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title: "Discord Community Guidelines - Standards & Safety Protocols"
description: "Comprehensive operational guide to Discord Community Guidelines, organized into 6 core categories and 24 actionable moderation directives."
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    <div class="md-tos-badge-pill">COMMUNITY SAFETY & CONDUCT</div>
    <h1 class="md-tos-title">Discord Community Guidelines</h1>
    <p class="md-tos-desc">
      Authoritative operational directives and moderation standards for Discord servers. Designed for administrators, safety leads, and moderators who require clear policy boundaries, exclusion criteria, and swift enforcement protocols.
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        <span class="md-stat-num">6</span>
        <span class="md-stat-lbl">Core Categories</span>
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        <span class="md-stat-num">12</span>
        <span class="md-stat-lbl">Subcategories</span>
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        <span class="md-stat-num">30</span>
        <span class="md-stat-lbl">Actionable Directives</span>
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        <span class="md-stat-num">ZERO</span>
        <span class="md-stat-lbl">Tolerance Policy</span>
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      <span class="md-tree-title">DIRECTIVES HIERARCHICAL STRUCTURE</span>
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    <pre class="md-tree-code"><code>COMMUNITY GUIDELINES: Conduct, Safety &amp; Behavioral Standards
├── 1. Child Safety &amp; Protection of Minors
├── 2. Violence, Extremism, Self-Harm &amp; Graphic Content
├── 3. Harassment, Hate Speech, Bullying &amp; Privacy
├── 4. Sexual Content &amp; Non-Consensual Exploitation
├── 5. Illicit Goods, Substances &amp; Regulated Activities
└── 6. Community Integrity, Cybercrime &amp; Platform Manipulation</code></pre>
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        <span class="md-cat-num">01</span>
        <span class="md-cat-badge">ZERO TOLERANCE</span>
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      <h3 class="md-cat-name">Child Safety &amp; Protection of Minors</h3>
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        Zero-tolerance policy against physical, psychological, or sexual exploitation of minors. Immediate reporting obligations.
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        <li><a href="/guidelines/1-child-safety/1-1-1-csam-csae/">1.1.1 Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) &amp; CSAE</a></li>
        <li><a href="/guidelines/1-child-safety/1-1-2-grooming-coercion/">1.1.2 Predatory Conduct, Grooming &amp; Coercion</a></li>
        <li><a href="/guidelines/1-child-safety/1-2-1-illustrated-sexualization/">1.2.1 Illustrated Sexualization &amp; Fictional Minors</a></li>
        <li><a href="/guidelines/1-child-safety/1-2-2-commercial-exploitation/">1.2.2 Commercial Exploitation of Minors</a></li>
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        <span class="md-cat-num">02</span>
        <span class="md-cat-badge">CRITICAL SAFETY</span>
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      <h3 class="md-cat-name">Violence, Extremism, Self-Harm &amp; Graphic Content</h3>
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        Prevention of real-world physical harm, terrorist radicalization, suicide encouragement, and traumatic graphic gore.
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        <li><a href="/guidelines/2-violence-extremism/2-1-1-credible-threats/">2.1.1 Credible Threats Against Physical Integrity</a></li>
        <li><a href="/guidelines/2-violence-extremism/2-1-2-glorification-mass-violence/">2.1.2 Glorification &amp; Apology of Mass Violence</a></li>
        <li><a href="/guidelines/2-violence-extremism/2-2-1-terrorist-hate-groups/">2.2.1 Terrorist Organizations &amp; Hate Groups</a></li>
        <li><a href="/guidelines/2-violence-extremism/2-2-2-manifestos-propaganda/">2.2.2 Manifestos &amp; War Propaganda</a></li>
        <li><a href="/guidelines/2-violence-extremism/2-3-1-suicide-crisis-protocol/">2.3.1 Suicidal Ideation &amp; Crisis Support Protocol</a></li>
        <li><a href="/guidelines/2-violence-extremism/2-3-2-self-harm-instruction/">2.3.2 Self-Harm Promotion &amp; Instruction</a></li>
        <li><a href="/guidelines/2-violence-extremism/2-4-1-gore-graphic-death/">2.4.1 Graphic Death, Accidents &amp; Gore</a></li>
        <li><a href="/guidelines/2-violence-extremism/2-4-2-animal-cruelty/">2.4.2 Animal Abuse &amp; Cruelty</a></li>
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        <span class="md-cat-num">03</span>
        <span class="md-cat-badge">PSYCHOLOGICAL SAFETY</span>
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      <h3 class="md-cat-name">Harassment, Hate Speech &amp; Privacy</h3>
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        Neutralizing identity attacks, slurs, dogpiling, doxxing, and extortion to safeguard user dignity and privacy.
