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The document prohibits users from generating audio content that incites, promotes, or facilitates violence against individuals or groups. This restriction applies to all content generated on the platform regardless of format or delivery mechanism.
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This provision establishes a categorical prohibition on generating violence-inciting audio content, consistent with platform content moderation obligations and applicable law. Under this clause, users who generate such content are subject to account-level enforcement by ElevenLabs.
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View full change record →This provision prohibits users from producing audio that incites or promotes violence against any individual or group using ElevenLabs' tools. The agreement applies this restriction universally across all account types and use cases.
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"You may not use ElevenLabs to generate content that incites, promotes, or facilitates violence against individuals or groups.Excerpt from ElevenLabs's Safety Policy
1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision engages federal statutes prohibiting true threats and incitement under 18 U.S.C. 875 and related provisions. In the EU, the Digital Services Act (DSA) imposes obligations on large online platforms to detect and remove illegal content, including incitement to violence, with specific reporting and transparency requirements. EU member state laws implementing the Framework Decision on Racism and Xenophobia also apply to incitement content. 2) GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: Medium. The prohibition is consistent with standard platform content moderation obligations and applicable law. Compliance exposure is primarily concentrated in the adequacy of detection and enforcement mechanisms, which are not fully disclosed in the document. 3) JURISDICTION FLAGS: EU users are subject to DSA obligations that impose additional transparency and reporting requirements on platforms hosting or enabling incitement content. U.S. federal and state law applies to actual threats and incitement that rise to the level of criminal conduct. 4) CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: Enterprise customers should confirm that ElevenLabs' moderation systems include detection for violence-inciting content and that their own acceptable use policies pass through this restriction to end users. 5) COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: No affirmative user action is required beyond compliance with the prohibition. Enterprise deployments in politically sensitive contexts or news media should assess whether their use cases could generate content that approaches the boundary of this restriction.
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This provision establishes a categorical prohibition on generating violence-inciting audio content, consistent with platform content moderation obligations and applicable law. Under this clause, users who generate such content are subject to account-level enforcement by ElevenLabs.
This provision prohibits users from producing audio that incites or promotes violence against any individual or group using ElevenLabs' tools. The agreement applies this restriction universally across all account types and use cases.
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