“Content depicting child abuse or minor participation in harmful or dangerous acts”
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The prohibition covers both direct depictions of child abuse and content showing minors in harmful or dangerous situations, which is a broad restriction on content involving minors.
Interpretive note: The excerpt does not define 'harmful or dangerous acts' or clarify whether fictional or animated depictions are included alongside realistic ones.
Users are prohibited from generating content that depicts child abuse or portrays minors participating in harmful or dangerous acts.
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post, transmit or otherwise disseminate any content that...is unlawful, harmful, harassing, fraudulent, threatening, abusive, libelous, defamatory, vulgar, obscene, hateful, violent, demeaning, intimidating, discriminatory...
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"Content depicting child abuse or minor participation in harmful or dangerous actsExcerpt from Runway's Content Policy
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The prohibition covers both direct depictions of child abuse and content showing minors in harmful or dangerous situations, which is a broad restriction on content involving minors.
Users are prohibited from generating content that depicts child abuse or portrays minors participating in harmful or dangerous acts.
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