CA-C-002228
ElevenLabs — ElevenLabs Usage Policy
Entity
Date detected
May 21, 2026
Effective date
May 21, 2026
Severity
Low
Direction
Neutral
Affected users
all users
Changes
1 sentence modified
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Event Summary

The ElevenLabs Usage Policy was updated on May 21, 2026 with a minor navigation menu change. The revised navigation added 'Speech Engine' as a discrete product listing within the API documentation section, positioned between 'Agents API' and 'Dubbing API'. This is a structural navigation update with no material change to the policy's substantive terms, obligations, or consumer rights.

LOW

Consumer Impact

This change does not materially affect consumer rights, obligations, or the terms under which users operate. The updated navigation menu adds 'Speech Engine' as a distinct API product category, but the underlying Usage Policy terms remain unchanged. No consumer action is required.

Governance Analysis

This change has no material operational significance. It is a product navigation reorganization that does not modify the substantive terms of service, consumer rights, obligations, or policy enforcement mechanisms.

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This change record describes what was added, removed, or modified in the document. Analysis reflects what the updated agreement states or permits. It does not constitute a legal determination about enforceability. Applicability may vary by jurisdiction. Methodology

Evidence Verification

✓ Verified
Previous Version
3c31309da14b414d2a06312724c0a56cd5ec366325bc6453d8f086c65811cd6f
May 19, 2026 16:06 UTC
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Current Version
9ef3f66e0d991149a8144a7bd49c2c7fdc55a41e1992275a8304eeb5d413bcc8
May 21, 2026 00:46 UTC
✓ Verified
Change Detected
May 21, 2026 00:46 UTC
Analysis Methodology
✓ Verified
Source Document
https://elevenlabs.io/terms
Citation Record
Entity: ElevenLabs
Document: ElevenLabs Usage Policy
Record ID: CA-C-002228
Captured: 2026-05-21 00:46:03 UTC
URL: https://conductatlas.com/change/2026-05-21-elevenlabs-elevenlabs-usage-policy-2228/
Accessed: July 8, 2026
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Institutional Analysis

Assessment

This change is a navigation and product menu reorganization with no substantive policy impact. No compliance obligations are created, modified, or eliminated. No regulatory review is indicated.

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Clause-Level Changes

New Provisions Added
User Responsibility for Legal Compliance
High

This new provision shifts primary compliance burden to users and creates explicit liability disclaimers for ElevenLabs across multiple legal domains.

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Violence and Harassment Content Prohibition
Medium

This provision elevates and separates violence/harassment restrictions from the broader prohibited content category with explicit reference to protected characteristics discrimination.

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Prohibited Use in Automated Disinformation Systems
Medium

This new provision specifically targets coordinated inauthentic behavior and influence operations, addressing systematic misuse beyond individual false statements.

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Provisions Removed
Non-Consensual Intimate Audio Prohibition
High

The removal of this explicit intimate content prohibition may indicate reduced specificity in sexual content protections, now folded into broader provisions.

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Intellectual Property and Third-Party Rights
Medium

This explicit IP protection provision was removed and replaced with the broader 'User Responsibility for Legal Compliance' clause, reducing ElevenLabs' specific IP enforcement commitments.

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Automated and Bulk Use Restrictions
Low

This provision was replaced by the more policy-focused 'Prohibited Use in Automated Disinformation Systems', narrowing scope from general rate-limiting enforcement to political misuse only.

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Reporting and Enforcement Cooperation
Low

The removal of this explicit law enforcement cooperation statement may reduce transparency regarding data sharing with authorities.

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Provisions Modified
Non-Consensual Voice Cloning Prohibition
High

The provision was streamlined to remove distinction between public and private figures, simplified language from 'explicit prior consent' to 'consent', and added explicit prohibition on false attribution statements.

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Election and Political Disinformation Prohibition
High

The provision was narrowed to focus specifically on electoral/political disinformation with concrete examples (voters, candidates, officials) rather than broader deception categories.

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Account Suspension and Termination
Medium

The provision was substantially expanded to explicitly include 'with or without notice', broaden grounds to include harm to users/third parties/public, and emphasize 'sole discretion' applies to 'any other reason'.

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Fraud and Impersonation Prohibition
High

The provision was expanded to include impersonation of entities (not just persons), add explicit fraud language, and specify financial fraud and identity verification circumvention as concrete prohibited uses.

Before/after clause text available with Compliance. See Compliance →
Child Safety and CSAM Prohibition
High

This provision was extracted and specialized from the broader 'Prohibited Harmful and Illegal Content' rule, with explicit terminology (CSAM) and specific age threshold added for clarity.

Before/after clause text available with Compliance. See Compliance →

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Document Context

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Document
ElevenLabs Usage Policy
Entity
ElevenLabs
Captured
May 21, 2026
Source URL
https://elevenlabs.io/terms
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Next change May 30, 2026
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