AI Video Rated

What each video generator's own policy lets you put on screen

Prohibited use policy: rules written as a list of don'ts

A prohibited use policy states rules only in the negative: categories of content and conduct the vendor does not allow. Below, Adobe Firefly, Google Flow, Higgsfield and invideo show how the wording varies. From 7 source pages, read 2026-09-25; no maker pays to be listed.

Prohibited use policy, as the policies use itA prohibited use policy states rules only in the negative: categories of content and conduct the vendor does not allow. It rarely says what is allowed, which is why silence in such a document is recorded here as not stated rather than as permission. Tools quoted: Adobe Firefly, Google Flow, Higgsfield, invideo, Moonvalley, PixVerse and SceneMixer.TermProhibited use policyA prohibited use policy states rules only in the negative:categories of content and conduct the vendor does not allow.Quoted fromAdobe Firefly, Google Flow, Higgsfield, invideo, Moonvalley andmoreRead2026-09-25
Fig. 1 The definition is this file's; the wording in the table is each vendor's.

A prohibited use policy states rules only in the negative: categories of content and conduct the vendor does not allow. It rarely says what is allowed, which is why silence in such a document is recorded here as not stated rather than as permission.

Google's company-wide Generative AI Prohibited Use Policy and Moonvalley's policy of the same name are the two documents in this register titled that way; several others use the verb prohibit throughout their terms.

1How vendors word it

How the term “prohibited use policy” appears in quoted policy text, read 2026-09-25.
ToolWhat the text saysField
Adobe FireflyContent violating privacy or publicity rights is prohibitedLikeness
Google FlowViolence and incitement of violence are prohibited usesViolence
HiggsfieldNon-consensual intimate imagery is prohibited, with a removal routeIntimacy
invideoSexualising or depicting minors in any sexual context is prohibited, AI depictions includedMinors
MoonvalleyProhibited Use Policy: at least 13, with parental consent under 18Age
PixVerseSanctions run from a warning to a permanent banEnforcement
SceneMixerDeepfakes of real people need documented consentLikeness

Inclusion rule. Tools in the register whose quoted text uses the term or a direct equivalent; one statement per tool. Order. Alphabetical by tool name.

create, upload, or share content that violates third-party copyright, trademark, privacy, publicity, or other rights is prohibited

Adobe Generative AI User Guidelines

Violence or the incitement of violence.

Google Generative AI Prohibited Use Policy

Company prohibits non-consensual intimate imagery ("NCII").

Higgsfield Terms of Use Agreement
  • Section 2
    Content violating privacy or publicity rights is prohibitedRights of othersAdobe Generative AI User Guidelines / since 2026-05-15 / checked 2026-09-25
  • Sexually explicit
    Violence and incitement of violence are prohibited usesviolent, hateful or harmful activitiesGoogle Generative AI Prohibited Use Policy / since 2024-12-17 / checked 2026-09-25
  • Section 6.5
    Non-consensual intimate imagery is prohibited, with a removal routeNon-consensual intimate imageryHiggsfield Terms of Use Agreement / recorded 2026-09-25
  • Clause 2.7
    Sexualising or depicting minors in any sexual context is prohibited, AI depictions includedinvideo Usage Policy / since 2026-07-08 / checked 2026-09-25
  • Eligibility
    Prohibited Use Policy: at least 13, with parental consent under 18conflicting official statementMoonvalley Prohibited Use Policy / recorded 2026-09-25
  • Consequences for violations
    Sanctions run from a warning to a permanent banPixVerse Community Guidelines / recorded 2026-09-25
  • Section 04
    Deepfakes of real people need documented consentAcceptable useSceneMixer Terms of Service / since 2026-08-08 / checked 2026-09-25

2Related terms