As such, Googling anything that could raise suspicions of terrorism will be handled accordingly. Terrorism-related terms: Terrorism is an ongoing threat and priority in the United States. As mentioned before, your digital footprint can be used against you. Even if you clear your browsing data, it won’t be enough.
For background, minors are anyone under 18 years old, so looking at pictures or videos of them partaking in sexual activity is enough to raise serious suspicions. Even searching “child pornography” alone could put you on police radars. At worst, however, you could walk away with criminal charges.įor these reasons, searching the following words or phrases may get you in trouble with the police:Ĭhild pornography: Searching and/or viewing content of minors engaged in sexual activities is a sex crime.
From there, you could get taken into custody and interrogated at best. It is perfectly legal to search anything online in most cases, but if those searches are linked to a crime or potential crime, you could get arrested. On that note, your internet searches alone typically will not get you in trouble with the police. In limited circumstances, your Google searches can get you in trouble, especially if you’re already on police officers’ watch lists. With this in mind, it’s important to be aware of the red flags that could land you in jail. Clearing your search history, cookies, and cache is not enough. No matter how hard you try to fight it, you almost always leave a “digital footprint” online. Even if you turn on private browsing settings and go the distance to make yourself “incognito” online, law enforcement authorities can still access your search history regardless. We ask that you abide by not just the letter of these rules, but the spirit as well.Things You Can Get in Trouble for Googlingīelieve it or not, your internet searches are never private. Reddit and its communities are only what we make of them together, and can only exist if we operate by a shared set of rules. These rules are enforced by us, the admins. Please abide by the rules of communities in which you participate and do not interfere with those in which you are not a member.īelow the rules governing each community are the platform-wide rules that apply to everyone on Reddit. The culture of each community is shaped explicitly, by the community rules enforced by moderators, and implicitly, by the upvotes, downvotes, and discussions of its community members. Some of these users help manage the community as moderators. Likewise, everyone on Reddit should have an expectation of privacy and safety, so please respect the privacy and safety of others.Įvery community on Reddit is defined by its users. Communities should create a sense of belonging for their members, not try to diminish it for others. While not every community may be for you (and you may find some unrelatable or even offensive), no community should be used as a weapon. Through these communities, you can post, comment, vote, discuss, learn, debate, support, and connect with people who share your interests, and we encourage you to find-or even create-your home on Reddit.
Reddit is a vast network of communities that are created, run, and populated by you, the Reddit users.
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