In plain English
This means the content has been given a caution notice. That notice tells people the material may include disturbing, explicit, or other sensitive content.
In context
Here, it indicates that the content is in the status where it will appear with a warning because it may contain disturbing, explicit, or otherwise sensitive material.
- Situation
- Creating posts, drafts, stories, tags, mentions, visibility, and moderation states
- What it communicates
- labels content that will display with a warning
Meaning limits
By itself, this status does not confirm the exact kind or severity of the sensitive material; it only indicates that a warning has been applied.
Examples
“The video was marked as sensitive, so a warning appeared before it played, without saying whether the material was mildly upsetting or graphic.”
“Items marked as sensitive appear with a caution notice until someone chooses to open them.”