Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
Community rules and platform-wide rules both apply, enforced by different people
Reddit says each community has its own rules, enforced by that community's moderators (and shaped informally by votes and discussion). Underneath those, there are platform-wide rules that apply to everyone on Reddit, and those are enforced by Reddit's own staff, whom it calls admins. You are asked to follow the rules of communities you take part in and not to interfere with communities you are not a member of.
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Please abide by the rules of communities in which you participate and do not interfere with those in which you are not a member.
Below the rules governing each community are the platform-wide rules that apply to everyone on Reddit. These rules are enforced by us, the admins.
Qualifications & exceptions
The abide/do-not-interfere sentence is worded as a request ("Please") rather than a stated penalty; consequences are described under Enforcement.
Not stated here
The text does not say how a community's own rules are published or what happens when community rules conflict with the platform-wide rules.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
Reddit asks you to follow the spirit of the rules, not only the letter
Reddit frames the rules as a shared set that communities depend on, and asks users to follow both the exact wording and the intent behind them. The sentence is phrased as a request ("We ask"), so it signals how Reddit may read the rules rather than listing a separate prohibition.
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We ask that you abide by not just the letter of these rules, but the spirit as well.
Not stated here
The text does not say how "the spirit" of a rule is determined or who decides when conduct violates the spirit but not the letter.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Context
No community should be used as a weapon, and everyone should expect privacy and safety
Reddit says communities are meant to create belonging and that no community should be used as a weapon or to diminish belonging for others. It also says everyone on Reddit should have an expectation of privacy and safety and asks users to respect the privacy and safety of others. Reddit also acknowledges you may find some communities unrelatable or even offensive; that alone is not framed as a violation.
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no community should be used as a weapon
everyone on Reddit should have an expectation of privacy and safety, so please respect the privacy and safety of others
Qualifications & exceptions
The privacy and safety sentence is phrased as an expectation and a request ("please"); specific prohibitions are in the numbered rules and linked policies.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Rule 1: no harassment, bullying or threats of violence; inciting or hateful users and communities will be banned
Rule 1 says everyone has a right to use Reddit free of harassment, bullying and threats of violence, and that Reddit is not a place for attacking marginalized or vulnerable groups. Communities and users that incite violence, or that promote hate based on identity or vulnerability, "will be banned". The rule links to separate policies on harassment and bullying, violent content, and hate based on identity or vulnerability, which appear as later pages in this document.
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Everyone has a right to use Reddit free of [harassment, bullying]
Communities and users that incite violence or that promote hate based on [identity or vulnerability]
Qualifications & exceptions
"Will be banned" applies to communities and users that incite violence or promote hate based on identity or vulnerability; the lighter-sounding "right to use Reddit free of" harassment, bullying and threats describes the protection, with enforcement left to the Enforcement section.
Rule 2: follow community rules and do not spam or engage in disruptive behavior
Rule 2 tells you to abide by community rules, take part authentically in communities where you have a personal interest, and not to spam or engage in disruptive behaviors, including content manipulation, that interfere with Reddit communities. Spam and disruptive behavior each link to their own policy pages, which appear later in this document.
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Abide by community rules. Participate authentically in communities where you have a personal interest
do not [spam](https://support.reddithelp.com/hc/articles/360043504051) or engage in [disruptive behaviors](https://support.reddithelp.com/hc/articles/360043066412) (including content manipulation) that interfere with Reddit communities
Qualifications & exceptions
The disruptive-behavior prohibition is limited to behavior that interferes with Reddit communities.
Rule 3: no instigating harassment with personal information; no intimate media without consent
Rule 3 asks you to respect other people's privacy. Instigating harassment, for example by revealing someone's personal or confidential information, is not allowed. Separately, you must never post or threaten to post intimate or sexually explicit media of someone without their consent. The links lead to policy pages on personal information and intimate media that appear later in this document.
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Instigating harassment, for example by revealing someone’s [personal or confidential information]
Never post or threaten to post [intimate or sexually-explicit media]
Qualifications & exceptions
The personal-information prohibition is framed around instigating harassment, with revealing personal or confidential information given as an example ("for example"), not as an exhaustive description.
contrast (model-proposed): Posting someone's personal information or links to it is not allowed and will get you banned — contrast: Rule 3 frames the personal-information prohibition around instigating harassment (revealing information is given as an example), while the linked help page says posting personal information or links to it is not okay and will get you banned, with no harassment qualifier. The two wordings pull in different directions on scope; the source does not reconcile them.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Rule 4: no sexual, abusive or suggestive content involving minors, and no predatory behavior
Rule 4 forbids sharing, or encouraging the sharing of, sexual, abusive or suggestive content involving minors. It also states that any predatory or inappropriate behavior involving a minor is "strictly prohibited". The links lead to separate policy pages on sexual content involving minors and abuse involving minors, later in this document.
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Do not share or encourage the sharing of [sexual]
Any predatory or inappropriate behavior involving a minor is also strictly prohibited.
Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception
Rule 5: you need not use your real name, but may not intentionally mislead others or deceptively impersonate
Rule 5 says you do not have to use your real name on Reddit. You may not, however, intentionally mislead others or impersonate an individual or entity in a deceptive manner. Links lead to policy pages on misleading content and impersonation that appear later in this document.
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You don't have to use your real name
do not intentionally mislead others
impersonate](https://support.reddithelp.com/hc/articles/360043075032) an individual or entity in a deceptive manner
Qualifications & exceptions
The impersonation limit applies where the impersonation is done "in a deceptive manner".
Rule 6: label content and communities so people have predictable experiences
Rule 6 asks you to properly label content and communities so that people have predictable experiences, particularly where the content is graphic, sexually explicit or offensive. The enforcement section mentions NSFW tags as one restriction Reddit may add to communities.
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Ensure people have predictable experiences on Reddit by properly labeling content and communities, particularly content that is graphic, sexually-explicit, or offensive.
Not stated here
This rule does not define "properly labeling" or which labels (such as NSFW) are required; the specifics are not given in this rule text.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
Rule 7: do not post illegal content or solicit or facilitate illegal or prohibited transactions
Rule 7 prohibits posting illegal content and soliciting or facilitating illegal or prohibited transactions. The link leads to a policy page on illegal or prohibited transactions, later in this document.
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Don't post illegal content, and don't solicit or facilitate [illegal or prohibited transactions]
Rule 8: do not break the site or interfere with its normal use
Rule 8 prohibits breaking the site or doing anything that interferes with normal use of Reddit. The link leads to a policy page on site interference, later in this document.
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Don’t [break the site]
do anything that interferes with normal use of Reddit
Reddit enforces its rules in many ways, including warnings, suspension, restrictions and content removal
Reddit says it has "a variety of ways" of enforcing its rules and that the list is not exhaustive. Listed measures against users and content include asking nicely, asking less nicely, temporary or permanent suspension of accounts, removing privileges or adding restrictions to accounts, and removing content. The list does not say which measure applies to which violation or in what order.
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We have a variety of ways of enforcing our rules, including, but not limited to
Asking you nicely to knock it off
Asking you less nicely
Temporary or permanent suspension of accounts
Removal of privileges from, or adding restrictions to, accounts
Removal of content
Qualifications & exceptions
"Including, but not limited to" means these are examples; other enforcement measures may exist.
Not stated here
The text does not state which measure applies to which violation, whether warning always comes first, or any appeal process.
Account & Service Control · Company practice
Reddit may add restrictions to communities, including NSFW tags or quarantine, or ban them
For communities, Reddit lists adding restrictions such as NSFW tags or quarantining, and banning communities entirely. A quarantine, as described later in this document, is meant to keep a community's content from being accidentally viewed by people who do not knowingly wish to see it, or viewed without appropriate context; quarantined communities and their subscribers still must follow the Reddit Rules and remain subject to enforcement.
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Adding restrictions to Reddit communities, such as adding NSFW tags or [Quarantining]
Banning of Reddit communities
The purpose of quarantining a community is to prevent its content from being accidentally viewed by those who do not knowingly wish to do so, or viewed without appropriate context.
remain subject to enforcement measures.
Qualifications & exceptions
The quarantine purpose and obligations are described in the Quarantining page later in this joined document (see b427 to b429).
Harassment policy: do not bully, intimidate or target people or communities with abuse
The harassment policy tells users not to engage in behavior that bullies, intimidates, or targets other people or communities with abuse, and reminds them that real people are behind usernames. It says the policy is aimed at targeted, severe, or patterned abuse, including encouraging others to engage in abuse.
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Do not engage in behavior that bullies, intimidates, or targets other people or communities with abuse.
we prohibit behavior that crosses the line into targeted, severe, or patterned abuse, including encouraging others to engage in abuse
Qualifications & exceptions
The page header says "Updated 15 days ago", a relative time with no absolute date, so the date of the current wording is not stated in the source.
Content & IP Rights · User right or choice
Harassment policy does not shield ideas, public figures or harsh criticism, but gives public figures some limits
The policy says it is designed to protect people from targeted personal abuse, not to shield ideas, beliefs, organizations or public figures from criticism, even harsh criticism. Having a strong opinion, criticizing someone's actions or downvoting is not against the rules. Public figures may face robust criticism about their public role or persona, but that does not permit harassment campaigns that directly target their family, compromise their personal safety, or incite serious harm on them.
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not to shield ideas, beliefs, organizations, or public figures from criticism, even if it's harsh
it’s not against our rules to have a strong opinion, criticize someone’s actions, or downvote others’ content
Public figures may be subject to robust criticism and scrutiny related to their public role or persona, but this does not permit harassment campaigns that directly target their family, compromise their personal safety, or incite serious harm upon them.
Qualifications & exceptions
The permission to criticize is limited by the prohibition on targeted, severe or patterned abuse in the same policy.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Singling out individuals or groups for harassment is not allowed, including severe attacks and unwanted contact
The policy focuses on patterns of behavior and targeted actions, not just individual insults. Conduct listed as not allowed includes severe personal attacks such as wishing serious harm on someone, targeting someone's disclosed health conditions, past traumas, hardships or appearance, antagonizing communities (for example repeated off-topic "trolling" of subreddits), sexualizing someone without consent or sending unsolicited sexual content, and sustained campaigns of unwanted contact such as following a user across the platform or creating accounts specifically to abuse one person. The list is introduced as "including, but not limited to".
