You cannot use ElevenLabs to create audio that harasses, threatens, or abuses people, facilitates illegal activity, involves child sexual abuse material, or otherwise breaks the law.
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This provision establishes the outer limits of permitted use and places responsibility on users for ensuring their generated content is lawful; the prohibition on child sexual abuse material in particular has mandatory reporting and compliance dimensions that go beyond standard platform terms.
Users who generate audio in any of these prohibited categories face immediate account termination and may face mandatory reporting to law enforcement, particularly for content involving minors.
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"You may not use the Services to generate audio content that promotes, facilitates, or constitutes: harassment, abuse, threats, or intimidation of any individual; illegal activity; content involving the sexual exploitation of minors; or any other content that violates applicable law.— Excerpt from ElevenLabs's ElevenLabs Usage Policy
(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: The prohibition on child sexual exploitation material engages mandatory reporting obligations under 18 U.S.C. Section 2258A (NCMEC CyberTipline reporting), as well as CSAM laws in the EU and UK. Harassment and threat-related content engages state criminal harassment statutes and the FTC Act. The catch-all prohibition on illegal content engages applicable law across jurisdictions, the scope of which varies significantly. (2) GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: High for CSAM-related provisions given mandatory reporting obligations. Medium for other prohibited content categories where the catch-all 'applicable law' standard is jurisdiction-dependent and operationally difficult to enforce uniformly. (3) JURISDICTION FLAGS: CSAM reporting obligations apply globally across ElevenLabs' operating jurisdictions. Harassment and threat laws vary significantly by state and country. The catch-all 'violates applicable law' standard creates heightened exposure in jurisdictions with more expansive content liability frameworks, such as Germany's NetzDG or the EU's DSA. (4) CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: Enterprise customers deploying ElevenLabs in consumer-facing products should assess whether their own content moderation systems are adequate to prevent prohibited content generation, and should ensure their terms with ElevenLabs address responsibility allocation for mandatory reporting obligations. (5) COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Platform compliance teams should verify that ElevenLabs has implemented NCMEC CyberTipline reporting workflows and that enterprise customers are notified of any reporting obligations that may flow to them in API integration contexts.
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This provision establishes the outer limits of permitted use and places responsibility on users for ensuring their generated content is lawful; the prohibition on child sexual abuse material in particular has mandatory reporting and compliance dimensions that go beyond standard platform terms.
Users who generate audio in any of these prohibited categories face immediate account termination and may face mandatory reporting to law enforcement, particularly for content involving minors.
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