”Prohibited Items" are items prohibited under the Terms of Use, Article 14, Item 28, No. 4.
In particular, they include items that contain the following live-action elements that violate public order and standards of decency.
They also include items with the following content that violate 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.
*The following are just examples, and may be subject to change in the future.
*Some items which do not contain such content may also be deemed Prohibited Items.
”Prohibited Items" are items that meet the following two conditions.
- Types of work (examples)
- Live action
- Photo-realistic work that could be mistaken for live action
- Works that cause concerns about whether their creation may have involved the victimization of living people or animals
- Work content (examples)
- 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 pixiv
Scope of applicable items and content
- Specified transactions (Requests)
- Items exchanged in financial transactions
- Content (profiles, icons, cover images, sets of terms, etc.) displayed to solicit or promote transactions on an account used for transactions.
Handling of violations
If we discover such items or content on our services, we may take the following actions.
- Cancel the request, or set it to private
- Deleting the items/content or setting them permanently to Private
- Account suspension
- Prohibition or limitation on the use of specified transactions
*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
*The content of this article, as well as the standards and actions regarding "Prohibited Items" and "Items Requiring Revision" apply from Thursday, December 15th, 2022, based on the updated Terms of Use, which goes into effect on that date.