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It is not allowed to single out an individual or group for harassment. This policy focuses on patterns of behavior and targeted actions, not just individual insults. This includes, but is not limited to:
Severe personal attacks, such as wishing or hoping for serious harm (e.g., death, severe illness) to fall upon another person
Targeting personal vulnerabilities, such as attacking someone on the basis of disclosed health conditions, past traumas, personal hardships, or physical appearance.
Antagonizing communities, which could include repeatedly “trolling” subreddits with off-topic posts or undermining the purpose of the community.
Sexualizing someone without their consent, sending unsolicited sexual content, or other unwanted sexualization.
A sustained campaign of unwanted contact, such as following a user across the platform to repeatedly antagonize them, or creating accounts specifically to abuse an individual.
Qualifications & exceptions
The list is not exhaustive ("including, but not limited to").
Content & IP Rights · Context
Harassment policy examples of violations: wishing death, piling on, following users, abusive usernames, inbox flooding
The policy gives example violations: a comment wishing, directly or indirectly, that someone gets cancer and dies; directing others to pile negative comments onto someone else's post; following a user from one community to another to continue a previous argument; contacting a user in a private, unsolicited chat with insults; creating a community dedicated to sexualizing individuals' nonsexual media without consent; creating an account with an abusive username targeting an individual and using it to reply to their comments; and flooding a user's inbox with dozens of greeting or emoji messages to overwhelm them. These are labeled examples of policy violations.
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A comment wishing, directly or indirectly, that someone gets cancer and dies.
Directing others to pile negative comments onto someone else's post.
Following a user from one community to another to continue a previous argument on unrelated posts.
Contacting a user in a private, unsolicited chat with insults or degrading comments.
Creating a community dedicated to sharing and sexualizing individuals’ nonsexual media without their consent.
Creating an account with an abusive username that targets another individual (e.g., u/IHateUserName) and using it to reply to their comments.
Flooding a user's inbox with dozens of messages containing only a greeting or emoji to overwhelm them.
Qualifications & exceptions
Examples illustrate the policy; the source does not say they are the only violations.
Content & IP Rights · User right or choice
Harassment examples that do not violate it: heated insults, criticism, satire, personal stories, consenting adults
The policy lists examples that do not violate it: calling someone a jerk or idiot in a heated debate, criticizing a public figure's voting record or public statements, a community dedicated to sarcastic commentary about an influencer's social media content, sharing your own story about a negative interaction without directing others to act against the person, and a consensual sexual conversation between adult users in chat or an appropriate community.
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A comment in a heated debate calling someone a jerk or an idiot.
A post criticizing a public figure’s voting record or public statements.
A community dedicated to sarcastic commentary about an influencer's social media content.
Sharing your own personal story about a negative interaction you had, without directing others to take action against the person involved.
A consensual sexual conversation between adult users in chat or in an appropriate community.
Qualifications & exceptions
These are examples under this harassment policy only; other Reddit policies or community rules may still apply to the same content.
Not stated here
The source does not explain how a single insult becomes a pattern, so where the line sits between the heated-debate example and targeted abuse is not stated.
Account & Service Control · Procedure
Report possible harassment with the report button; Reddit links to enforcement information and a transparency report
To report content that may violate the harassment policy, you can use the report button next to the content, in the app or on reddit.com. Reddit also points to a page on its enforcement philosophy and to its Transparency Report for policy enforcement data. The text of those linked pages is not part of this document.
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To report content that potentially violates this policy, you can use the [report button]
To find out more about Reddit's enforcement philosophy, please click [here]
Not stated here
The text of the linked enforcement philosophy page and the Transparency Report is not supplied in this document, so what they say about outcomes or appeals is unknown.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Violence policy: do not threaten, encourage or glorify violence; give context on violent posts
The violence policy tells users not to threaten, encourage, or glorify violence on Reddit. It says it focuses on credible risks of real-world harm (including to oneself) or speech that genuinely makes others feel unsafe, while leaving space for legitimate discussion. Reddit acknowledges there can be reasons to post violent content (educational, newsworthy, artistic, satire, documentary) and asks that violent-in-nature posts that do not violate the policy come with context so the reason for posting is clear.
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do not threaten, encourage, or glorify violence on Reddit
This policy focuses on credible risks of real-world harm (including to oneself) or speech that genuinely makes others feel unsafe, while maintaining space for legitimate discussions in various contexts.
ensure you provide context to the viewer so the reason for posting is clear
Qualifications & exceptions
The context request applies to violent-in-nature posts that do not violate the policy; the source does not state a penalty for omitting context.
The page header says "Updated 15 days ago", a relative time with no absolute date.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Violence policy prohibits threats, inciting or encouraging violence, and glorifying violent events
Listed as things that may violate the policy: threatening violence, such as directly or indirectly stating an intent to physically harm or attack an individual, a group or a location; inciting or encouraging violence, including by coded references or memes with a known violent meaning; and glorifying or celebrating violent events, such as praising perpetrators of mass violence, sharing killers' manifestos, or mocking victims of violent tragedies. The list is introduced as things that "may" violate the policy.
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Threatening violence, such as directly or indirectly stating an intent to physically harm or attack an individual, a group, or a location.
Inciting or encouraging violence, such as calling for others to commit violent acts, including through the use of coded references or memes with a known violent meaning.
Glorifying or celebrating violent events, such as praising perpetrators of mass violence (e.g., mass shooters), sharing killers’ manifestos, or mocking the victims of violent tragedies.
Qualifications & exceptions
The heading says these are things that "may" violate the policy; the source does not state which are always violations.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Terrorist content is listed as a possible violation, with its details on a linked page
The violence policy lists "Terrorist content" as a thing that may violate the policy. The list entry is only a heading linked to a separate article, so this document does not itself say what counts as terrorist content or how Reddit treats it.
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Terrorist content
Not stated here
The linked article on terrorist content is not supplied in this document, so its definition and rules are unknown here.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Posting graphic or disturbing content purely to disgust or horrify users may violate the violence policy
The policy lists posting graphic or disturbing content purely to disgust or horrify users, such as real-world gore without context or in unrelated communities, or footage filmed by a perpetrator during an attack, as a thing that may violate it.
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Posting graphic or disturbing content purely to disgust or horrify users, such as sharing real-world gore without context or in unrelated communities, or sharing footage filmed by a perpetrator during an attack.
Qualifications & exceptions
The prohibition is framed around posting "purely" to disgust or horrify; context and community fit are part of the examples given.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Encouraging self-harm or giving or requesting self-harm instructions may violate the violence policy
The policy lists encouraging or glorifying suicide or self-harm. It says discussions about mental health struggles are allowed, but promoting self-harm through imagery or text, or requesting or giving instructions on how to self-harm, is a violation.
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Encouraging or glorifying suicide or self-harm. Importantly, while discussions about mental health struggles are allowed, it is a violation to promote self harm through imagery or text, or request or give instructions on how to self-harm.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Promoting severe sexual violence and malicious animal abuse for entertainment may violate the violence policy
Two further listed items: promoting real-world sexual violence or sexual activity that involves severe physical injury or risk of death, and depicting or encouraging the malicious abuse or suffering of animals for entertainment.
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Promoting real-world sexual violence or sexual activity that involves severe physical injury or risk of death.
Depicting or encouraging the malicious abuse or suffering of animals for entertainment.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Non-violating violent content should be labeled NSFW; labeled graphic content with public interest value may be allowed
The policy says content that depicts violence but does not violate the policy should be labeled Not Safe for Work (NSFW). Reddit may also allow appropriately labeled graphic content that has public interest value, such as legitimate news reporting, historical documentation or citizen journalism, provided it is not used to mock victims, celebrate violence, or promote a perpetrator's message or ideology.
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Content that depicts violence but doesn't violate this policy (as described above) should be labeled Not Safe for Work (“NSFW”).
we may allow appropriately labelled graphic content that has public interest value, such as legitimate news reporting, historical documentation, or citizen journalism, provided it is not used to mock victims, celebrate violence, or promote a perpetrator’s message or ideology
Qualifications & exceptions
The public-interest allowance is permissive ("may allow") and conditioned on appropriate labeling and on not being used to mock victims, celebrate violence or promote a perpetrator's message.
Example violations given: a post with violent imagery that encourages others to act against an individual or group; a community that praises a mass shooter as a hero; threats against protest participants, counter-protesters or law enforcement; a graphic image of a car crash victim with a mocking title; a post giving methods of self-harm; a video showing a person intentionally harming a stray cat; an illustration used to make a death threat against a specific real-world person; and a meme or image meant to celebrate a known killer.
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A post including violent imagery that encourages others to take action against an individual or a group.
Creating a community that praises a mass shooter as a hero.
Posting threats against protest participants, counter-protesters, or law enforcement agents.
Posting a graphic image of a car crash victim with a title that makes fun of them.
A post that provides instructions on methods of self-harm.
A video showing a person intentionally harming a stray cat.
A post using a seemingly artistic or hand-drawn illustration to make a death threat against a specific real-world person.
A post sharing a meme or image meant to celebrate a known killer.
Qualifications & exceptions
Examples illustrate the policy; the source does not say they are the only violations.
Content & IP Rights · User right or choice
Violence examples that do not violate it: labeled war images, help-seeking, hunting, hyperbole, creative works, satire
Examples given as not violating the policy: a post discussing a war with graphic images correctly labeled NSFW; a user expressing thoughts of self-harm while seeking help in a support community; a picture of a legally hunted animal; a comment saying people who leave the toilet seat up should get shot; a labeled music video or performance art depicting violence in a creative or narrative story without real-world gore, credible threats or incitement; and a satirical political cartoon using metaphorical imagery to criticize a public institution or social issue.
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A post discussing a war, with graphic images from the event correctly labeled as NSFW.
