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Violence and Incitement Prohibition

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What it is

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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Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

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.

Change history

added May 21, 2026

New explicit prohibition addresses potential use of voice synthesis for violent incitement, filling a gap in the previous policy.

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Consumer impact (what this means for users)

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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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
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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 ElevenLabs Safety Policy

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Institutional analysis (Compliance & governance intelligence)

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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Provision details

Document information
Document
ElevenLabs Safety Policy
Entity
ElevenLabs
Document last updated
May 12, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
May 21, 2026
Last verified
May 21, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-012990
Document ID
CA-D-00833
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
a19a810eb62d44f7014a126b15d31b3bb6e54e526e2e20f505bf427abea13cb8
Analysis generated
May 21, 2026 03:43 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Snapshot stored   ✓ Hash verified
Citation Record
Entity: ElevenLabs
Document: ElevenLabs Safety Policy
Record ID: CA-P-012990
Captured: 2026-05-21 03:43:37 UTC
SHA-256: a19a810eb62d44f7…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/elevenlabs/elevenlabs-safety-policy/violence-and-incitement-prohibition/
Accessed: June 8, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
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Medium
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does ElevenLabs's Violence and Incitement Prohibition clause do?

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.

How does this clause affect you?

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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