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Safety Features Block Harmful Content

Medium severity High confidence Explicitdocumentlanguage Common · 144 of 352 platforms

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What do NotebookLM's Services include?
NotebookLM's Services include safety features designed to block harmful content, such as content that violates the Prohibited Use Policy.
What is blocked by the safety features in NotebookLM's Services?
NotebookLM's Services include safety features designed to block harmful content, such as content that violates the Prohibited Use Policy.
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ConductAtlas Analysis

Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

The existence of active safety features means certain content will be automatically blocked within the Services.

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

Users will encounter automated content blocking for harmful content as part of how the Services function.

How other platforms handle this

OpenAI Medium

We start by teaching our AI right from wrong, filtering harmful content and responding with empathy.

Anthropic Medium

we reserve the right to remove or take down some or all of such Third-Party Content using, where appropriate, algorithmic and human review.

Hinge Medium

If Your Content is prohibited under the laws of any jurisdiction where our Services are available, we may remove it even if it is not illegal in your location.

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The Services include safety features to block harmful content, such as content that violates our Prohibited Use Policy.

Excerpt from NotebookLM's Google Generative AI Terms

Applicable regulations

California AB 2013 AI Training Data Transparency
US-CA

Provision details

Document information
Document
Google Generative AI Terms
Entity
NotebookLM
Document last updated
May 12, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
May 12, 2026
Last verified
May 12, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-062285
Document ID
CA-D-00812
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
42b104a86e6c7dee774d8a188fb92f5d23d4e921425d163e08f8a1b4ac9b62cb
Analysis generated
May 12, 2026 16:08 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
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Citation Record
Entity: NotebookLM
Document: Google Generative AI Terms
Record ID: CA-P-062285
Captured: 2026-05-12 16:08:56 UTC
SHA-256: 42b104a86e6c7dee…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/notebooklm/google-generative-ai-terms/provision/CA-P-062285/safety-features-block-harmful-content/
Accessed: July 25, 2026
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does NotebookLM's Safety Features Block Harmful Content clause do?

The existence of active safety features means certain content will be automatically blocked within the Services.

How does this clause affect you?

Users will encounter automated content blocking for harmful content as part of how the Services function.

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 144 platforms. See the full comparison.

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