A user expressing thoughts of self-harm in the context of seeking help in a support community.
A post showing a picture of a legally hunted animal.
people who leave the toilet seat up should get shot
A post sharing a music video or piece of performance art that depicts violence as part of a creative or narrative story, provided it is appropriately labeled and does not contain real-world gore, credible threats, or incitement to violence.
A satirical political cartoon or illustration using metaphorical imagery to criticize a public institution or social issue.
Qualifications & exceptions
These are examples under the violence policy only; other policies or community rules may still apply.
The creative-work example is conditioned on appropriate labeling and on no real-world gore, credible threats or incitement.
Not stated here
The source lists the toilet-seat comment as a non-violation without explaining why; the card does not infer the reason.
Account & Service Control · Procedure
Report possible violent content with the report button; enforcement and transparency pages are linked
To report content that may violate the violence policy, you can use the report button next to the content in the app or on reddit.com. Reddit also points to a page on its enforcement philosophy and to its Transparency Report. The linked pages are not part of this document.
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To report content that potentially violates this policy, you can use the [report button]
To find out more about Reddit's enforcement philosophy, please click [here]
Not stated here
The text of the linked enforcement philosophy page and the Transparency Report is not supplied in this document.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Spam policy: repeated or unsolicited actions that harm users, communities or Reddit are never allowed
The spam policy tells users not to use Reddit for repeated or unsolicited mass engagement. It defines spam as repeated or unsolicited actions, automated or manual, that negatively affect users, communities and/or Reddit itself, and says spam is "never allowed". Reddit explains that spammers compromise everyone's use by artificially inflating exposure to unwanted or irrelevant content.
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Do not use Reddit for repeated or unsolicited mass engagement.
Spam – defined as repeated or unsolicited actions (whether automated or manual) that negatively affect users, communities, and/or Reddit itself – is never allowed.
Qualifications & exceptions
The page header says "Updated 10 days ago", a relative time with no absolute date.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Spam policy lists mass-posting, mass-messaging, karma farming, spam tools, link masking and subscriber inflation
Things that may violate the policy: mass-posting repetitive content for exposure or financial gain; mass-tagging users or sending large amounts of unsolicited chat or private messages; repeatedly posting or sharing old content to rapidly gain karma; using tools (such as bots or generative AI tools) that may break Reddit or facilitate the proliferation of spam; link-masking or redirecting to harmful domains; and using multiple accounts to artificially inflate a subreddit's subscriber count.
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Mass-posting repetitive content for the purpose of exposure or financial gain.
Mass-tagging other users or sending large amounts of unsolicited chat or private messages.
Repeatedly posting or sharing old content for the purpose of rapidly gaining
Using tools (e.g., bots, generative AI tools) that may break Reddit or facilitate the proliferation of spam.
Link-masking or redirecting to harmful domains.
Leveraging multiple accounts to artificially inflate the subscriber count of a subreddit.
Qualifications & exceptions
The heading says these things "may" violate the policy; the tools item is limited to tools that may break Reddit or facilitate spam, not to bots or generative AI in general.
Content & IP Rights · Context
Spam examples of violations: promo bots, malware messages, off-topic flooding, NSFW in SFW spaces, mass accounts
Example violations: programming a bot that continuously promotes products or services; sending large amounts of unsolicited private messages to expose others to harmful links such as malware or phishing; repeatedly posting unrelated, off-topic or link-farmed content that disrupts conversations; repeatedly sharing not-safe-for-work content in safe-for-work spaces; and automating the creation of multiple Reddit accounts or communities.
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Programming a bot that continuously promotes specific products or services within a community or across many communities.
Sending large amounts of unsolicited private messages to expose others to harmful links, such as malware, phishing, deceptive pop-ups, etc.
Repeatedly posting unrelated/off-topic/link-farmed content that disrupts conversations within a community.
Repeatedly sharing "not-safe for-work" content in "safe-for-work" spaces.
Automating the creation of multiple Reddit accounts or communities.
Qualifications & exceptions
Examples illustrate the policy; the source does not say they are the only violations.
Content & IP Rights · Procedure
Spam guidance: post authentically where you have an interest, and be thoughtful about linking to your own business
To avoid being labeled a spammer, Reddit says to post authentic content into communities where you have a personal interest. If your contributions consist primarily of links to a business you run, own or otherwise benefit from, you should be thoughtful about the frequency of posting or consider advertising opportunities using Reddit's self-serve platform. This is framed as guidance ("please", "consider") rather than a numeric limit.
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Post authentic content into communities where you have a personal interest.
If your contributions to Reddit consist primarily of links to a business that you run, own, or otherwise benefit from, please be thoughtful about the frequency of posting, or consider advertising opportunities using our
Not stated here
The source gives no frequency limit for posting links to your own business and does not describe the self-serve advertising platform it links to.
Content & IP Rights · Company practice
Community moderators decide what counts as spam in their communities and may act on it
If you are unsure whether content is spam, Reddit says to check whether the community has specific rules in addition to the guidelines. The note in the policy says community moderators adjudicate what constitutes unwanted or spammy content in their communities and may take action accordingly. You may also contact the community's moderators for clarification.
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check to see if the community you want to engage with has specific rules in addition to the guidelines above
community moderators adjudicate what constitutes unwanted/spammy content in their communities and may take action accordingly
You may also contact the moderators of the community if you need additional clarifications.
Not stated here
The source does not describe what actions moderators may take or any review of moderator decisions.
Account & Service Control · Procedure
Report possible spam with the report button; enforcement and transparency pages are linked
To report potential spam, use the report button next to the content in the app or on Reddit.com. Reddit points to its enforcement philosophy page and its Transparency Report for more information; those pages are not part of this document.
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To report potential spam, please use the [report button]
For more information, please visit Reddit's [enforcement philosophy]
Not stated here
The text of the linked enforcement philosophy page and the Transparency Report is not supplied in this document.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Intimate media policy: sharing intimate or sexually explicit media of someone without their permission is prohibited
The page explains that respecting privacy means being mindful of the harm of posting someone's picture or video, especially something shared in private that was never intended to be shared publicly. Rule 3 prohibits sharing intimate or sexually explicit media of a person that was created or posted without their permission.
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you can cause serious harm when posting something that was shared in private and wasn’t ever intended to be shared in public
Rule 3 prohibits sharing intimate or sexually explicit media of a person created or posted without their permission.
Qualifications & exceptions
The page header says "Updated 3 years ago", a relative time with no absolute date.
Content & IP Rights · Context
Intimate media includes nudity, sexual conduct, AI-generated or faked depictions and salacious images of body parts
Intimate media is defined as a depiction of the person in a state of nudity or engaged in any act of sexual conduct, including depictions that may have been AI-generated or faked. Images or video of intimate parts of a person's body are also prohibited, even if the person is clothed or in public, if contextualized in a salacious manner (for example "creepshots" or "upskirt" imagery).
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Intimate media include a depiction of the person in a state of nudity or engaged in any act of sexual conduct, including depictions that may have been AI-generated or faked.
Images or video of intimate parts of a person's body, even if the person is clothed or in public, if contextualized in a salacious manner
Qualifications & exceptions
Clothed or public images of intimate body parts are covered only when contextualized in a salacious manner.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
The rule covers leaked, stolen or private images when non-consent is reported, and fake explicit content
The rule applies to leaked, stolen or privately shared images of an individual where the individual, or their representative, reports that they do not consent to the public sharing of the images. It also covers images or video of another person posted specifically to fake explicit content or to solicit "lookalike" pornography, such as deepfakes or "bubble porn".
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The Rule applies to leaked, stolen or privately-shared images of an individual where the individual, or their representative, reports that they do not consent to the public sharing of the images.
images or video of another person posted for the specific purpose of faking explicit content or soliciting “lookalike” pornography
Qualifications & exceptions
For leaked, stolen or privately shared images, the text ties application to the individual or their representative reporting non-consent.
Not stated here
The source does not say what happens to such images before a report is made.
Content & IP Rights · Context
Intimate media examples that violate the rule: resharing sexts, covert photos, stolen images
Examples that violate the rule: private sexting photos reshared with anyone other than the intended recipient, regardless of intent to humiliate, intimidate or violate privacy; a topless image of someone sunbathing in their garden apparently taken without their awareness; an accidental nip-slip moment of a person in public caught on camera; sharing consensually taken nude shots of a famous model if they indicate they do not want them shared publicly; and offering or soliciting stolen intimate or sexually explicit images of somebody.
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Private sexting photos reshared with anyone other than the intended recipient, regardless of whether there was an intent to humiliate, intimidate, or to violate the person’s privacy.
Topless image of someone sunbathing in their garden, apparently taken without their awareness.
Accidental nip-slip moment of a person in public caught on camera.
Sharing nude shots of a famous model taken with their consent if they indicate they do not want those images shared publicly.
Offering or soliciting stolen intimate or sexually explicit images of somebody.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
The rule excludes consensual commercial media, fictional AI-generated sexual media and artistic depictions
The page notes that the rule does not apply to media distributed commercially with the consent of those depicted, AI-generated sexual media that depicts fictional people or characters, or artistic depictions such as cartoons and anime. It adds that users should still keep in mind Reddit's rules on respecting the intellectual property of others. The page does not say other Reddit rules do not apply to excluded media.
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the rule does not apply to media distributed commercially with the consent of those depicted, AI-generated sexual media that depicts fictional people or characters, or artistic depictions (e.g., cartoons, anime, etc.)
although keep in mind our rules regarding respecting the intellectual property of others
Qualifications & exceptions
The exclusions are from this rule only; the intellectual property rules are separate and are not supplied in this document.
Not stated here
Reddit's intellectual property rules referred to here are not supplied in this document.
Account & Service Control · Procedure
Report non-consensual intimate media with the inline report feature or a report page; a support page is linked
To report non-consensual intimate media, the page says to use the inline report feature on the app or website, or to visit a report page on reddit.com. It also links to a separate support page for people whose intimate images, or those of someone they know, have been shared or threatened to be shared; that page is not part of this document.
