The policy prohibits any use of Cohere services to generate, create, share, or facilitate sexually explicit content involving minors and states that Cohere will report CSAM it becomes aware of to competent authorities and other organizations as appropriate.
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This provision establishes Cohere's mandatory reporting commitment for CSAM, which reflects legal obligations under applicable law in multiple jurisdictions and signals active content monitoring or review processes that may apply to user-generated outputs.
The updated policy removes all substantive acceptable use requirements that were previously posted and enforceable. Users no longer have a referenced standard defining what conduct is prohibited on the platform. The removal of enforcement procedures means users cannot verify what conduct may trigger access restriction, suspension, or termination. The elimination of the child safety and sexually explicit content prohibitions from the posted policy creates uncertainty about whether these protections remain in effect through other terms or have been abandoned.
View change record →Under this clause, any outputs generated through Cohere services that constitute CSAM will be reported to authorities as stated in the policy. This prohibition applies to all users of Cohere services without exception.
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Compare across platforms →"Child Sexual Exploitation and Sexually Explicit Content Involving Minors. Any activity that exploits, abuses, or endangers children, or otherwise compromises the safety of children; or any generation, creation, sharing, or facilitation of sexually explicit content involving minors, including pornographic content or content intended for sexual arousal or gratification. We will report child sexual abuse material that we become aware of to competent authorities and other organizations as appropriate.Excerpt from Cohere's Usage Policy
1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: CSAM reporting obligations are legally mandated for electronic service providers in the United States under 18 U.S.C.
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This provision establishes Cohere's mandatory reporting commitment for CSAM, which reflects legal obligations under applicable law in multiple jurisdictions and signals active content monitoring or review processes that may apply to user-generated outputs.
Under this clause, any outputs generated through Cohere services that constitute CSAM will be reported to authorities as stated in the policy. This prohibition applies to all users of Cohere services without exception.
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