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User Content Must Not Be Illegal or Harmful

Medium severity Explicit document language Common · 245 of 352 platforms
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Clause Stability Stable

0
Changes
4
Months Monitored
Jul 10, 2026
First Seen
Jul 10, 2026
Last Seen
This clause type exists across 1777 other provisions on other platforms.

How other platforms handle this

Wyze Medium

User Content may not: be unlawful, libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, indecent, lewd, suggestive, harassing, threatening, invasive of privacy or publicity rights, abusive, inflammatory or fraudulent

Squarespace Medium

Unless we tell you otherwise, Demo Content (or any portion of it) may not remain on Your Site or in Your Videos or be distributed, publicly displayed, publicly performed or otherwise published.

Pinterest Ads Medium

Can't depict people under the influence of alcohol, or associate drinking with activities that are risky (such as driving, operating heavy machinery), antisocial or illegal

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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
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content is not illegal, obscene, threatening, defamatory, invasive of privacy, infringing of intellectual property rights...or otherwise injurious to third parties or objectionable, and does not consist of or contain software viruses...

Excerpt from Amazon's Conditions of Use

Provision details

Document information
Document
Amazon Conditions of Use
Entity
Amazon
Document last updated
May 5, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
July 9, 2026
Last verified
July 9, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-018480
Document ID
CA-D-00026
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
00887bf5d67454220b3aa6afde03f4422ba9d53ffe333387fdae687aab595279
Analysis generated
July 9, 2026 03:27 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Snapshot stored   ✓ Hash verified
Citation Record
Entity: Amazon
Document: Amazon Conditions of Use
Record ID: CA-P-018480
Captured: 2026-07-09 03:27:53 UTC
SHA-256: 00887bf5d6745422…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/amazon/amazon-conditions-of-use/provision/CA-P-018480/user-content-must-not-be-illegal-or-harmful/
Accessed: Aug. 3, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Amazon's User Content Must Not Be Illegal or Harmful clause do?

The clause states: “content is not illegal, obscene, threatening, defamatory, invasive of privacy, infringing of intellectual property rights...or otherwise injurious to third parties or objectionable, and does not consist of or contain software viruses...”

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 245 platforms. See the full comparison.

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