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To report non-consensual intimate media, you can use the inline report feature on the app or website
If somebody has shared intimate images of you or somebody you know
Not stated here
The linked support page for people whose intimate images were shared is not supplied in this document, so what support it provides is unknown.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Minors sexual content policy: sexual or suggestive content or predatory behavior involving minors is prohibited
Reddit prohibits any sexual or suggestive content, and predatory or inappropriate behavior, involving minors (people under 18) or someone who appears to be a minor.
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Reddit prohibits any sexual or suggestive content, and predatory or inappropriate behavior, involving minors (i.e., people under 18 years old) or someone who appears to be a minor.
Qualifications & exceptions
The prohibition covers minors under 18 and also someone who appears to be a minor.
The page header says "Updated 15 days ago", a relative time with no absolute date.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Sharing, offering or asking for child sexual exploitation content is prohibited, even if self-generated or reshared
The prohibition includes sharing, offering, or asking for child sexual exploitation content, including child sexual abuse material (CSAM). The page defines CSAM as a visual depiction of sexually explicit conduct involving a minor, including the display of a child's nude body part in a sexual way. It says the prohibition applies even if the content is self-generated by a minor, shared with other minors, or reshared to criticize or denounce its existence.
Supporting quotations
This includes sharing, offering, or asking for child sexual exploitation content, including child sexual abuse material (CSAM).
This prohibition applies even if the content is self-generated by a minor, shared with other minors, or reshared to criticize or denounce its existence.
Security & Safeguards · Company practice
Reddit reports CSAM to authorities, partners with NCMEC and industry, and uses technology to detect known content
Reddit says it reports CSAM to the appropriate authorities and has active partnerships and collaborations with others in the industry and with organizations such as the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). It also says it uses industry-standard technologies to help detect known illegal content that users attempt to share on the platform. The text links to a page on how Reddit fights child sexual exploitation, which is not part of this document.
Supporting quotations
We report CSAM to the appropriate authorities
have active partnerships and collaborations with others in the industry, as well as organizations such as the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC)
We also use industry-standard technologies to help us detect known illegal content that users attempt to share on the platform.
Not stated here
The linked page on how Reddit fights child sexual exploitation is not supplied in this document, so details such as what technologies or data are used are unknown.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Fictional or fantasy content that sexualizes minors is generally prohibited, with a narrow artistic exception
Reddit generally prohibits fantasy or fictional content (such as stories, deepfakes or photoshopped media) that depicts, encourages or normalizes child sexual exploitation, sexual interest in children, or otherwise sexualizes minors. An exception may be made for genuine artistic expression that does not encourage or normalize the sexualization of children, for example representations from popular movies, TV shows or paintings. Depending on context, sexualization of minors can include depictions of fully clothed minors who are not engaged in explicit sexual acts.
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We generally prohibit fantasy or fictional content (e.g. stories, deepfakes, photoshopped media) that depicts, encourages, or normalizes child sexual exploitation, sexual interest in children, or otherwise sexualizes minors
an exception may be made for genuine artistic expression that does not encourage or normalize the sexualization of children
Depending on the context, sexualization of minors can also include depictions of minors that are fully clothed and not engaged in explicit sexual acts.
Qualifications & exceptions
The prohibition is stated as "generally"; the artistic exception is stated as something that "may be made".
Content & IP Rights · Context
Examples that violate the policy: sexualizing minors, normalizing pedophilia, soliciting nudes of minors
The page gives a non-exhaustive list of examples that violate the policy: a cartoon depiction of a prepubescent child engaged in a sexual act; a comment sexualizing a non-sexual image or video of a minor; a community sexualizing a celebrity who is, or was in the content depicted, younger than 18; a post encouraging or advocating normalizing paedophilia as a socially acceptable sexual orientation; and soliciting or offering "nudes" of minors, whether the poster is an adult or a minor. If unsure about content involving a minor, the page says not to share it.
Supporting quotations
Here's a non-exhaustive list of examples that violate this policy:
A cartoon depiction of a prepubescent child engaged in a sexual act
A comment sexualizing a non-sexual image or video of a minor
A community sexualizing a celebrity who is younger than 18 y.o., or was younger than 18 y.o. in the content depicted
A post encouraging or advocating to normalize paedophilia as a socially acceptable sexual orientation
Soliciting or offering "nudes" of minors, whether the poster is an adult or a minor
If you are unsure about a piece of content involving a minor, do not share it.
Qualifications & exceptions
The list is explicitly non-exhaustive.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Predatory or inappropriate behavior involving a minor is strictly prohibited, including soliciting images and meeting
The page says any form of predatory or inappropriate behavior involving a minor is strictly prohibited. It may include asking a minor to engage in sexual conversations; asking a minor to produce or share nude or suggestive images of themselves (which it says qualifies as CSAM solicitation); an adult attempting to meet with a minor in real life; and sexual role-play where an adult might assume the role of a minor. Using Reddit to facilitate inappropriate interactions with minors on other platforms, websites or electronic devices is also prohibited.
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any form of predatory or inappropriate behavior involving a minor is strictly prohibited
asking a minor to produce or share nude or suggestive images of themselves (which qualifies at CSAM solicitation)
Using Reddit to facilitate inappropriate interactions with minors on other platforms, websites or via electronic devices is also prohibited.
Qualifications & exceptions
The listed interactions are introduced with "may include", so they are examples.
Content & IP Rights · Context
Examples of predatory behavior: explicit media to a minor, coercion for nudes, sexual talk, off-platform meetups
A second non-exhaustive list of examples that violate the policy: directly messaging nude or sexually explicit images or videos to a minor; threatening a minor if they do not share nude images; an adult engaging a minor in sexually explicit conversation; an adult requesting an intimate or sexual encounter off platform with a minor; and an exchange between an adult and a minor that may include a combination of flattery, offers of gifts, or requests for personal information or to meet privately online or in real life.
Supporting quotations
Here's a non-exhaustive list of examples that violate this policy:
Direct messaging nude or sexually-explicit images or videos to a minor
Threatening a minor if they don't share nude images
An adult engaging a minor in sexually explicit conversation
An adult requesting an intimate or sexual encounter off platform with a minor
An exchange between an adult and a minor that may include a combination of flattery, offers of gifts, or requests for personal information or to meet privately online or in real life
Qualifications & exceptions
The list is explicitly non-exhaustive; the last example is phrased as an exchange that "may include" a combination of the listed elements.
Content & IP Rights · Company practice
Reddit enforces Rule 4 beyond legal requirements, uses context, and may allow news or prevention discussion
Reddit says it enforces Rule 4 against a range of harmful content and behaviors, that some prohibitions go above and beyond legally defined requirements, and that in some cases it relies on contextual information or signals from the community to determine whether content or behavior is inappropriate. It recognizes child sexual exploitation and related topics may be discussed in the context of news stories, societal concern or preventative education, and says it may allow this discourse as long as it does not violate the letter or spirit of the prohibitions listed above.
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Some of our prohibitions go above and beyond legally-defined requirements.
in some cases, we do rely on contextual information or signals from the community to determine the inappropriate nature of the content or behaviors
we may allow this discourse to happen as long as it does not violate the letter or spirit of the prohibitions listed above
Qualifications & exceptions
The news, societal concern and preventative education allowance is phrased as "may allow" and is bounded by the letter or spirit of the prohibitions.
Not stated here
The source does not say what "signals from the community" are or how they are used.
Account & Service Control · Procedure
Report sexual content or inappropriate behavior involving minors with the in-line report feature or a report page
To report sexual or suggestive content or inappropriate behavior involving minors, the page says to use the in-line report feature on the app or website, or to visit a report page on reddit.com.
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To report sexual or suggestive content or inappropriate behavior involving minors, you can use the in-line report feature on the app or website
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Abuse involving minors policy: depicting abuse or severe neglect of minors, or its deadly aftermath, is not allowed
The policy says there is no excuse for the maltreatment of minors, whether physical, emotional or sexual abuse or severe neglect, and that depictions of this type of abuse are not allowed on Reddit. The Rule extends to depictions of the aftermath of abuse resulting in the death or serious injury of a minor.
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depictions of this type of abuse are not allowed on Reddit
This Rule extends to depictions of the aftermath of abuse resulting in the death or serious injury of a minor.
Qualifications & exceptions
The page header says "Updated 15 days ago", a relative time with no absolute date.
Content & IP Rights · Context
Abuse of minors examples that violate the policy: beatings, cages, humiliation, forced drug use, starvation, restraint
The page lists non-exhaustive examples that violate the policy: a video of a teacher beating a child in class; a minor made to sleep in a cage or in unsanitary conditions; a video depicting bullying or humiliation of a minor or making them perform degrading acts; a video of someone encouraging or forcing a child to use drugs, ingest a dangerous substance or engage in a dangerous challenge; a subreddit, post or comment encouraging or celebrating corporal punishment of children; a post promoting child malnutrition or starvation as punishment; an image or video of a child physically restrained and visibly in distress; and an image of a child with visible bruising or injuries posted without context, or when the context justifies maltreatment.
Supporting quotations
Here's a non-exhaustive list of examples that violate this policy:
A video of a teacher beating a child in class
A depiction of a minor made to sleep in a cage or in unsanitary conditions
A video depicting the bullying or humiliation of a minor or making them perform degrading acts
A video of someone encouraging or forcing a child to use drugs, ingest a dangerous substance or engage in a dangerous challenge
A subreddit, post or comment encouraging or celebrating the corporal punishment of children
A post promoting or encouraging child malnutrition or starvation as a form of punishment
An image or video of a child physically restrained and visibly in distress
An image of a child with visible bruising or physical injuries, posted without context, or when the context justifies maltreatment
Qualifications & exceptions
The list is explicitly non-exhaustive. The injuries example is limited to images posted without context or where the context justifies maltreatment.
Content & IP Rights · User right or choice
The rule does not prohibit survivors or concerned community members discussing maltreatment or seeking help
The page says the Rule does not prohibit conversations about maltreatment in which survivors of abuse or concerned community members are discussing their experience or seeking help.
