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Account termination is a mandatory consequence—not a discretionary one—triggered by actual or suspected CSAM, meaning users do not receive a warning or opportunity to cure.
Interpretive note: The excerpt contains two independent legal effects: mandatory law enforcement reporting and mandatory account termination. The canonical claim states the primary effect (termination); law enforcement reporting is recorded in omitted_material.
Users face mandatory account termination upon Mistral AI detecting actual or suspected CSAM, with no indication of a prior warning.
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If we become aware that a child has provided us with personal data without parental consent, we remove such data and terminate the child's account (except where we are required to retain all or a portion of such data for compliance purposes).
we have adopted a policy of terminating, in appropriate circumstances, the accounts of users who repeatedly infringe the intellectual property rights of others.
If we learn that we've collected the personal data of a child under the age of 13 or 16, as applicable, we'll take reasonable steps to delete the personal data. This may require us to delete the Skillshare account...
"We will report all actual or suspected CSAM to the relevant law enforcement authorities and will terminate your account.Excerpt from Mistral AI's Usage Policy
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Account termination is a mandatory consequence—not a discretionary one—triggered by actual or suspected CSAM, meaning users do not receive a warning or opportunity to cure.
Users face mandatory account termination upon Mistral AI detecting actual or suspected CSAM, with no indication of a prior warning.
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