“Before uploading any content to the Hub, particularly any ML Artifacts, you must take appropriate steps to minimise the risk that the content could be used to generate child sexual exploitation material or pro-terror material.”
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This imposes a proactive, pre-upload duty of risk mitigation on users, not merely a prohibition on uploading harmful content itself.
You are required to assess and minimise CSAM and pro-terror generation risk before every upload to the Hub.
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Your User Submissions will not contain any: (a) swearing; (b) comments or actions which appear to be discriminatory...(c) comments or actions which promote bigotry, racism, hatred...(d) sexual innuendo...
Don't create or share defamatory or libelous content that could damage someone's reputation or falsely portray them in a harmful way.
Target does not sell games rated "AO: Adult Only" or movies rated NC-17.
"Before uploading any content to the Hub, particularly any ML Artifacts, you must take appropriate steps to minimise the risk that the content could be used to generate child sexual exploitation material or pro-terror material.Excerpt from Hugging Face's Content Policy
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This imposes a proactive, pre-upload duty of risk mitigation on users, not merely a prohibition on uploading harmful content itself.
You are required to assess and minimise CSAM and pro-terror generation risk before every upload to the Hub.
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