Our standards on hate speech

We define hate speech as language that attacks people based on their:

• • Race, ethnicity, national origin or caste
• • Religious affiliation
• • Sexual orientation
• • Sex, gender or gender identity

This includes claims about coronavirus (COVID-19).

We sometimes allow things that we'd otherwise consider hate speech, for example when someone shares someone else's hate speech to raise awareness about it or uses a word in reference to themselves.