Perplexity Acceptable Use Policy

This document is Perplexity AI's Acceptable Use Policy (AUP), which governs permissible and prohibited uses of the Perplexity AI platform and services, operating as a companion to the company's Terms of Service. The policy states that users must not use the services to generate illegal content, facilitate violence or terrorism, produce child sexual abuse material, engage in unauthorized data collection or surveillance, spread disinformation, infringe intellectual property rights, or circumvent safety measures built into the platform. Notably, the AUP addresses AI-specific misuse categories including the prohibition on generating content designed to deceive others about its AI origin and restrictions on using the service to develop competing AI systems, provisions that are operationally distinct in the AI services context and whose enforceability may depend on jurisdiction and applicable law. The policy engages frameworks including the FTC Act (unfair or deceptive practices), COPPA (given prohibitions on services directed at children), the EU AI Act and Digital Services Act (for prohibited AI outputs and illegal content), and CSAM laws including PROTECT Act; the global scope of the AUP creates compliance complexity where regulatory obligations vary materially by jurisdiction. The absence of explicit enforcement procedures, appeals mechanisms, or defined timelines for account actions represents a notable gap for compliance teams evaluating due process and transparency obligations under EU and state-level frameworks.