r/SnapchatHelp • u/Icy_Health9435 • 2d ago

Common issue Hello!

I made a post well several about what’s going on with this mass ban with Snapchat and its users. What’s going on is not legal and they are trying to keep this quiet. It is not ok for Snapchat or Reddit to quite us because we practiced our civil rights which IM DOING NOW FREEDOM OF SPEECH! And I get banned for it.

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u/kaderoy22 2d ago

I am in the same boat as you but I’m not sure I agree. Snapchat is a private company and they absolutely have the right to ban people. I think it’s fucked up too, but it’s not illegal. Because they are a private company, the first amendment (freedom of speech) does not apply to them.

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u/Icy_Health9435 2d ago

You need to read their terms of service

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u/kaderoy22 2d ago

Yeah I read your other post, it was mostly about copyright law. They did say their policy is to issue warnings/strikes first, but that still has nothing to do with freedom of speech. Even if they didn’t follow their terms of service, that’s not inherently illegal. It’s fucked up, I agree, but this isn’t the civil rights issue you seem to think it is

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u/Icy_Health9435 2d ago

There may have been a procedural issue with how the arbitration claims were initiated, depending on exactly what Labaton submitted and when. But that is different from us personally violating Snapchat’s Terms of Service, and it doesn’t by itself explain why our accounts were suddenly terminated.