The policy establishes additional prohibitions specific to Runway's Characters and Game Worlds products, including prohibitions on characters modeled on minors' likeness or voice, content targeting users under 18, and AI characters designed to simulate professional medical, legal, financial, or therapeutic advice.
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The prohibition on characters targeting users under 18 engages COPPA obligations and platform-level duty-of-care frameworks applicable to AI products used by or designed to attract minors. The prohibition on AI characters simulating professional advice engages FTC guidance on AI-generated professional recommendations and state-level professional licensing frameworks.
Under this clause, users of the Characters and Game Worlds features are subject to additional content restrictions beyond the general policy, including prohibitions on creating child-targeted experiences and characters simulating licensed professional advice. These restrictions apply specifically to these products and are stated to be non-exhaustive.
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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 Usage Policy
(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: The prohibition on content targeting users under 18 engages COPPA (Children's Online Privacy Protection Act), enforced by the FTC, which imposes obligations on platforms and operators collecting data from or directing services …
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The prohibition on characters targeting users under 18 engages COPPA obligations and platform-level duty-of-care frameworks applicable to AI products used by or designed to attract minors. The prohibition on AI characters simulating professional advice engages FTC guidance on AI-generated professional recommendations and state-level professional licensing frameworks.
Under this clause, users of the Characters and Game Worlds features are subject to additional content restrictions beyond the general policy, including prohibitions on creating child-targeted experiences and characters simulating licensed professional advice. These restrictions apply specifically to these products and are stated to be non-exhaustive.
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