WeвЂ™ve reached out to Giphy for comment but havenвЂ™t heard back. HereвЂ™s the version spotted on Instagram, censored by TechCrunch: The Giphy community guidelines prohibit this kind of objectionable content in the first place, but since it works like a search engine that indexes the top GIFs on the web, things can slip through. SnapchatвЂ™s official statement is вЂњWe have removed GIPHY from our application until we can be assured that this will never happen again.вЂќ A Snapchat spokesperson tells me the company is very sorry. Warning: The image below may be disturbing to some: It reads вЂњN-вЂ“ Crime Death Counter вЂ“ Keep Cranking Bonzo, the Numbers Just Keep on Climbing!вЂќ TechCrunch received a screenshot of the GIF on Snapchat from a reader. The GIF includes disturbing text including a racial slur, which TechCrunch has blurred out below. The Snapchat spokesperson says that all GIFs in Snapchat are meant to be вЂњrated PG,вЂќ meaning theyвЂ™re mostly suitable for the 13-and-up teens that are technically allowed on Snapchat. We have stopped our integration with Giphy as they investigate the issue.вЂќ The company confirms the change has been made but might take some time to propagate to all users. An Instagram spokesperson tells TechCrunch вЂњThis type of content has no place on Instagram. Giphy appears to have removed the GIF as itвЂ™s no longer available in Instagram. A tweet by Lyauna AugmonВ shows the GIF being used within Instagram. Instagram reenables GIF sharing after GIPHY promises no more racismДЄ source tells TechCrunch the same racist GIF was spotted in Instagram as well, indicating that Giphy is at fault.

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