*The following content is effective as of December 15th, 2022. Please check pixiv Guidelines for details before December 15th.
pixiv Inc. (hereinafter "the Company") recognizes that pixivFANBOX has a responsibility to society, so in order to safely and smoothly operate our service, we have set forth the following guidelines for pixivFANBOX.
These Guidelines give a practical explanation of data and post content prohibited under the pixiv Inc. Service Master Terms of Use Article 14, and the pixivFANBOX Terms of Use Article 7, in order to ensure that all our users have a safe, comfortable experience using our service.
However, these Guidelines are set forth by the Company, and may be subject to change at the Company's discretion, depending on changes in societal environments or expectations. Items not specifically detailed in these Guidelines will be handled according to pixiv Inc.'s Service Master Terms of Use. Thank you for your understanding.
About setting post content to Private and suspension of creator accounts
The Company will assess the content posted by users to pixivFANBOX, including supplementary information (cover photos, profiles, plans, post content, tags, etc.) to determine whether the creator page needs to be set to R-18, or whether the content is prohibited under the Terms of Use (hereinafter "prohibited content"). If the content is deemed to be prohibited, the Company may take measures such as forcefully hiding the content so that it cannot be browsed by other pixivFANBOX users. The Company may render judgments on prohibited content at any time, not only when the content is initially posted. In addition, the following malicious actions are prohibited, and users who engage in such actions may have their Creator accounts suspended. We cannot respond to inquiries regarding judgments on prohibited content, or the reasons for those judgments. Thank you for your understanding.
Prohibited Actions
Users on pixivFANBOX are prohibited from the following actions, as well as other actions that are deemed inappropriate by the Company.
- Posting content that includes the following
- Exposed genitalia*
- Depictions of foreign objects in contact with exposed genitalia*
- Slander, threats, or other content aimed at causing economic or psychological harm
- Excessively distorted sexual content
- Content depicting grotesque or gratuitous violence
- Content advocating excessively extreme views
- Content glorifying or excessively promoting anti-social behavior
- Content that is unfairly discriminatory on the basis of race, creed, occupation, sex, religion, or other categories
- Content that promotes cult religious activities or excessive political activities
- Content containing scenes of extreme or excessive cruelty, or content encouraging such behavior
- Content depicting sexual acts involving minors
- Repeatedly posting content in violation of the Terms of Use, or posting large volumes of such content
- Posting comments containing, slander, threats, or other elements aimed at causing economic or psychological harm
- Posting comments for the purpose of inappropriate advertising or solicitation
- Posting user IDs, content, etc. from this service or another site for the purpose of slander
- Using a web crawler or other program to aggregate content
- Engaging in actions that put an excessive burden on the server
* Content that has been censored (via mosaic, etc.) may be deemed socially acceptable.
About AI-generated content
On pixivFANBOX, we judge whether or not given content counts as “AI-generated content” based on the definition set forth in the pixivFANBOX Individual Terms of Use Article 7, Item 2, No. 9, as shown below.pixivFANBOX prohibits the posting of such content, or the posting of links designed to lure readers to external sites promoting such content.
Regarding items prohibited by the pixivFANBOX Individual Terms of Use, Guidelines, and Help articles, when such content is detected, the Company, at its own discretion, may take measures such as making the content private, or suspending or deleting Creator accounts.
What is AI-generated content?
On pixivFANBOX, AI-generated content is defined for practical purposes as content that is deemed by the Company to fall under the conditions below.
- "AI-generated content" is content in which all or most of the production process was carried out by AI (artificial intelligence) or similar technology, and also content that was produced by AI and then lightly edited or revised.
This definition may be subject to change at the discretion of the Company.
For details on AI-generated content, please check the Help pages.
About Age Restrictions
If users wish to post content to pixivFANBOX that falls under the following conditions, they are required to turn on "Posting R-18 contents" on their Creator page.
- Content inappropriate for viewers under 18 years of age
- Sexual content, content depicting sexual acts, genital content or penetration, or content designed to depict sexual intercourse
- Excessive or grotesque violence, or content with a high possibility of promoting such violence
"Prohibited Items" and "Items Requiring Revision"
pixivFANBOX defines "Prohibited Items" and "Items Requiring Revision" according to the following standards, as set forth in pixiv Inc.'s Service Master Terms of Use, Article 14, Item 28. Posting content that falls under "Prohibited Items" or "Items Requiring Revision" may result in the content being forcefully hidden, a request for revision being issued, and/or the suspension of your Creator account.
Prohibited Items
Posts that violate public order and decency due to including the following type of live-action content. Also, posts with the following content that violates public order and standards of decency due to being so highly realistic as to create concerns about whether their creation may have involved the victimization of living people.
”Prohibited Items" are items that meet the following two conditions.
1.Examples of types of posts
- Live action
- Photo-realistic work that could be mistaken for live action
- Posts that cause concerns about whether their creation may have involved the victimization of living people or animals
2. Examples of post content
- Sexual exploitation or sexual abuse of a minor (*1)
- Incest
- Bestiality
- Rape (or any other non-consensual sexual behavior)
- Non-consensual mutilation of a person or body part
- Excessive exposure
- Content strongly evocative of genitalia or sexual intercourse
- Any other content deemed inappropriate by the Company
Items Requiring Revision
This includes posts that are not live-action or highly realistic, but whose content or accompanying data (titles, tags, post captions, or other item descriptions) have been deemed to require revision.
Items requiring revision will be judged holistically based on work content and accompanying data.
1.Examples of accompanying data
- Titles
- Tags
- Post captions
- Other descriptions
2.Examples of post content
- Sexual exploitation or sexual abuse of a minor (*1)
- Incest
- Bestiality
- Rape (or any other non-consensual sexual behavior)
- Non-consensual mutilation of a person or body part
- Any other content deemed inappropriate by the Company
About Censorship (mosaics)
Genitalia, genital contact, and areas reminiscent of such, as well as grotesque content depicting mutilation, amputation, or similar, must be censored appropriately. We've posted a list of our censorship standards below, so please refer to this list when censoring your post. However, as previously stated, content that falls under "Prohibited Items" may not be posted to pixivFANBOX, regardless of censorship.
(1) How to censor your work (mosaics)
- Make sure the details are visually unclear
- Apply the censorship on the same layer as the artwork, so that it is not possible to reverse using software
- Select an area that includes the outlines
- Censorship is not considered valid if the details of the area are still clearly visible due to low opacity
- Give the mosaic high opacity, as detailed below
- The minimum mosaic size is four pixels square. If the long side of the image is more than 400 pixels, calculate a mosaic size that is the square of 1/100th pixels of the long side of the entire image.
- Areas requiring censorship should be entirely censored from the coloring stage, but partial censorship may be acceptable if it prevents the areas from being clearly visible
- Areas censored using whiteout or other censorship techniques must censor the sensitive areas completely, but partial censorship may be acceptable if it prevents the areas from being clearly visible
(2) Examples of areas requiring censorship (mosaic)
- Genitalia or areas reminiscent of genitalia
- Genitalia in contact with each other and/or acts of penetration
- Genitalia in contact with the anus and/or acts of penetration
- Amputation or other gruesome content depicted in excessive detail
*1 "Minor" is defined based on the definition set forth in the Act on Regulation and Punishment of Acts Relating to Child Prostitution and Child Pornography, and the Protection of Children.
Effective as of December 15th, 2022