“Hate speech is content that demeans, defames, or promotes discrimination or violence on the basis of race, color, caste, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability...”
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Advertisers are prohibited from running content that targets any of the listed protected characteristics through demeaning, defamatory, or discriminatory or violent messaging.
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Ad content on Snapchat Ads that demeans, defames, or promotes discrimination or violence based on any of the listed protected characteristics is prohibited.
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Don't create or share defamatory or libelous content that could damage someone's reputation or falsely portray them in a harmful way.
Content that is unoriginal, plagiarized, or copied from another individual or organization.
You may not use Third-Party Content displayed using our web-search feature to (i) copy, store, archive, cache, or create a database of the Outputs, (ii) redistribute, resell, or sublicense the Third-Party Content...
"Hate speech is content that demeans, defames, or promotes discrimination or violence on the basis of race, color, caste, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability...Excerpt from Snapchat Ads's Snapchat Advertising Policies
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Advertisers are prohibited from running content that targets any of the listed protected characteristics through demeaning, defamatory, or discriminatory or violent messaging.
Ad content on Snapchat Ads that demeans, defames, or promotes discrimination or violence based on any of the listed protected characteristics is prohibited.
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