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this Rule does not prohibit conversations about maltreatment in which survivors of abuse or concerned community members are discussing their experience or seeking help
Content & IP Rights · Company practice
Newsworthy context is judged case by case; child abuse shown without or with malicious context gets zero tolerance
If content is clearly newsworthy or its context is deemed relevant to the public interest (for example, a teacher denouncing abuse practices normalized at their school), Reddit says it will evaluate whether the Rule applies on a case-by-case basis. As a rule of thumb, if content depicts the abuse of a child without any context, or the context is malicious or insufficient, Reddit says it applies a zero tolerance approach.
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if the content is clearly newsworthy or the context of its posting is deemed relevant to the public interest (e.g. a teacher denouncing abuse practices normalized at their school), we will evaluate if the Rule applies on a case-by-case basis
if the content depicts the abuse of a child without any context – or the context is malicious or insufficient – we will apply a zero tolerance approach
Not stated here
The source does not define when context is "insufficient" or who decides case by case.
Account & Service Control · Procedure
Report abuse content involving minors with the inline report feature or a report page
To report abuse content involving minors, the page says to use the inline report feature on the app or website, or visit a report page on reddit.com.
Supporting quotations
To report abuse content involving minors, you can use the inline report feature on the app or website
Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception
Impersonation policy: pseudonyms are allowed, but misrepresenting identity or affiliation to mislead is not
The policy tells users not to impersonate individuals or entities in a misleading or deceptive manner. Users are free to engage without using their real name or revealing their identity, but may not misrepresent their identity or affiliation to mislead or deceive others.
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Do not impersonate individuals or entities in a misleading or deceptive manner.
You are free to engage on the platform without using your real name or revealing your identity.
you're not allowed to misrepresent your identity or affiliation to mislead or deceive others
Qualifications & exceptions
The page header says "Updated 10 days ago", a relative time with no absolute date.
Account & Service Control · User right or choice
Accounts and communities for commentary, fandom, satire or parody about someone are encouraged to say so
Reddit encourages communities and user accounts dedicated to an individual or entity for commentary, fandom, satire or parody to disclose that (for example by specifying "unofficial" in the name or description, or clearly explaining the community's purpose) to avoid confusion. This is phrased as encouragement, not as a requirement. The link on "communities" points to the Moderator Code of Conduct Rule 2, which is not part of this document.
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and user accounts that are dedicated to an individual or entity for the purpose of commentary, fandom, satire, or parody, to disclose as such (e.g., specify "unofficial" in the name or description, clearly explain the purpose of the community, etc.) to avoid confusion.
Qualifications & exceptions
Worded as "we encourage"; the source does not state a penalty for not disclosing, but impersonation that misleads remains prohibited.
Not stated here
The linked Moderator Code of Conduct Rule 2 page is not supplied in this document, so what it adds is unknown.
Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception
Pretending to be an existing person or organization, or a fake one presented as real, to mislead may violate it
Listed as things that may violate the policy: pretending to be or represent an existing individual or organization to mislead or confuse others, and posing as an individual or organization that does not exist to make others believe they are engaging with a real entity.
Supporting quotations
Pretending to be or represent an existing individual or organization in order to mislead or confuse others.
Posing as an individual or organization that does not exist in order to make others believe they are engaging with a real entity.
Qualifications & exceptions
Both items are tied to a purpose of misleading, confusing or deceiving others.
Account & Service Control · Company practice
Reddit looks at profile or community name, description, picture and activity as indicators of impersonation
When determining violations, the policy says elements of a user profile or community such as name, description, profile picture and activity may all be indicators of impersonation.
Supporting quotations
Elements of a user profile or community such as name, description, profile picture, and activity may all be indicators of impersonation.
Qualifications & exceptions
These are described as indicators ("may"), not as conclusive tests.
Examples of violations: using a business's name and offering deals on its behalf without authorization; creating an account with a username almost identical to another account's to confuse others; offering an AMA while pretending to be the spokesperson for an established organization; creating a community posing as the job listing community of a fictional recruitment agency; using an account that poses as an official government agency and engages users on public matters; and misrepresenting yourself as a Reddit admin with an account that uses the Reddit name and branding.
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Using the name of a business and offering deals to users on its behalf without authorization.
Creating an account with a username almost identical to another account's username to confuse others about which account they are interacting with.
Offering an AMA with an account pretending to be the spokesperson for an established organization.
Creating a community posing as the job listing community for a fictional recruitment agency.
Using an account that poses as an official government agency and engages users on public matters.
Misrepresenting yourself as a Reddit admin with an account that uses the Reddit name and branding.
Qualifications & exceptions
Examples illustrate the policy; the source does not say they are the only violations.
Account & Service Control · User right or choice
Impersonation non-violations: discussing a company, fan accounts that do not assume the identity, brand communities
Examples that do not violate the policy: using a company's name to discuss its products, services or business practices; using a celebrity's name for a fan account that does not assume that identity in interactions with others; and creating your brand's official community to directly engage with users.
Supporting quotations
Using a company's name for the purpose of discussing its products, services, or business practices.
Using the name of a celebrity for a fan account that doesn't assume that identity in interactions with others.
Creating your brand's official community to directly engage with users.
Qualifications & exceptions
The fan account example is limited to accounts that do not assume the celebrity's identity in interactions.
Account & Service Control · Procedure
Report possible impersonation with the report button; enforcement and transparency pages are linked
To report content that may violate the impersonation policy, use the report button next to the content in the app or on reddit.com. Reddit points to its enforcement philosophy page and Transparency Report, which are not part of this document.
Supporting quotations
To report content that potentially violates this policy, you can use the [report button]
For more information, please visit Reddit's [enforcement philosophy]
Not stated here
The text of the linked enforcement philosophy page and the Transparency Report is not supplied in this document.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
Illegal or prohibited transactions: do not use Reddit to exchange illegal or prohibited goods or services
The policy tells users not to use Reddit to exchange illegal or prohibited goods and services with other users. It says you are free to discuss all sorts of products and services, including those that may not be legal where you are, but certain user-to-user transactions are not allowed.
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Do not use Reddit to exchange illegal or prohibited goods and services with other users.
You are free to discuss all sorts of products and services, including those that may not be legal where you are, but keep in mind that certain user-to-user transactions are not allowed.
Qualifications & exceptions
The page header says "Updated 10 days ago", a relative time with no absolute date.
The restriction concerns user-to-user transactions; discussion is described as allowed.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
Buying, selling, gifting or encouraging prohibited transactions, implicitly or explicitly, is not allowed
The policy says it is not allowed to buy, sell, gift, or encourage the transaction of the listed goods or services with other users, whether implicitly or explicitly.
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It is not allowed to buy, sell, gift, or encourage the transaction of the following goods or services with other users, whether implicitly or explicitly:
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
Drugs, alcohol, tobacco, medicines, controlled substances, firearms, ammunition and explosives cannot be transacted
The list includes recreational drugs and precursor chemicals; alcohol, tobacco or vaping products, pharmaceutical drugs (including prescription or over-the-counter medicines) and other controlled substances; and firearms, ammunition, explosives, firearms parts and enhancements (examples given include bolt, clips, trigger, scope, silencer or suppressor, muffler, bump stock, magazine, glock switch and conversion kit) or instructions such as 3D printing files to produce them.
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Recreational drugs and/or precursor chemicals specifically used to manufacture them
Alcohol, tobacco or vaping products, pharmaceutical drugs (including prescription or over the counter medicines), or other controlled substances
Firearms, ammunition, explosives, firearms parts and enhancements
Qualifications & exceptions
Legal vendors are addressed separately in the note on licensed vendors (see the card on permitted discussion and licensed vendor links).
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
Paid in-person sexual services, human body parts or trafficking, and wild or endangered animals cannot be transacted
The list also includes in-person, paid sexual services; human body parts or organs, or any service involving human trafficking; and wild animals, endangered species and derived animal products, or any service involving wildlife trafficking.
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In-person, paid sexual services
Human body parts or organs, or any service involving human trafficking
Wild animals, endangered species and derived animal products, or any service involving wildlife trafficking
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
Stolen goods, personal information, fraudulent goods and hacked goods or services cannot be transacted
The list also includes stolen goods; personal information; fraudulent goods or activities (examples given include falsified documents or certifications, fake fiat or digital currency, and deceptive investment schemes); and services or goods obtained through fraudulent or illegal access, such as hacked information.
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Stolen goods
Personal information
Fraudulent goods or activities (e.g. falsified documents or certifications, fake fiat or digital currency, deceptive investment schemes, etc.)
Services or goods obtained through fraudulent or illegal access (e.g., hacked information)
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · User right or choice
Discussing legal access and linking licensed vendors is allowed; other user transactions are at your own risk
The note says discussing how to legally access controlled goods, or sharing external links to appropriately licensed vendors of legal goods and services, is allowed. Examples include licensed pharmacies filling valid prescriptions, licensed vendors of controlled substances, online or offline firearm dealers holding the necessary government-issued license, and licensed animal welfare organizations providing adoption services. For non-prohibited transactions arranged with other users (examples given: selling camping gear, a photography shoot), the note says users do so at their own risk.
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Discussing how to legally access controlled goods or sharing external links to appropriately licensed vendors of legal goods and services are allowed.
licensed pharmacies filling valid prescriptions, licensed vendors of controlled substances, online or offline firearm dealers holding the necessary government-issued license, or licensed animal welfare organizations providing adoption services
If you decide to arrange non-prohibited transactions (e.g., selling camping gear, photography shoot, etc.) with other users, please understand that you're doing so at your own risk.
Qualifications & exceptions
The allowance covers discussion and links to appropriately licensed vendors; it does not permit user-to-user transactions of the listed goods.
The note says Reddit users arrange non-prohibited transactions "at your own risk"; the source does not describe any Reddit protection or liability position beyond that sentence.
