The policy prohibits generating voice content that constitutes threats, harassment, incitement to violence, or hate speech targeting individuals or groups based on protected characteristics.
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This provision establishes content moderation standards that intersect with platform liability frameworks under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act and, for EU-based operations, the Digital Services Act's requirements for illegal content removal; enterprise customers distributing AI-generated content through their own platforms must assess their own independent obligations under these frameworks.
This provision elevates and separates violence/harassment restrictions from the broader prohibited content category with explicit reference to protected characteristics discrimination.
View full change record →Under this provision, users may not generate threatening, harassing, or hate-based voice content; violations are subject to account termination, and users remain subject to applicable federal and state criminal and civil law prohibitions independently of platform enforcement.
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"You may not use ElevenLabs to generate content that threatens, harasses, or incites violence against individuals or groups, or that promotes hatred based on protected characteristics.Excerpt from ElevenLabs's Usage Policy
(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: Federal statutes prohibit true threats and incitement to imminent lawless action; state criminal harassment and stalking statutes apply to threatening communications.
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This provision establishes content moderation standards that intersect with platform liability frameworks under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act and, for EU-based operations, the Digital Services Act's requirements for illegal content removal; enterprise customers distributing AI-generated content through their own platforms must assess their own independent obligations under these frameworks.
Under this provision, users may not generate threatening, harassing, or hate-based voice content; violations are subject to account termination, and users remain subject to applicable federal and state criminal and civil law prohibitions independently of platform enforcement.
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