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The prohibition covers both completed and attempted exploitation or harm, and its scope—'in any way'—leaves no category of minor-directed harmful use permissible.
Users are absolutely prohibited from directing the Model toward any form of exploitation or harm targeting minors, including mere attempts.
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"For the purpose of exploiting, harming or attempting to exploit or harm minors in any way;Excerpt from DeepSeek's Open Source License
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The prohibition covers both completed and attempted exploitation or harm, and its scope—'in any way'—leaves no category of minor-directed harmful use permissible.
Users are absolutely prohibited from directing the Model toward any form of exploitation or harm targeting minors, including mere attempts.
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