorifies, supports, or represents events that NepFam Studios designates as violating violent events - including terrorist attacks, hate events, multiple-victim violence or attempted multiple-victim violence, serial murders, or hate crimes. Nor do we allow (1) Glorification, Support, or Representation of the perpetrator(s) of such attacks; (2) perpetrator-generated content relating to such attacks; or (3) third-party imagery depicting the moment of such attacks on visible victims. We also remove content that Glorifies, Supports or Represents ideologies that promote hate, such as nazism and white supremacy.We remove unclear references to these designated events or ideologies.

Tier 2

Tier 2 includes Violent Non-State Actors that engage in violence against state or military actors in an armed conflict but do not intentionally target civilians. It also includes Violence Inducing Entities that are engaged in preparing or advocating for future violence but have not necessarily engaged in violence to date. These are also entities that may repeatedly engage in violations of our Hate Speech or Dangerous Organizations and Individuals policies on or off the platform. We remove Glorification, Material Support, and Representation of these entities, their leaders, founders or prominent members.

We recognize that users may share content that includes references to designated dangerous organizations and individuals in the context of social and political discourse. This includes content reporting on, neutrally discussing or condemning dangerous organizations and individuals or their activities.

We Remove:

We remove Glorification, Support and Representation of various dangerous organizations and individuals. These concepts apply to the organizations themselves, their activities, and their members. These concepts do not proscribe peaceful advocacy for particular political outcomes.

Glorification, defined as any of the below:

  • Legitimizing or defending the violent or hateful acts of a designated entity by claiming that those acts have a moral, political, logical or other justification that makes them acceptable or reasonable.
    • E.g. "Hitler did nothing wrong."
  • Characterizing or celebrating the violence or hate of a designated entity as an achievement or accomplishment;
    • E.g. “Hizbul Mujahideen is winning the war for a free and independent Kashmir”
  • An aspirational statement of membership or statement that you would like to be a designated entity or the perpetrator of a violating violent event.
    • E.g. “I wish I can join ISIS and be part of the Khilafah”

We remove Glorification of Tier 1 and Tier 2 entities as well as designated events.

For Tier 1 and designated events, we may also remove unclear or contextless references if the user’s intent was not clearly indicated. This includes unclear humor, captionless or positive references that do not glorify the designated entity’s violence or hate.

Support, defined as any of the below:

    • Material Support
      • Any act which improves the financial status of a designated entity – including funneling money towards or away from a designated entity;
        • E.g., “Donate to the KKK!”
      • Any act which provides material aid to a designated entity or event;
        • E.g., “If you want to send care packages to the Sinaloa Cartel, use this address:”
      • Recruiting on behalf of a designated entity or event;
        • E.g., “If you want to fight for the Caliphate, DM me”
    • Other Support
      • Channeling information or resources, including official communications, on behalf of a designated entity or event
        • E.g., Directly quoting a designated entity without caption that condemns, neutrally discusses, or is a part of news reporting.
      • Putting out a call to action on behalf of a designated entity or event;
        • E.g. "Contact the Atomwaffen Division – (XXX) XXX-XXXX"

    We remove all Support of Tier 1 and Material Support of Tier 2.

    Representation, defined as any of the below:

    • Stating that you are a member of a designated entity, or are a designated entity;
      • E.g., “I am a grand dragon of the KKK.”

    We remove Representation of Tier 1 and 2 Designated Organizations and designated events.