Adobe Transparency Center
Harmful Content: Regulated Goods and Services
Policy goal
The goal of this policy is to encourage safety and deter potentially harmful activities by not allowing the sale of regulated goods or services and limiting the promotion of regulated goods and services on Adobe communities and forums. The promotion of goods and services is permitted to varying degrees depending on the extent of regulatory and legal requirements and possible sensitivities for users (primarily linked to age).
What is in violation
Adobe does not generally allow the sale of goods or services on Adobe’s community platforms or forums. The promotion of some types of goods and services is allowed, provided the products are available for sale off our platform, are age-appropriate (based on the service’s primary audience and the service’s visibility setting options), and are subject to regulatory and legal requirements. Additionally, several jurisdictions have implemented laws about the sale, promotion, and/or transfer of certain goods and services.
Category 1
(Most permissive category)
Private storage and semi-private sharing
(1:1 sharing with consent)
Category 2
Minimum age of target audience: 18+
Visibility control options
Mature Content Wall, Safe Search, and Privacy Wall features available
Promotion of legal goods and services for 18+ are permitted.
Not permitted:
No sale or transfer of any goods or services.
Content not permitted in Category 1 (see above)
Exceptions apply.
Category 3
Minimum age of target audience: 13–17
Public sharing
No privacy features or visibility controls available
Category 4
Minimum age of target audience: K–12
(Least permissive category)
Policy definitions
Illegal
Highly addictive and illegal substances that affect how the brain works and cause changes in mood, awareness, thoughts, feelings, or behavior.
The nonmedical use of pharmaceutical drugs, whether obtained by prescription or otherwise, other than in the manner, for the reasons, or for the time period prescribed, or by a person for whom the drug was not prescribed. For example:
- Stimulants
- Depressants
- Opium-related painkillers
- Hallucinogens