How To Report Someone on Snapchat for Harassment

We live in a generation where anybody can achieve fame through the internet. Our human desire to be celebrated by our peers can curb our caution, especially on a platform where posts only have a 24-hour lifespan. 

Snapchat’s provisional properties proliferate cyber harassment by lowering the inhibitions of users to post potentially embarrassing content and heightening the chances that cyberbullies won’t get caught. Additionally. access to friends’ locations makes Snapchat an integral tool for cyberstalking. 

However, there are steps you can take to improve your security on Snapchat and subside harassment that may occur. By turning to professionals such as Digital Investigation Inc., you can get the assistance you need to identify your antagonist and securing evidence of the assault. 

Understanding Harassment on Snapchat

There are various different types of harassment which occur on Snapchat. While the methods are different, they all have the intention to cause distress to the target and are capable of exponential devastation. The following behaviors are frequently displayed by bad actors on the platform. 

• Cyberbullying: Many cyberbullies use the platform as a means to attack and degrade their victims. The ability to reach anybody in the world quickly with abusive messages that will be gone within a day of sending has resulted in a prevalent cyberbullying problem on Snapchat. 

• Cyberstalking: Snapchat’s Snap Map and location tagging features allows individuals to check the location of their friends and see popular public stories from around the globe. While it may seem fun to show your friends the places you’re visiting, it can also open the door for cyberstalkers to track your every move. 

• Revenge Porn: the ability to share video and photos through both posts and messages has created an issue with this specific type of harassment. Ex partners continue to misuse the application in cases of revenge porn where they send content without their ex’s consent to embarrass or humiliate the other.  

• Threats and Extortion: Taking a step past sending mean comments, cybercriminals can use Snapchat to send threats of harm or obtain private data that can be used for blackmail and extortion. The temporary messages lead perpetrators to make threats without fear of consequences and victims to disclose information they may be more hesitant to in a more permanent form of communication. 

• Impersonation and Defamation: Snapchat allows users to create accounts with an email or phone number and notifies other users when an account is created using credentials in their contact list. This means that somebody with your contact information could easily set up an imitation account and quickly connect with an individual’s close friends. 

Why Snapchat’s Features Make Harassment Easy 

Snapchat’s unique user experience has caused it to grow into one of the largest social media platforms on the market. These same features that have drawn in its roughly 850 million monthly users(1) allow for harassment such as online bullying and stalking to run rampant. 

• Disappearing messages and Snaps leave limited evidence. The short-lived exposure of Snapchat interactions allows cyberbullies to send harmful messages which are difficult for the target to document. Individuals may feel more inclined to share potentially embarrassing content with the false sense of security that it will fully disappear within seconds, unknowingly exposing themselves to potential cyberbullying on the platform. 

• Snap Maps and location tagging heighten chances of cyberstalking. In addition to the ability to stalk targets by sending continuous snaps and messages, perpetrators can see the location of targets who have the Snap Map feature turned on. The addition of filters that are location specific promote the posting of user whereabouts. This can lead to oversharing which can provide Snapchat cyberstalkers the information necessary to track your traveling tendencies. 

• Anonymous accounts can be created in seconds. It is quick and easy to create a new profile. Snapchat’s user-created bitmojis instead of profile pictures allows cyberbullies to easily craft an online persona and reach out to unsuspecting targets. 

• Blocking tools often fail when harassers create new accounts. The aforementioned ability to create new profiles allows for harassers to work around their targets blocking them. Even if the individual doesn’t accept friend requests from these new accounts, the cyber harassment could continue if the perpetrator comes into contact with their friends and family on the platform. 

• Snapchat’s limited reporting process leaves many victims without help. Snapchat generally responds to requests to report harassment on Snapchat within 24 hours. However, some reviews can take multiple days, extending beyond the timeframe a post remains public and doing nothing to limit its spread. Additionally, there’s no guarantee that reported posts or accounts will be removed. 

Snapchats appeal to cyber harassers, and imperfect support system for victims, can lead to online bullying and stalking going unpunished by the platform itself. As a result, you may want to seek the assistance of professionals who can document evidence of the digital disturbance and identify the instigator. 

Digital Investigation Inc.’s Role in Snapchat Harassment Investigations 

If Snapchat’s reporting options haven’t cut off the cyberbully or severed ties with the stalker, Digital Investigation Inc. can help. Our team of experts have proprietary knowledge and state-of-the-art techniques that allow us to achieve the following: 

• Account Tracing: We can analyze metadata in content sent and track IP addresses to locate the perpetrator and remove their leverage. 

• Evidence Recovery: While Snaps are only viewable for a finite period of time, they are stored on the platform’s servers past their public visibility. We are capable of recovering threatening or harmful messages. 

• Expert Reports: Our team can help you collect, preserve, and properly document the necessary evidence to take legal action against your attacker. 

• Ongoing Monitoring: Our service doesn’t stop when your case has been resolved. We offer continued supervision for future threats and provide assistance in boosting your security. 

What Victims Can Do When Facing Snapchat Harassment

While cyberbullying and stalking on Snapchat may seem insurmountable, there is action you can take to begin recovering. The following procedure will give you the best chance of overcoming your opposition. 

• Document Everything: Take note of account names, the way they befriended your profile, and any messages which display the harassment that has taken place. You can screenshot snaps and messages before they disappear, although the sender will be notified. To avoid this, you can take a photo or video of the content from another device if you have one available. 

• Report the Harassment to Snapchat: While reporting to Snapchat doesn’t always help mediate the issue, you should still complete their reporting process. It can lead to cyberbullies being removed from the platform and limit future harm to you and others.  

• Use External Monitoring Apps: In some instances, it may be beneficial for parents to utilize external monitoring programs to ensure safe and secure Snapchat use. Some of these programs let you discreetly monitor messages and detect bullying and harassment that may be going on. 

• Contact a Digital Forensics Expert: These organizations have experience handling cases such as yours and can help you fight back. By uncovering the harasser and recovering essential evidence, digital forensics experts can help you build your case and take action against your harasser. 

Don’t Let the Harassment Continue.

If you are being bullied, stalked, or harassed in any way on Snapchat, start taking back control of the situation right away. Here at Digital Investigation Inc., our team of experts is here to help you uncover your assailant and take action. 

Our experience handling cybercrimes like these has allowed us to develop cutting edge techniques to reveal the true identity and location of the person harassing you and bring them to justice. 

Don’t suffer any longer. Contact our Helpline today to speak with one of our experts for free and begin the recovery process. 

Sources: 

• How Many People Use Snapchat 2025 (Active Users Stats) 

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