Self-image-only
The uploader must be the person depicted. This is the strictest common rule and the easiest to verify: if the person in the photo is not you, the service is not for that use. It effectively removes the non-consent risk by construction.
Consented-subject
The uploader must hold permission from the person depicted, typically documented. In practice enforcement relies on the uploader being honest, so the duty sits with you. Keep the permission, and be ready to show it.
Text-only / fictional characters
No photographic input, so the consent question shifts to likeness. Generating a synthetic likeness of a real, identifiable person without permission remains harmful and is prohibited by most platforms and by the laws of many jurisdictions.
Absolute prohibitions in every model
- Any person under 18, real or synthetic, in a sexual context.
- Any non-consensual sexual imagery of a real person.
- Any attempt to circumvent age or consent verification.
Reading a policy quickly
Find the input rule, the retention rule and the deletion rule. Three sentences tell you whether a product's consent model matches the way you intend to use it. If a service does not state its input rule plainly, treat that as an answer.