Can an AI video story show self-harm?
11 of the 27 tools' texts name self-harm or suicide. Each is listed below with its statement and field, then quoted. From 11 source pages, read 2026-09-25; no maker pays to be listed.
| Tool | What the text says | Field |
|---|---|---|
| Adobe Firefly | Promoting self-harm is prohibited | Violence |
| Character App | Self-harm content that promotes or instructs is prohibited | Violence |
| Dreamina | Content encouraging dangerous activities or self-harm is prohibited | Violence |
| Google Flow | Facilitating self-harm is prohibited | Violence |
| HeyGen | Content displaying or promoting suicide or self-harm is non-permissible | Violence |
| Higgsfield | Content glorifying or instructing suicide, self-harm or disordered eating is prohibited | Violence |
| Kling AI | Material encouraging dangerous activities or self-harm is prohibited | Violence |
| Moonvalley | Self-harm, including eating disorders and suicidal behaviour, is prohibited | Violence |
| Pippit | Content encouraging dangerous activities or self-harm is prohibited | Violence |
| Runway | Content promoting self-harm, disordered eating included, is prohibited | Violence |
| Topview | Content promoting suicide or self-harm is prohibited | Violence |
Inclusion rule. Tools in the register whose quoted policy text names self-harm or suicide, or an unambiguous synonym. Order. Alphabetical by tool name.
1What this means for the scene
Self-harm is one of the most consistently named categories, usually with the words promote, encourage or instruct. A storyline that treats it without showing method is outside the literal wording of most of these texts; a depiction of the act is not.
2The words themselves
Promote self-harm
Adobe Generative AI User Guidelines
Self-harm content that promotes, glorifies, or provides instructions for suicide or self-injury
Character App Content Policy
would constitute, encourage or provide instructions for a criminal offence, dangerous activities or self-harm
Dreamina Terms of Service
Facilitates self-harm.
Google Generative AI Prohibited Use Policy
Content that displays or promotes suicide, self
HeyGen Moderation Policy
promotes, encourages, glorifies, or provides instructions for suicide, self-harm, or disordered eating
Higgsfield Terms of Use Agreement
any material that would constitute, encourage or provide instructions for a criminal offence, dangerous activities or self-harm
Kling AI Terms of Service
self-harm, including eating disorders and suicidal behaviors
Moonvalley Prohibited Use Policy
- Section 1Promoting self-harm is prohibitedBe respectful and safe
- Section 3Self-harm content that promotes or instructs is prohibitedCase-by-case enforcement
- Acceptable useContent encouraging dangerous activities or self-harm is prohibited
- Dangerous or illegal activitiesFacilitating self-harm is prohibited
- Suicide and self harmContent displaying or promoting suicide or self-harm is non-permissible
- Section 5Content glorifying or instructing suicide, self-harm or disordered eating is prohibitedUser conduct
- Section 3Material encouraging dangerous activities or self-harm is prohibitedRestrictions (r)
- Prohibited contentSelf-harm, including eating disorders and suicidal behaviour, is prohibited
- Acceptable useContent encouraging dangerous activities or self-harm is prohibited
- Hateful conduct and harassmentContent promoting self-harm, disordered eating included, is prohibited
- Prohibited contentContent promoting suicide or self-harm is prohibitedself-harm
3Who addresses the field without naming it
14 tools address violence and gore without naming self-harm or suicide: Arcloop, Grok Imagine, Hailuo AI, invideo, Krea, Midjourney, OpenArt, Pika and 6 more. Silent on the field altogether: LTX Studio and Luma AI.
4What one generator puts on screen
Policy wording in “Can an AI video story show self-harm” meets production here; SceneMixer's pages describe its side like this:
Every character, scene and prop card can carry a short list of the other names your script uses for the same thing.
SceneMixer, Also Called: Nicknames, Old Names, and How the Storyboard Knows Who Is Who (read 2026-10-13)
Scene order, dialogue and beats follow the script; what the pipeline adds is coverage — which shot sizes, who is in frame, how long each shot holds.
SceneMixer, Script to Video, End to End — “How faithful is the shot list to my script?” (read 2026-10-13)