8 Total
1 High severity
5 Medium severity
2 Low severity
Summary

This document establishes Midjourney's Community Guidelines, which define prohibited content and conduct for users generating images, submitting prompts, sharing outputs, and maintaining accounts on the platform. The guidelines authorize account suspension or permanent termination for violations of the stated rules or conduct that violates the 'spirit' of the guidelines regardless of explicit enumeration. The document references additional binding obligations contained in the Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.

Technical / Legal Breakdown

This document is Midjourney's Community Guidelines, a platform conduct policy governing acceptable use of the Midjourney image generation service, including its web interface, Discord integration, and Editor tool. The guidelines assert four primary rules: users must be kind and respectful, generate only Safe For Work content, share creations responsibly, and refrain from unauthorized automation or third-party application use; the terms state that violations may result in warnings, time-outs, or permanent bans from the service, and that 'any violations of these rules may lead to bans from our services.' The policy includes a notable catch-all provision stating Midjourney 'may take action against users that violate the spirit of these guidelines, even if their actions are not explicitly prohibited,' which reserves broad discretionary enforcement authority beyond the enumerated rules. The policy does not reference a specific governing law, dispute resolution mechanism, or data processing framework in this document, though it cross-references the Midjourney Terms of Service and Privacy Policy for additional obligations; regulatory frameworks including the FTC Act (consumer protection and deceptive practices), COPPA (given the prohibition on child sexual abuse material and platform access), and potentially the EU AI Act may be relevant depending on jurisdiction and user population. The document explicitly prohibits generating content for election influence, misinformation, or fraud, which engages considerations under emerging AI content integrity and election interference regulatory frameworks across multiple jurisdictions.

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California AB 2013 AI Training Data Transparency
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