✅ Consent & Responsible Use
Required reading. The freedom to create mature content with these models comes with hard, non-negotiable boundaries. Ignore them and you cause real harm to real people, and you risk serious legal consequences.
Do not create, request, or distribute:
- Any sexual content depicting minors, or anyone made to appear underage. This is CSAM. It is a serious crime no matter how you produced it.
- Sexual or intimate depictions of a real, identifiable person without their explicit consent (non-consensual intimate imagery / deepfakes).
- Content intended to harass, defame, blackmail, or impersonate someone.
Why platforms cracked down
Grok Imagine's censorship, Seedance's face-verification gate, and Kling's filters all trace back to the same cause: AI video made non-consensual sexual deepfakes trivial to produce, and it harmed people, including minors and women who never agreed to it. Regulators responded (e.g. the EU, California, and several Asian jurisdictions now have explicit synthetic-media laws; courts have issued injunctions). This wiki helps you create within those bright lines, not route around them.
The consent standard for real people
If a generation depicts (or references the likeness of) a real adult, you need consent that is:
| Principle | What it means in practice |
|---|---|
| Explicit | Clearly stated, not assumed from a relationship, a public photo, or silence. |
| Informed | They know specifically what will be made (mature/sexual content), with which model, and where it might go. |
| Specific | Consent to one thing isn't consent to everything. Scope it. |
| Documented | Keep a written record (e.g. a signed consent/release) with date and scope. |
| Ongoing & revocable | They can withdraw consent at any time; honor it and stop/delete. |
| Adult | Verify the person is an adult. If there's any doubt, do not proceed. |
Self-hosting doesn't remove responsibility
Running Wan locally with no filters removes the safety net, which makes your judgment the only safeguard. Open weights and an Apache license grant technical and copyright freedom; they do not grant permission to depict real people without consent or to create illegal content. The law applies to the output no matter where you generate it.
Good-practice checklist
- ☐ Everyone depicted is a consenting adult.
- ☐ For real likenesses: documented, specific, informed consent on file.
- ☐ No public figures or named real people without authorization.
- ☐ Sensitive source images kept private (prefer self-hosting; check provider retention terms).
- ☐ Output isn't used to harass, deceive, or defame.
- ☐ You comply with the platform's terms and the laws of your jurisdiction.
- ☐ If unsure whether something crosses a line, don't.
If you or someone else is harmed
If you discover non-consensual intimate imagery of yourself or someone you know, most platforms have urgent reporting channels, and organizations such as StopNCII.org help with takedowns. Report content involving minors to the relevant authorities (e.g. NCMEC in the US) at once.
This page is practical guidance, not legal advice. Laws vary and change fast. When in doubt, consult a qualified lawyer in your jurisdiction before publishing.