Not stated here
The source does not say how Reddit determines that a vendor is appropriately licensed.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Context
Transaction violations: drug deals, production instructions, sexual services, theft help, fake degrees, hacking
Example violations: suggesting a move to private messaging with an implication of transacting drugs; a post depicting controlled substances with contact information or other implicit indication they are for sale; providing or seeking detailed instructions on producing illicit drugs; a post seeking the location of an erotic massage parlor; a post seeking a "sugar daddy/momma" or to be a "sugar baby" for an in-person relationship; providing detailed instructions on how to commit theft or obtain stolen goods; offering to sell or buy a digital currency to manipulate its price for personal gain; promoting a website that fabricates school transcripts or degrees; and a comment offering hacking services or sale of hacked materials.
Supporting quotations
Suggesting to move to private messaging methods with an implication to transact drugs.
A post depicting controlled substances and providing contact information or other implicit indication that they are for sale.
Providing or seeking detailed instructions on the production of illicit drugs.
A post seeking the location of an erotic massage parlor.
A post seeking a “sugar daddy/momma” or seeking to be a “sugar baby” for an in-person relationship.
Providing detailed instructions on how to commit theft or obtain stolen goods.
Offering to sell or buy a digital currency in an effort to manipulate the price of the currency for personal gain.
Promoting a website that offers to fabricate school transcripts or degrees.
A comment offering hacking services or the sale of hacked materials.
Qualifications & exceptions
Examples illustrate the policy; the source does not say they are the only violations.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · User right or choice
Examples that do not violate the policy: a scientific discussion about compounds used in specific drugs in a chemistry subreddit; a comment asking for or offering health resources, including locations of licensed pharmacies where prescribed medications can be legally obtained; a post sharing personal experiences of drug or alcohol use or recovery; a post seeking to buy a holster or shooting glasses; and a community dedicated to discussions about firearm ownership or shooting sports.
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A scientific discussion about compounds used in specific drugs in a chemistry subreddit.
A comment asking for or offering health resources, including the location of licensed pharmacies where prescribed medications can be legally obtained.
A post that shares personal experiences of drug or alcohol use and/or recovery.
A post seeking to buy a holster or shooting glasses.
A community dedicated to discussions about firearm ownership or shooting sports.
Qualifications & exceptions
These are examples under this policy only; other policies or community rules may still apply.
Account & Service Control · Procedure
Report violating transactions with the report button; enforcement and transparency pages are linked
To report content that violates the policy, use the report button next to the content in the app or on reddit.com. Reddit points to its enforcement philosophy page and Transparency Report, which are not part of this document.
Supporting quotations
To report content that violates this policy, you can use the [report button]
For more information, please visit Reddit's [enforcement philosophy]
Not stated here
The text of the linked enforcement philosophy page and the Transparency Report is not supplied in this document.
Security & Safeguards · Restriction or exception
Site interference policy: do not break Reddit, interfere with normal use, or build apps that violate API rules
The policy tells users not to break Reddit, interfere with its normal use, or create programs or applications ("apps") that violate Reddit's API rules. The rule applies to all users or entities accessing or interacting with Reddit's services, including API access and the behavior of apps (bots, AI agents and non-human-operated accounts), so that they are transparent, accountable and do not degrade the experience for users.
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Don't break Reddit, interfere with its normal use, or create programs or applications (“apps”) that violate our API rules.
This rule applies to all users or entities accessing or interacting with Reddit’s services.
This includes API access and the behavior of apps –including bots, AI agents, and non-human operated accounts– to ensure that they are transparent, accountable, and do not degrade the experience for users.
Qualifications & exceptions
The page header says "Updated 10 days ago", a relative time with no absolute date.
Not stated here
Reddit's API rules are not set out in this document, so what counts as violating them is unknown here.
Security & Safeguards · Restriction or exception
Bypassing guardrails, evading enforcement, degrading performance or exploiting vulnerabilities may violate the policy
Things that may violate the policy: bypassing security, safety or technical guardrails, including evading enforcement, exceeding access limits, or assisting anyone in misusing the platform; and disrupting or interrupting Reddit's services, such as by degrading platform performance, introducing malicious code, or exploiting bugs and vulnerabilities.
Supporting quotations
Bypassing security, safety, or technical guardrails, including evading enforcement, exceeding access limits, or assisting anyone in misusing the platform.
Disrupting or interrupting Reddit's services, such as by degrading platform performance, introducing malicious code, or exploiting bugs and vulnerabilities.
Data Access & Collection · Restriction or exception
Scraping without an authorized agreement or collecting data without permission may violate the policy
Listed as things that may violate the policy: scraping Reddit or its services without an authorized agreement, and accessing or collecting data from Reddit or its users without permission. The permission item links to Reddit's Responsible Builder Policy, which is not part of this document.
Supporting quotations
Scraping Reddit or its services without an authorized agreement.
Accessing or collecting data from Reddit or its users
Qualifications & exceptions
Both items are limited by the absence of an authorized agreement or permission.
Not stated here
The Responsible Builder Policy linked from the permission item is not supplied here, so how permission is obtained is unknown. The source does not define what an "authorized agreement" is.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Apps may not reuse removed content, pose as human, misuse credentials, hide promoted posts or send automated outreach
Creating or operating apps that do any of the following may violate the policy: continue to use or display public content deleted by users or removed for Reddit Rules violations; mask as a human or fail to register as an app; use developer credentials for unauthorized purposes; intentionally remove or hide Reddit's promoted posts or sponsored headlines; or use automation for unsolicited outreach (for example unprompted DMs or Chat requests). The register-as-an-app item links to a page on apps and app labels that is not part of this document.
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Creating or operating apps that:
Continue to use or display public content deleted by users or removed for [Reddit Rules](https://redditinc.com/policies/reddit-rules) violations;
Mask as a human or fail to [register as an app](https://support.reddithelp.com/hc/articles/45376380316052-Apps-on-Reddit-and-how-to-get-a-label-for-your-app);
Use developer credentials for unauthorized purposes;
Intentionally remove or hide Reddit’s promoted posts or sponsored headlines;
Use automation for unsolicited outreach (e.g., unprompted DMs or Chat requests).
Not stated here
The linked page on apps on Reddit and how to get a label is not supplied in this document, so how an app registers or is labeled is unknown.
Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception
Creating accounts by automated or agentic means, or misusing features to disrupt others, may violate the policy
Also listed: creating accounts through automated or agentic means, and misusing platform features in a way that disrupts the experience for others.
Supporting quotations
Creating accounts through automated or agentic means.
Misusing platform features in a way that disrupts the experience for others.
Legal Rights & Agreement Rules · Restriction or exception
Apps must register and comply with the Developer Terms, Data API Terms and Responsible Builder Policy
A note says apps must register and comply with Reddit's Developer Terms (including the Data API Terms) and its Responsible Builder Policy. Those documents are linked but not part of this joined document.
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Note: Apps must [register](https://developers.reddit.com/app-registration) and comply with our [Developer Terms](https://redditinc.com/policies/developer-terms) (including the [Data API Terms](https://redditinc.com/policies/data-api-terms)) and [Responsible Builder Policy](https://support.reddithelp.com/hc/articles/42728983564564-Responsible-Builder-Policy).
Not stated here
The Developer Terms, Data API Terms, Responsible Builder Policy and the app registration page are not supplied in this document, so their requirements are unknown here.
Account & Service Control · Company practice
Administrators may quarantine communities that are highly offensive but not prohibited, or that promote hoaxes
The quarantining page says that on an open and diverse platform, there will sometimes be communities that are not prohibited but that average users may find highly offensive or upsetting, and communities dedicated to promoting hoaxes that warrant additional scrutiny because some things are verifiable or falsifiable and not seriously up for debate. In these circumstances, Reddit Administrators "may apply a quarantine".
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there will sometimes be communities that, while not prohibited, average users may nevertheless find highly offensive or upsetting
communities may be dedicated to promoting hoaxes (yes we used that word) that warrant additional scrutiny
Reddit Administrators may apply a quarantine.
Qualifications & exceptions
The page header says "Updated 10 days ago", a relative time with no absolute date.
Quarantine is described as something administrators "may" apply.
Not stated here
The source does not set out criteria for what counts as highly offensive, upsetting or a hoax.
Account & Service Control · Company practice
Quarantine prevents accidental viewing; quarantined communities and subscribers must still follow the Reddit Rules
The purpose of quarantining is to prevent a community's content from being accidentally viewed by people who do not knowingly wish to see it, or viewed without appropriate context. Quarantined communities and their subscribers are still fully obliged to abide by the Reddit Rules and remain subject to enforcement measures.
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The purpose of quarantining a community is to prevent its content from being accidentally viewed by those who do not knowingly wish to do so, or viewed without appropriate context.
remain subject to enforcement measures.
Account & Service Control · Company practice
Quarantined communities show an opt-in warning, earn no revenue and are left out of feeds, search and recommendations
Quarantined communities display a warning that requires users to explicitly opt in to viewing the content. They generate no revenue, do not appear in non-subscription-based feeds (for example Popular), and are not included in search or recommendations. Reddit may also enforce additional product restrictions that exist now or develop in the future (for example removing custom styling tools). Moderators are notified via mod mail when their community is quarantined.
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Quarantined communities will display a warning that requires users to explicitly opt-in to viewing the content.
They generate no revenue, do not appear in non-subscription-based feeds (eg Popular), and are not included in search or recommendations.
Reddit may also enforce a number of additional product restrictions that exist currently or as they may develop in the future (eg removing custom styling tools).
Moderators will be notified via mod mail if their community has been placed in quarantine.
Qualifications & exceptions
Additional product restrictions are open-ended and may change over time.
Account & Service Control · Procedure
Moderators can appeal a quarantine with evidence of sustained moderation changes over at least one month
To be removed from quarantine, community moderators may present an appeal. The appeal should include a detailed accounting of changes to community moderation practices (examples given: more moderators, new rules, more aggressive auto-moderation tools, adjusting community styling) and should offer evidence of sustained, consistent enforcement of these changes over a period of at least one month, demonstrating meaningful reform. Moderators should only submit credible appeals supported by notable and sustained community transformation, and are encouraged to take the time they need.
