Can an AI video story defame a real person?
12 of the 27 tools' texts name defamatory content. Each is listed below with its statement and field, then quoted. From 12 source pages, read 2026-09-25; no maker pays to be listed.
| Tool | What the text says | Field |
|---|---|---|
| Arcloop | Violent and terror-related content is listed as prohibited | Violence |
| Dreamina | Obscene and pornographic material is prohibited | Intimacy |
| Grok Imagine | Portraying a person defamatorily or in a false light is prohibited | Likeness |
| Hailuo AI | User content must not contain or promote violent material | Violence |
| HeyGen | Avatars displaying violent or threatening imagery are prohibited | Violence |
| Midjourney | Imagery of real people, famous or not, that could harass or harm is prohibited | Likeness |
| Moonvalley | Pornographic, lewd or suggestive content is prohibited | Intimacy |
| Pippit | Obscene and pornographic material is prohibited | Intimacy |
| SkyReels | Infringing user content is prohibited, with a notice procedure for IP claims | Brands |
| Story.com | Obscene material is prohibited in user content | Intimacy |
| Story.com | Using the service to impersonate or harm others is prohibited | Likeness |
| Synthesia | Inciting or threatening use towards a person or group is prohibited | Violence |
| Vidu | Infringing a person's portrait, reputation or privacy rights is prohibited | Likeness |
Inclusion rule. Tools in the register whose quoted policy text names defamatory content, or an unambiguous synonym. Order. Alphabetical by tool name.
1What this means for the scene
Defamation is a legal test rather than a style rule: a false statement of fact that harms a real person's reputation. These texts list defamatory content among things not to upload or generate, usually beside obscene or hateful material. Fiction about invented people is outside it; a dramatised claim about a real, identifiable person is the case it is written for. Parody has a page of its own here.
2The words themselves
upload or generate unlawful, obscene, pornographic, defamatory, hateful, violent, discriminatory, harassing, terror-related, or otherwise inappropriate content
Arcloop Terms of Use
any material or content which (i) is defamatory of any person, obscene, offensive, pornographic, hateful or inflammatory
Dreamina Terms of Service
Depicting a person in a defamatory manner or portraying them in a false light
SpaceXAI Acceptable Use Policy
Contain any material that is defamatory, obscene, indecent, abusive, offensive, harassing, violent, hateful, inflammatory, or otherwise objectionable.
Hailuo AI Terms of Service
Display illegal, defamatory, sexually explicit, pornographic, violent, threatening, abusive, inflammatory, harmful, hateful, cruel, insensitive, or deceptive imagery
HeyGen Moderation Policy
Do not create or use imagery of real people, famous or otherwise, that could be used to harass, abuse, defame, or otherwise harm.
Midjourney Community Guidelines
Is unlawful, libelous, defamatory, obscene, pornographic, indecent, lewd, suggestive
Moonvalley Prohibited Use Policy
any material or content which (i) is defamatory of any person, obscene, offensive, pornographic, hateful or inflammatory
Pippit (CapCut) Terms of Service
- Prohibited conductViolent and terror-related content is listed as prohibited
- Acceptable useObscene and pornographic material is prohibited
- Causing harmPortraying a person defamatorily or in a false light is prohibited
- Content standardsUser content must not contain or promote violent material
- Section 2Avatars displaying violent or threatening imagery are prohibitedAvatars
- RulesImagery of real people, famous or not, that could harass or harm is prohibited
- Prohibited contentPornographic, lewd or suggestive content is prohibited
- Acceptable useObscene and pornographic material is prohibited
- Section 3(e) and IP notice procedureInfringing user content is prohibited, with a notice procedure for IP claims
- Prohibited user contentObscene material is prohibited in user content
- Acceptable useUsing the service to impersonate or harm others is prohibited
- Categories of prohibitionsInciting or threatening use towards a person or group is prohibited
- Prohibited contentInfringing a person's portrait, reputation or privacy rights is prohibited
3Who addresses the field without naming it
On violence and gore, the texts of Adobe Firefly, Character App, Google Flow, Higgsfield, invideo, Kling AI, Krea, OpenArt and 5 more say something, but not about defamatory content (13 tools). Silent on the field altogether: LTX Studio and Luma AI.
4What one generator puts on screen
Policy wording in “Can an AI video story defame a real person” meets production here; SceneMixer's pages describe its side like this:
That is what the ad does: a generated person uses it in a real place.
SceneMixer, An AI Ad for a Physical Product — “Can I show it being used?” (read 2026-10-13)
The new name is written everywhere the old one stood: storyboard lines, episode titles and summaries, the scene lists and already-parsed dialogue.
SceneMixer, Reusing a Character, Scene or Voice Across Projects — “What happens to the old name in the storyboard?” (read 2026-10-13)