Important Notice: This site will cease the distribution of sexual content. For more details, click here.
Please refer to the Japanese page for detailed information.
This site has been delivering sexual content until now, but we have decided to change that policy. We aim to provide a safer and more comfortable online experience for everyone, and thus, we have decided to suspend the delivery of sexual content. We sincerely hope for your continued patronage of our site.
Please note that the content to be removed due to this policy change includes sexual and grotesque expressions, excluding all ages.
Additionally, mild sexual expressions suspected of violations will also be subject to regulation.
Various factors have influenced the decision to suspend the delivery of sexual content, with legal regulations and ethical considerations being the primary factors.
Regulation by Article 175 of the Penal Code aims to uphold sexual order and maintain minimal sexual morality, as well as to maintain order related to sexual activities and healthy customs. This underscores the social responsibility for the appropriate management and delivery of sexual content.
This site has featured many AI-generated child sexual images (CSAM), which have become accessible to an indefinite number of people. In Japan, CSAM generated by AI is not subject to the regulations of the Child Pornography Prohibition Act, but overseas, expressions unrelated to actual children are also regulated. In addition to legal regulations, we are fully aware of ethical responsibilities, recognizing that providing content that may exceed the scope of the Child Pornography Prohibition Act is socially and ethically unacceptable.
We have followed the same policy as major domestic illustration posting sites in regulating realistic CSAM, but unlike major services, we have had limited human resources for moderation.
Moreover, due to the nature of AI-generated images, it has been difficult to determine the age of subjects, making regulation decisions challenging.
While we provide services for the AI-generated community, concerns have been raised within the community that the continued delivery of CSAM by our site could have a negative impact.
We have set up reporting forms on each page of this site and have been working on moderating sexual content with the cooperation of users. However, this work has required enormous costs and efforts, and the possibility of oversight or violations could not be denied.
By uniformly regulating sexual content, the cost of moderation will be significantly reduced. While manual judgment was previously required for regulation decisions, by uniformly regulating sexual content, we can utilize automated technologies such as image recognition to reduce human costs.
We have determined that it would be financially challenging to continue delivering sexual content as we move forward with the development of new services such as videos and audio content.
To improve this situation and prevent the distribution of inappropriate content, we have decided it is necessary to strengthen our previous measures and suspend the delivery of sexual content, including CSAM.
We understand that the deletion of works is regrettable as this site is built by user contributions. We do not deny sexual content and respect freedom of expression. Some may suggest that deleting only illegal images or CSAM would be sufficient, but we hope you understand that this decision is essential for the maintenance of our service.
Going forward, we will implement enhanced monitoring and measures to eradicate inappropriate content such as CSAM. We will strive for early detection and removal of violating content and prevent the spread of inappropriate content through the strengthening of AI technology and moderation.
We will sincerely address feedback and requests from users and work to improve our service. By incorporating user feedback, we aim to create a site that is more user-friendly and safe to use.
Published: April 24, 2024
Updated: April 25, 2024