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To be removed from quarantine, community moderators may
The appeal should include a detailed accounting of changes to community moderation practices.
The appeal should also offer evidence of sustained, consistent enforcement of these changes over a period of at least one month, demonstrating meaningful reform of the community.
Moderators should only submit credible appeals that are supported by notable and sustained community transformation.
Qualifications & exceptions
The text says an appeal "should" include these items; it does not guarantee removal from quarantine.
Not stated here
The source does not say how long Reddit takes to decide an appeal or whether the decision is final.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Hate policy: do not attack, incite harm against or discriminate against anyone based on identity or vulnerability
The hate policy tells users not to attack, incite harm, or discriminate against any individual or group based on their identity or vulnerability. Rule 1 of the Reddit Rules says communities and users that promote hate based on identity or vulnerability will be banned.
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Do not attack, incite harm, or discriminate against any individual or group based on their identity or vulnerability.
Qualifications & exceptions
The page header says "Updated 15 days ago", a relative time with no absolute date.
Content & IP Rights · Context
The hate policy covers groups attacked for listed traits or any other attributes used to reinforce inequality
The policy protects individuals and groups marginalized or attacked on the basis of listed factors, or any other actual or perceived attributes used to reinforce existing inequality or promote exclusion. The listed factors are race, color, ethnicity, national origin and caste; religion; immigration status; gender, gender identity, sex and sexual orientation; disability; pregnancy; housing status and veteran status; and victims of violent crimes and their families. The wording "any other actual or perceived attributes" means the list is not closed.
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Individuals and groups marginalized or attacked on the basis of the following factors, or any other actual or perceived attributes used to reinforce existing inequality or promote exclusion:
Race, color, ethnicity, national origin, caste
Religion
Immigration status
Gender, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation
Disability
Pregnancy
Housing status, veteran status
Victims of violent crimes and their families
Qualifications & exceptions
Coverage extends to "any other actual or perceived attributes used to reinforce existing inequality or promote exclusion", beyond the listed factors.
Not stated here
The source does not define which unlisted attributes count as used to reinforce inequality or promote exclusion.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Hateful violent rhetoric, such as calling for violence or wishing death or injury, may violate the hate policy
Listed as examples of violations when targeting others on the basis of identity or vulnerability: hateful violent rhetoric, which could include calling for violence against individuals or groups, wishing for their death or injury, and encouraging others to engage in targeted, violent acts.
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examples of violations that apply under this policy when targeting others based on their identity or vulnerability as described above
Hateful violent rhetoric, which could include:
Calling for violence against individuals or groups.
Wishing for their death or injury.
Encouraging others to engage in targeted, violent acts.
Qualifications & exceptions
These are "some examples", not an exhaustive list, and apply when the conduct targets others based on identity or vulnerability.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Endorsing hateful ideologies, denying hate-based violence, or dehumanizing a group may violate the hate policy
Listed examples: endorsing or glorifying hateful symbols or ideologies that promote group supremacy; denying or minimizing established hate-based violent events; reducing a group to something non-human, such as comparing them to animals or filth; and calling for a group's exclusion or segregation from political or economic life. The heading says hateful ideologies and denial "may include" these.
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Hateful ideologies and denial, which may include:
Endorsing or glorifying hateful symbols or ideologies that promote group supremacy.
Denying or minimizing established hate-based violent events.
Reducing a group to something non-human (e.g., comparing them to animals or filth), or calling for their exclusion or segregation from political or economic life.
Qualifications & exceptions
Examples apply when targeting others on the basis of identity or vulnerability.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
A pattern of abuse, site-stalking or coordinated attacks targeting identity or vulnerability may violate the hate policy
Engaging in a pattern of abuse, site-stalking, or coordinating attacks to intimidate an individual or antagonize a community of people, on the basis of their identity or vulnerability, is listed as an example of a violation.
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Engaging in a pattern of abuse, site-stalking, or coordinating attacks to intimidate an individual or antagonize a community of people, on the basis of their identity or vulnerability.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Alleging inferiority or resharing harmful stereotypes to reinforce prejudice may violate the hate policy
Under hateful tropes and inferiority claims, which the policy says "may include but are not limited to" these items, the examples are alleging physical, moral or mental inferiority, and resharing harmful narratives and stereotypes to reinforce prejudice against an individual or group.
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Hateful tropes and inferiority claims, which may include but are not limited to:
Alleging physical, moral, or mental inferiority.
Resharing harmful narratives and stereotypes to reinforce prejudice against an individual or group.
Qualifications & exceptions
The list is explicitly non-exhaustive.
Content & IP Rights · Company practice
Reddit weighs context, patterns and content when judging hate reports, including commentary and condemnation
The policy says context is critical. When evaluating a report, Reddit assesses the activity of a community or an individual user, their pattern of behavior, and the content itself. This is meant to distinguish genuine hateful attacks, bad faith "humor" or coded language from content shared for purposes like social or political commentary, educational uses, or condemnation of hate.
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Context is critical. When evaluating a report, we assess the activity of a community or an individual user, their pattern of behavior, and the content itself.
distinguish genuine hateful attacks, bad faith “humor,” or coded language from content shared for purposes like social or political commentary, educational uses, or condemnation of hate
Not stated here
The source does not say how these factors are weighed or who makes the assessment.
Content & IP Rights · Context
Hate policy examples of violations: attacks on groups, hateful symbols, stereotypes, hateful usernames
Example violations include a comment alleging an ethnic group is disgusting and should not exist; posting a hateful symbol such as a swastika without context; promoting that a religious group controls the media or is entirely terrorists; a meme declaring it sickening that people of color can vote; a community dedicated to mocking people with physical disabilities; replying to someone's post to attack their gender; arguing that raping women should be acceptable and not a crime; stating a specific individual is too stupid to lead a country because of gender or racial identity; and creating an account with a hateful username targeting a protected group.
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A comment alleging that an ethnic group is disgusting and shouldn't exist.
Posting an image of a hateful symbol (e.g., swastika) without context.
Promoting that a certain religious group controls the media or is entirely composed of terrorists.
A meme declaring that it is sickening that people of color have the right to vote.
A community dedicated to mocking people with physical disabilities.
Directly replying to someone's post to attack their gender.
A comment arguing that raping women should be acceptable and not a crime.
A comment stating that a specific individual is too stupid to lead a country because of their gender or racial identity.
Creating an account with a hateful username that targets a protected group (e.g., u/KillAll[EthnicGroup]).
Qualifications & exceptions
Examples illustrate the policy; the source does not say they are the only violations. The hateful-symbol example is stated "without context", which the context note above says matters.
Content & IP Rights · User right or choice
Hate examples that do not violate it: party insults, news discussion, personal stories, policy criticism
Examples given as not violating the policy: insulting one's political party in a heated debate; reposting a news article to a relevant community to discuss a public official's statement; sharing your own story of workplace discrimination; criticizing a government's migration policy; and sharing an offensive image with a caption clearly indicating an educational, documentary or scientific purpose.
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A comment in a heated debate insulting one's political party.
Reposting (fka crossposting) a news article to a relevant community to discuss a statement made by a public official.
Sharing your own personal story about experiencing discrimination in the workplace.
A post criticizing a government's policy on migration.
An offensive image shared with a post caption clearly indicating an educational, documentary, or scientific purpose.
Qualifications & exceptions
These are examples under the hate policy only; other policies or community rules may still apply.
Not stated here
The text of any government policy or other document the examples refer to is not supplied in this document, so the card cannot say what such a document contains.
Account & Service Control · Procedure
Report possible hate violations with the report button; enforcement and transparency pages are linked
To report content that may violate the hate policy, you can use the report button next to the content in the app or on reddit.com. Reddit also points to a page on its enforcement philosophy and to its Transparency Report. The linked pages are not part of this document.
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To report content that potentially violates this policy, you can use the [report button]
To find out more about Reddit's enforcement philosophy, please click [here]
Not stated here
The text of the linked enforcement philosophy page and the Transparency Report is not supplied in this document.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Disruptive behavior policy: do not manipulate votes, evade enforcement or otherwise disrupt communities
The policy tells users not to manipulate votes, evade enforcement, or otherwise disrupt Reddit communities. Reddit says each community is shaped by its own rules (enforced by moderators), community contributions and voting, and that communities and their members are also expected to act in good faith and abide by the sitewide Reddit Rules. Reddit says it prohibits disruptive behaviors that seek to interfere with how Reddit communities operate.
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Do not manipulate votes, evade enforcement, or otherwise disrupt Reddit communities.
Reddit communities and their members are also expected to act in good faith and abide by our sitewide
We prohibit disruptive behaviors that seek to interfere with how Reddit communities operate.
Qualifications & exceptions
The page header says "Updated 5 months ago", a relative time with no absolute date.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Vote cheating is prohibited: multiple accounts, voting services, automation and coordinated voting
The policy lists vote cheating or manipulation, whether manual, programmatic or otherwise. Examples: creating and using multiple accounts, voting services or any automation to increase or decrease vote counts; engaging in coordinated voting with an organized group of people or bots to target a specific post, a user's posts, content from a domain and the like; and automated means to manipulate karma.
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Vote cheating or manipulation, whether manual, programmatic, or otherwise. This could include:
Creating and employing multiple accounts, voting services, or any automation to manipulate vote counts by either increasing or decreasing them.
Engaging in coordinated voting with an organized group of people (or bots) to target a specific post, a user's posts, content from a domain, etc.
Automated means to manipulate
Qualifications & exceptions
The heading lists these as things that "may" violate the policy, introduced with "This could include".
Account & Service Control · Restriction or exception
Ban evasion is prohibited: multiple accounts to dodge a ban, or recreating a banned or quarantined community
Ban evasion includes creating or using multiple accounts to circumvent a community ban issued by a moderator, or to violate Reddit policies following a site-wide ban issued by Reddit admins. It also includes creating or repurposing a community to reconstitute one previously banned or quarantined by Reddit admins.
