For Runway's Characters and Game Worlds products, the policy prohibits characters based on the face or voice of individuals under 18, characters or games designed to engage minors, and characters or games intended to provide professional advisory content including medical, legal, financial, or therapeutic guidance.
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These product-specific prohibitions engage COPPA's restrictions on content and data collection directed at children under 13, and extend further to cover all minors under 18 in the context of likeness use; the prohibition on simulated professional advisory content may also engage sector-specific regulations in healthcare, legal, and financial services.
Interpretive note: The prohibition on content 'intended to engage users under the age of 18' does not define the threshold for intent determination, creating interpretive uncertainty for products that may be used by mixed-age audiences.
Under these product-specific provisions, users of Runway's Characters and Game Worlds tools are prohibited from creating characters or experiences targeting minors or simulating professional advisory roles; these restrictions apply in addition to the general usage policy prohibitions.
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Compare across platforms →"Characters based on the face or voice of a person under the age of 18. Characters or games that are intended to engage users under the age of 18, including narrative elements or visual styles intended for children Characters or games that are intended to provide medical, legal, or financial advice or mimic professional therapeutic or counseling interventions.Excerpt from Runway's Content Policy
(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: The prohibition on characters targeting users under 18 engages COPPA (Children's Online Privacy Protection Act) for users under 13, administered by the FTC; state-level children's online safety laws (including California's Age-Appropriate Design …
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These product-specific prohibitions engage COPPA's restrictions on content and data collection directed at children under 13, and extend further to cover all minors under 18 in the context of likeness use; the prohibition on simulated professional advisory content may also engage sector-specific regulations in healthcare, legal, and financial services.
Under these product-specific provisions, users of Runway's Characters and Game Worlds tools are prohibited from creating characters or experiences targeting minors or simulating professional advisory roles; these restrictions apply in addition to the general usage policy prohibitions.
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