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title: "Harmful Disinformation & Dangerous Medical/Civic Alerts"
description: "Platform policies against disinformation that presents an imminent risk of physical harm, lethal medical advice, or election sabotage."
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## Directive Objective
Prevent the dissemination of demonstrably false information that presents a direct, imminent threat to human health, physical safety, or democratic civic processes.

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## 1. Scope and Policy Coverage
Discord guidelines prohibit fabricated information that causes tangible, real-world harm:
- **Lethal Medical Disinformation**: Promoting toxic substances as medical cures (e.g., drinking bleach, industrial chemicals), or urging people to discontinue life-saving emergency medical treatment.
- **Civic & Election Interference**: Spreading false information regarding the time, place, manner, or legal eligibility requirements of public voting in governmental elections to disenfranchise citizens.
- **Dangerous Public Emergency Hoaxes**: Fabricating active shooter alerts, tsunami warnings, or bomb threats that cause real-world civic panic or drain emergency responder resources.

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## 2. Exclusion Boundaries and Scope Limits
- **Benign Conspiracy Theories & Speculation**: Harmless discussions regarding alien contact, cryptids, flat earth, or historical mysteries that carry no imminent risk of physical bodily injury.
- **Unpopular Personal Opinions & Satire**: Political discourse, cultural satire, or comedic memes that do not present a verified material hazard.

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## 3. Moderator Sanctioning
- Remove dangerous medical recipes or fabricated emergency alerts immediately.
- Warn or mute users spreading harmful hoaxes; ban accounts persistently distributing lethal health disinformation.