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Ban evasion, which includes:
Creating or using multiple accounts to circumvent a community ban issued by a mod of a community or to violate Reddit policies following a site-wide ban issued by Reddit admins.
Creating or repurposing a community to reconstitute a community that was previously banned or quarantined by Reddit admins.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Abuse of reporting channels is prohibited: mass reports on non-violating content, abusive reports, coordination
The policy lists abuse of reporting channels, which could include sending a high volume of reports targeting non-violating content in a specific community or by a specific user; using the report feature to send abusive messages to community moderators or Reddit admins; and encouraging or coordinating other users to abuse reporting channels.
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Abuse of reporting channels. This could include:
Sending a high volume of reports targeting non-violating content in a specific community or by a specific user.
Using Reddit’s report feature to send abusive messages to community moderators or Reddit admins.
Encouraging or coordinating other users to engage in abuse of Reddit’s reporting channels.
Content & IP Rights · Context
Repeated reports or bans across several communities are listed as ways community disruption could look
Under community disruption, "among other things", the policy says it could look like being repeatedly reported for violating community rules across several communities, being repeatedly reported by members of similar communities for sending unsolicited chat messages, or being banned across several communities dealing with the same topics. The text presents these as how disruption could look; it does not say that a report or ban alone is itself a violation.
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Community disruption. Among other things, this could look like:
Being repeatedly reported for violating community rules across several communities.
Being repeatedly reported by members of similar communities for sending unsolicited chat messages.
Being banned across several communities dealing with the same topics.
Not stated here
The source does not say how many reports or bans amount to a pattern, or who decides; the text of any community rules referred to is not supplied in this document, so the card cannot say what counts as a rule violation in a given community.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Moderators are barred from encouraging or allowing organized community interference (Moderator Code of Conduct)
A note says the Moderator Code of Conduct also prohibits moderators from encouraging or allowing organized community interference, pointing to Rule 3: Respect Your Neighbors in that code. The Moderator Code of Conduct itself is a separate document that is not part of this joined document.
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also prohibits moderators from encouraging or allowing organized community interference
Not stated here
The Moderator Code of Conduct and its Rule 3 are not supplied here, so what counts as organized community interference there is unknown.
Content & IP Rights · User right or choice
Disruption examples that do not violate it: asking for advice, downvoting off-topic posts, viewing only
Examples given as not violating the policy: visiting a community you are not a member of to ask for advice or a recommendation; downvoting off-topic content in a community you are part of; and viewing content in a community you were previously banned from, without engaging with the community.
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Visiting a community you're not a member of to ask for advice or a recommendation.
Downvoting a piece of content that is off topic in a community you are part of.
Viewing content in a community you were previously banned from, without engaging with the community.
Qualifications & exceptions
The banned-community example is limited to viewing without engaging; other policies or community rules may still apply.
Account & Service Control · Procedure
Report vote manipulation or ban evasion via a webform; Reddit combines reports and internal systems
To report potential vote manipulation or ban evasion, the policy says to file a report through a webform. Reddit says it uses a combination of reports by moderators, users and internal systems to aggregate signals and determine whether someone's behavior may constitute a violation. It also points to its enforcement philosophy and Transparency Report, which are not part of this document.
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To report potential vote manipulation or ban evasion please file a report through
We also use a combination of reports by moderators, users, and internal systems to aggregate signals and determine whether someone's behavior may constitute a violation under this policy.
For more information, please visit Reddit's [enforcement philosophy]
Not stated here
The text of the linked enforcement philosophy page and the Transparency Report is not supplied; the internal systems and signals used are not described.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Posting someone's personal information or links to it is not allowed and will get you banned
This help-center page answers "No" to whether posting someone's private or personal information is okay: although Reddit is described as open and pro-free speech, it is not okay to post someone's personal information or links to personal information, including links to public Facebook pages and screenshots of Facebook pages with names still legible. It says posting someone's personal information will get you banned, and that screenshots should have personally identifiable information edited out.
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it is not okay to post someone's personal information or post links to personal information. This includes links to public Facebook pages and screenshots of Facebook pages with the names still legible.
Posting someone's personal information will get you banned. When posting screenshots, be sure to edit out any personally identifiable information to avoid running afoul of this rule.
Qualifications & exceptions
The page header says "Updated 2 years ago", a relative time with no absolute date; this is the help-center page that Rule 3 links to for personal or confidential information.
Not stated here
The source does not define "personal information" beyond the Facebook-page example and "personally identifiable information".
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Public figures can be an exception for professional contact links, but not for harassment or vigilantism
The page says public figures can be an exception to the personal information rule, for example posting professional links to contact a congressman or the CEO of a company. Even then, it says not to post anything inviting harassment, not to harass, and not to cheer on or upvote obvious vigilantism.
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Public figures can be an exception to this rule, such as posting professional links to contact a congressman or the CEO of a company.
But don't post anything inviting harassment, don't harass, and don't cheer on or upvote obvious vigilantism.
Qualifications & exceptions
The exception is described with professional contact links as its example; the limits on harassment and vigilantism still apply.
Account & Service Control · Procedure
Report a personal information violation through Reddit's report page
To report a personal information violation, the page directs users to a report page on reddit.com.
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To report a Personal Information violation, please visit
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Misleading content policy: do not engage in deceptive interactions or share content manipulated to mislead
The policy (titled "Manipulated Content and Misleading Behavior") tells users not to engage in deceptive interactions or share content that has been manipulated to mislead others.
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Do not engage in deceptive interactions or share content that has been manipulated to mislead others.
Qualifications & exceptions
The page header says "Updated 5 months ago", a relative time with no absolute date.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Manipulating public health, safety or geopolitical narratives, or undermining civic processes, may violate it
Listed as things that may violate the policy: efforts to manipulate information or unduly influence narratives about public health concerns, public safety or geopolitical events; and deliberate attempts to interfere with or undermine the integrity of civic or electoral processes, including misleading claims about the time, place and means of voting or census, voter eligibility requirements or specific groups' ability to vote, and the rules and procedures governing electoral or other civic processes.
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Efforts to manipulate information or unduly influence narratives pertaining to public health concerns, public safety, or geopolitical events.
Deliberate attempts to interfere with or undermine the integrity of civic or electoral processes, including misleading claims about:
time, place, and means of voting or census;
voter eligibility requirements or specific groups' ability to vote;
rules and procedures governing the electoral or other civic processes.
Qualifications & exceptions
The heading says these things "may" violate the policy; the civic item is limited to deliberate attempts and misleading claims.
Not stated here
The source does not define what counts as "unduly" influencing narratives or how a manipulated narrative is distinguished from opinion; the text of any electoral or civic rules referred to is not supplied in this document, so the card cannot say what those rules require.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
Disguised lookalike websites and altered or fabricated content presented to mislead may violate the policy
Also listed: sharing a website or domain that is deliberately altered or disguised to mimic another, and altered or fabricated content presented to mislead, or falsely attributed to an individual or entity to cause harm.
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Sharing a website or domain that is deliberately altered or disguised to mimic another.
Altered or fabricated content presented to mislead, or falsely attributed to an individual or entity to cause harm.
Example violations: an organization using multiple, seemingly unconnected accounts across local communities to influence a specific political outcome; an undisclosed, coordinated influence campaign by (but not limited to) foreign actors to sow discord; purposely misstating that voting stations are closed to discourage voting; promoting a video edited to make a well-known person appear to have made statements or taken actions they had not on a topic of public interest; and sharing forged government records or other authoritative documents to mislead others.
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An organization using multiple, seemingly unconnected accounts across several local communities in order to influence a specific political outcome.
An undisclosed, coordinated influence campaign by (but not limited to) foreign actors to sow discord across communities.
Purposely misstating that voting stations are closed to discourage others from voting.
Promoting a video edited to make it appear like a well-known person made statements and took actions they had not on a topic of public interest.
Sharing forged government records or other authoritative documents to mislead others.
Qualifications & exceptions
Examples illustrate the policy; the source does not say they are the only violations.
Examples that do not violate the policy: criticizing civic or electoral processes and discussing proposed improvements; resharing altered or fabricated content to explicitly call out or condemn content manipulation; and sharing a tagged AI-generated cartoon in a comics community that allows both real and AI art.
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Criticizing civic or electoral processes and discussing proposed improvements.
Resharing altered or fabricated content to explicitly call out or condemn content manipulation.
Sharing a tagged AI-generated cartoon in a comics community that allows both real and AI art.
Qualifications & exceptions
The AI cartoon example depends on the tag and on the community allowing both real and AI art.
Content & IP Rights · Restriction or exception
AI-generated content is generally allowed, but not if deliberately misleading or passed off as human-made; tag it
Content created or modified with generative AI is generally allowed on Reddit, subject to each community's rules and the Reddit Rules. The policy prohibits sharing AI-generated content that deliberately misleads others about real-life events or the actions of real-life individuals, or that presents itself as human-generated. When posting permissible AI-generated content, users are asked to be transparent and include a tag or other indication that it was generated or modified by AI.
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Content created or modified using generative AI technologies is generally allowed on Reddit – subject to each community's specific rules and the
this policy prohibits sharing AI-generated content that deliberately misleads others about real-life events or the actions of real-life individuals, or that presents itself as human-generated
be transparent and include a tag (or other form of indication) disclosing that the content was generated or modified by AI to reduce confusion
Qualifications & exceptions
The tagging sentence is phrased as an instruction for permissible AI-generated content; the source does not state a specific penalty for omitting a tag.
Account & Service Control · Company practice
Reddit combines moderator, user and internal-system reports to judge misleading content behavior
Reddit says it uses a combination of reports by moderators, users and internal systems to aggregate signals and determine whether someone's behavior may constitute a violation of this policy. It points to its enforcement philosophy and Transparency Report, which are not part of this document.
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We use a combination of reports by moderators, users, and internal systems to aggregate signals and determine whether someone's behavior may constitute a violation under this policy.
For more information, please visit Reddit's [enforcement philosophy]
Not stated here
The text of the linked enforcement philosophy page and the Transparency Report is not supplied; the internal systems and signals are not described.