Community Guidelines

Last updated: July 12, 2025

Image Content Restrictions

To ensure platform safety and compliance, uploading the following types of image content is strictly prohibited:

  • Images containing violence, gore, or horror elements
  • Pornographic, nude, or sexually suggestive content
  • Inappropriate content involving minors
  • Hate speech, discriminatory, or inflammatory content
  • Images that violate others' privacy or portrait rights
  • Content related to illegal activities
  • False information or misleading content

AI-Specific Prohibited Content

The following uses of our AI image editing services are strictly prohibited and will result in immediate account termination:

  • Non-Consensual Intimate Imagery (NCII): Creating nude, undressed, or sexually explicit images of any real person without their explicit consent, including "deepnude" or "undressing" manipulations
  • Deepfakes: Realistic fake media depicting real individuals in fabricated scenarios, particularly for deception, harassment, defamation, or non-consensual purposes
  • Document Forgery: Creating or modifying government IDs, passports, licenses, certificates, diplomas, financial documents, or any official documentation
  • Child Exploitation: Any content that sexualizes minors in any form (zero tolerance - immediately reported to authorities)
  • Identity Theft: Creating content to impersonate real individuals for fraud, phishing, scams, or unauthorized purposes
  • Disinformation: Generating realistic fake images intended to spread false information, manipulate public opinion, or deceive

Portrait Rights & Consent Requirements

When uploading images containing identifiable individuals, you must:

  • Have explicit consent from all identifiable individuals for AI processing
  • Be the person depicted, OR have legal authorization to submit on their behalf
  • Ensure the intended use complies with portrait rights and privacy laws in your jurisdiction
  • Not create content intended to harass, embarrass, or cause distress

Important: Uploading images of others without consent for harmful purposes may violate laws in many jurisdictions and could result in civil or criminal liability for you.

Text Content Guidelines

When using AI editing features, please ensure your text prompts meet the following requirements:

  • Must not contain violent, threatening, or intimidating language
  • Must not contain pornographic, obscene, or sexual descriptions
  • Must not contain racial discrimination, gender discrimination, or other forms of discriminatory speech
  • Must not attempt to generate illegal, harmful, or inappropriate content
  • Must not contain insulting, defamatory, or malicious attacks on others

Content Moderation Mechanism

Smart Filtering

Our system automatically detects and blocks violating content.

Friendly Reminder

Warnings and guidance are provided for attempted violations.

Contact Us

If you have any questions about our community guidelines or need related assistance, please contact us:

Enforcement & Legal Reporting

We take policy violations seriously and employ the following enforcement measures:

  • Automated Detection: AI-powered content moderation screens uploads and generations in real-time
  • Immediate Action: Policy violations result in content blocking and potential account suspension
  • Law Enforcement Cooperation: We report suspected illegal activity (especially CSAM and NCII) to relevant authorities
  • Evidence Preservation: We retain logs and content as required for legal investigations

Warning: Creating NCII, CSAM, or forged documents using AI tools may constitute criminal offenses in many jurisdictions, including but not limited to the UK Online Safety Act, US DEEPFAKES Accountability Act, and EU AI Act.

Disclaimer

photodot.ai uses artificial intelligence technology for content moderation, and the system automatically identifies and refuses to process violating content. We are committed to providing users with safe and compliant AI image editing services.

Users are fully responsible for all content they upload and generate. Please ensure your use complies with relevant laws and regulations.

We reserve the right to modify these guidelines at any time. Modified principles will be published on the website, and continued use of the service indicates acceptance of the modified principles.

Thank you for following our community guidelines and working together to maintain a safe and positive creative environment!