If your users break Perplexity's rules while using your application, Perplexity treats that as your violation and can shut off your API access as a result.
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This provision places meaningful operational and legal responsibility on developers for conduct they may not be able to fully monitor or prevent, creating a compliance chain that developers must actively manage through their own user agreements and enforcement mechanisms.
Interpretive note: The scope of what constitutes a sufficient compliance mechanism to avoid imputed liability for end-user conduct is not defined in the document and may depend on enforcement interpretation.
Removal eliminates developer liability for downstream end-user violations, substantially reducing developer risk exposure.
View full change record →Developers whose API access is suspended due to end-user violations may experience service interruptions in their applications, indirectly affecting the end users of those products who rely on the Perplexity-powered features.
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"You are responsible for ensuring that your end users comply with these Terms and our usage policies. Any violation of these Terms by your end users will be deemed a violation by you, and we may suspend or terminate your access to the API accordingly.Excerpt from Perplexity AI's Perplexity API Terms of Service
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision engages the FTC Act insofar as downstream consumer harm from inadequately monitored AI outputs could constitute unfair or deceptive practices attributable to the developer.
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This provision places meaningful operational and legal responsibility on developers for conduct they may not be able to fully monitor or prevent, creating a compliance chain that developers must actively manage through their own user agreements and enforcement mechanisms.
Developers whose API access is suspended due to end-user violations may experience service interruptions in their applications, indirectly affecting the end users of those products who rely on the Perplexity-powered features.
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