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title: "Blackmail Threats, Coercion & Exposure of Private Logs"
description: "Prohibiting extortion, threats of confidential disclosure, and malicious publication of private conversation logs."
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## Directive Objective
Eliminate extortion schemes, blackmail coercion, and the malicious publication of private direct messages or confidential server archives intended to inflict reputational or psychological harm.

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## 1. Scope and Policy Coverage
This directive regulates:
- **Blackmail & Extortion (Chantaje)**: Threatening to leak private pictures, conversation transcripts, or confidential disclosures unless the victim pays money, buys Nitro, or yields server privileges.
- **Malicious Exposure of Private Conversations**: Deliberately dumping private one-on-one message logs, personal audio clips, or private video recordings to humiliate, expose, or harm a user's employment or personal relationships.

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## 2. Exclusion Boundaries and Scope Limits
- **Internal Moderation Evidence**: Submitting screenshots of rule violations committed in public channels to staff in private ticket channels as evidence for moderation enforcement is strictly permitted.
- **Public Server Transcripts**: Legitimate public channel message archives created by recognized moderation logging bots.

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## 3. Moderator Sanctioning Framework
- Extortion and blackmail attempts warrant an immediate permanent ban and immediate account escalation to Discord Trust & Safety.
- Delete leaked private transcripts and remind members that staff tickets are confidential.