Reading a content policy before writing a script

A content policy is written for the vendor's moderators and lawyers, not for a writer, so the sentence that matters for a scene is rarely the first one. Start with the list of prohibited categories and find the noun that matches the scene: gore, nudity, minors, real people. From 6 source pages, read 2026-09-25; no maker pays to be listed.

A content policy is written for the vendor's moderators and lawyers, not for a writer, so the sentence that matters for a scene is rarely the first one. Start with the list of prohibited categories and find the noun that matches the scene: gore, nudity, minors, real people. Then read the verb in front of it. Depict, promote, glorify and facilitate describe very different things, and a policy that bars promoting violence has said less about a fight than one that bars depicting it.

Next, look for definitions. A few texts define their terms by example, and a definition turns a vague category into a checklist. Last, read the enforcement clause, because it tells you what a mistake costs.

Throughout, keep silence separate from permission. A text that does not mention violence has not allowed it.

1Examples from the register

Glorify graphic violence or gore

Adobe Generative AI User Guidelines

Graphic or gratuitous violence — gore, torture, mutilation, realistic depictions of real-world atrocities.

Character App Content Policy

Facilitates violent extremism or terrorism.

Google Generative AI Prohibited Use Policy

Critically harming or promoting critically harming human life (yours or anyone else's), including pro-terrorist activities

SpaceXAI Acceptable Use Policy

• Section 1
  Glorifying graphic violence or gore is prohibitedBe respectful and safeAdobe Generative AI User Guidelines / since 2026-05-15 / checked 2026-09-25
• Section 3
  Graphic or gratuitous violence, gore and torture are prohibitedCase-by-case enforcementCharacter App Content Policy / since 2026-05-03 / checked 2026-09-25
• Dangerous or illegal activities
  Facilitating violent extremism or terrorism is prohibitedGoogle Generative AI Prohibited Use Policy / since 2024-12-17 / checked 2026-09-25
• Causing harm
  Critically harming or promoting harm to human life is prohibited, pro-terrorist activity includedSpaceXAI Acceptable Use Policy / since 2026-08-14 / checked 2026-09-25
• Content standards
  Sexually explicit or pornographic material is prohibitedHailuo AI Terms of Service / recorded 2026-09-25
• Restricted goods and services
  Promotion of weapons, alcohol and online gambling is restrictedHeyGen Moderation Policy / recorded 2026-09-25

2The making side of the policy

Policy wording in “Reading a content policy before writing a script” meets production here; SceneMixer's pages describe its side like this:

Doubao Seed 2.1 Pro is the family’s full-size tier at 100% of the base text rate, twice the default. Same three jobs — reading, writing, storyboards — with more headroom on long, crowded episodes: it holds the storyboard’s strict format more reliably and keeps track of many characters and locations in one pass.

SceneMixer, Doubao Seed 2.1 Pro (read 2026-10-13)

SceneMixer turns a novel into a watchable short-drama series in one pipeline: upload the novel (Chinese or English) → AI extracts characters, scenes, and an episode-by-episode structure → generates consistent character and scene art → writes storyboard scripts → renders video segment by segment (16:9 by default, 9:16 in one setting) → composites full episodes.

SceneMixer, Turn a Novel into a Video Series with AI (read 2026-10-13)

3Keep reading

• Policy dates and changes
• Where the red lines live in a vendor's documents

The primer is about reading what vendors wrote. It is not advice about what any law requires.