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The restriction extends the adult services prohibition explicitly to AI-generated content, closing a potential gap for digitally produced material.
Interpretive note: The phrase 'the above criteria' requires reference to the broader restricted businesses list to identify exactly which criteria apply; the excerpt alone does not restate them. The primary proposition is the extension of the adult content prohibition to AI-generated content.
Platforms producing or selling AI-generated adult content cannot use Stripe, regardless of whether a human performed the underlying act.
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We don't allow Content that includes negative comments about identifiable individuals outside of this group.
Political content, including for dissemination in electoral campaigns.
Content that promotes cruelty or gratuitous violence towards animals
"Any artificial-intelligence generated content that meets the above criteriaExcerpt from Stripe's Restricted Businesses List
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The restriction extends the adult services prohibition explicitly to AI-generated content, closing a potential gap for digitally produced material.
Platforms producing or selling AI-generated adult content cannot use Stripe, regardless of whether a human performed the underlying act.
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