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        <li><a href="/guidelines/3-harassment-privacy/3-1-1-hate-speech-characteristics/">3.1.1 Protected Characteristics &amp; Hate Speech</a></li>
        <li><a href="/guidelines/3-harassment-privacy/3-1-2-hate-symbols-slurs/">3.1.2 Hate Symbols, Slurs &amp; Dogwhistles</a></li>
        <li><a href="/guidelines/3-harassment-privacy/3-2-1-repeated-harassment-stalking/">3.2.1 Stalking &amp; Interpersonal Intimidation</a></li>
        <li><a href="/guidelines/3-harassment-privacy/3-2-2-dogpiling-dm-harassment/">3.2.2 Mass Bullying &amp; DM Harassment</a></li>
        <li><a href="/guidelines/3-harassment-privacy/3-3-1-pii-doxxing/">3.3.1 Publication of PII (Doxxing)</a></li>
        <li><a href="/guidelines/3-harassment-privacy/3-3-2-blackmail-private-logs/">3.3.2 Blackmail Threats &amp; Leaked Logs</a></li>
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        <span class="md-cat-num">04</span>
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      <h3 class="md-cat-name">Sexual Content &amp; Non-Consensual Exploitation</h3>
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        Strict confinement of adult content to NSFW channels and total ban on non-consensual imagery and deepfakes.
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        <li><a href="/guidelines/4-sexual-content/4-1-1-nsfw-channel-confinement/">4.1.1 Age-Restricted (NSFW) Confinement</a></li>
        <li><a href="/guidelines/4-sexual-content/4-1-2-public-spaces-profile-violations/">4.1.2 Public Spaces &amp; Profile Violations</a></li>
        <li><a href="/guidelines/4-sexual-content/4-2-1-ncii-revenge-porn/">4.2.1 Non-Consensual Intimate Imagery (NCII)</a></li>
        <li><a href="/guidelines/4-sexual-content/4-2-2-ai-deepfakes-synthetic-media/">4.2.2 AI-Generated Nudity &amp; Deepfakes</a></li>
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        <span class="md-cat-num">05</span>
        <span class="md-cat-badge">COMPLIANCE</span>
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      <h3 class="md-cat-name">Illicit Goods, Substances &amp; Regulated Activities</h3>
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        Prohibiting black market operations, drug distribution, unauthorized firearms, carding, and financial fraud.
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        <li><a href="/guidelines/5-illicit-goods/5-1-1-drugs-controlled-substances/">5.1.1 Drugs &amp; Controlled Substances</a></li>
        <li><a href="/guidelines/5-illicit-goods/5-1-2-firearms-explosives/">5.1.2 Firearms, Explosives &amp; Ammunition</a></li>
        <li><a href="/guidelines/5-illicit-goods/5-2-1-financial-fraud-carding/">5.2.1 Financial Fraud, Carding &amp; Stolen Accounts</a></li>
        <li><a href="/guidelines/5-illicit-goods/5-2-2-unregulated-gambling-pyramids/">5.2.2 Unregulated Gambling &amp; Ponzi Schemes</a></li>
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        <span class="md-cat-num">06</span>
        <span class="md-cat-badge">INFRASTRUCTURE</span>
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      <h3 class="md-cat-name">Community Integrity, Cybercrime &amp; Manipulation</h3>
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        Defending server ecosystems against malware, phishing tokens, automated raids, and dangerous disinformation.
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        <li><a href="/guidelines/6-community-integrity/6-1-1-malware-intrusion-tools/">6.1.1 Malware, Trojans &amp; Intrusion Tools</a></li>
        <li><a href="/guidelines/6-community-integrity/6-1-2-phishing-fake-nitro/">6.1.2 Phishing Links &amp; Fake Nitro Scams</a></li>
        <li><a href="/guidelines/6-community-integrity/6-2-1-coordinated-raids-spam/">6.2.1 Coordinated Raids, Spam &amp; Link Bombing</a></li>
        <li><a href="/guidelines/6-community-integrity/6-2-2-harmful-disinformation/">6.2.2 Dangerous Disinformation &amp; Fake Alerts</a></li>
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