Content Policy

Hugging Face · agreement dated April 10, 2025 · Official agreement

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Content Policy 🤗

🗓 Effective Date: April 10, 2025

At Hugging Face, we are dedicated to helping the entire AI Community work together to advance Open, Collaborative, and Responsible Machine Learning. We value these relationships and aim to maintain an environment where people feel welcome and supported and get the most out of their contributions and experiences.

We created the following Content Policy to outline our actions to protect our Community on our Platform and to provide important information about the Content we authorize to be posted on our Platform.

This Policy is incorporated into our Terms of Service, which is a binding agreement between you and us. You should carefully review all of our other guidelines, policies, and documents available on our Website, including our [Terms of Service](https://huggingface.co/terms-of-service) and [Privacy Policy](https://huggingface.co/privacy). Also, read the Hugging Face [Code of Conduct,](https://huggingface.co/code-of-conduct) which gives a general overview and states our standards and how we wish the community would behave.

By accessing or using our Platform, you consent to all of this Policy and our other policies and terms.

So, if you do not agree with any of those, please do not access or use our Platform. We may change or update this Policy from time to time. Changes will be effective 10 days following posting the updated Policy on the Website. If you continue using our Platform 10 days following such posting, that means you accept those changes.

📚 Key definitions

Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meaning assigned in our [Terms of Service](https://huggingface.co/terms-of-service), [Privacy Policy](https://huggingface.co/privacy), and all other policies available on our Website.

“Content” refers to any material posted, displayed, or accessed on our Website or Hub, including but not limited to code, data, text, graphics, images, username, applications, or software you, we, or any third party provide or make available.

Content types may include:

“Community” refers to all Users of the Hugging Face Platform, including Hugging Face personnel.

“Community Tab” refers to a collaborative feature where the Community can discuss specific Repositories, including providing feedback, brainstorming ideas and opening pull requests for improvements.

“Hugging Face” refers to Hugging Face Inc., which may perform its obligations through its affiliates, directors, subsidiaries, contractors, licensors, officers, agents, and/or employees.

“Platform”, “Hugging Face Hub”, or “Hub” refers to the hosting platform available at huggingface.co where Users can build, benchmark, share, version, and deploy Repositories, which may include Models, Datasets, and Machine Learning Applications.

“Repository” refers to a data structure that contains all of the project files and the entire revision history.

A Repository may be:

“Repository tag” refers to a way to associate and present metadata of any kind related to a repository.

“Team” or “Hugging Face Team” refers to Hugging Face personnel.

🙅‍♀️ Restricted Content

Restricted Content includes clear violations of our Content Policy or applicable laws, and is subject to immediate action.

If you see Content that violates this Policy, report it. It will be directly addressed by the Hugging Face Team on a case-by-case basis.

Restricted Content may include:

While the categories of Restricted Content above provide a clear framework, we may also moderate other types of Content in response to evolving challenges posed by advancements in Machine Learning. As we assess such Content, we hold consent as a core value, ensuring our approach remains thoughtful, adaptive, and respectful of individual and community rights.

Users see the same public content on the Hub without personalized recommendations. Trending content is influenced by the number of likes in the past few days. Posts and updates appear from accounts users actively follow, displayed in strict chronological order without ranking or algorithmic curation.

🕵️ How you can report Content

If you encounter Content on our Platform that you believe violates this Policy, you can report it to us through the following channels:

In-Platform Reporting: Click the button and select the "Report" option. This will:

Email: Send a report to safety@huggingface.co

Please note that reports are Community Content and are themselves subject to this Policy. Abusive uses of the flagging feature, including but not limited to spamming or harassment, will not be tolerated.

In addition, in some situations, the Hugging Face Team may flag Content to monitor requests or concerns expressed through other channels (e.g., via social media, automatic detection, or raised internally). Depending on the severity of the issue, we may take action as described in the Section below, “How we moderate Content”.

If you believe that any Content on our website infringes upon your intellectual property rights, you can submit a [Takedown notice](https://www.copyright.gov/512/sample-notice.pdf) to dmca@huggingface.co. This is a process we follow according to applicable law.

Please include detailed and accurate information to support your claim. By submitting a complaint, you confirm that all information provided is truthful and that you will not intentionally submit any false or misleading details.

We will review the takedown notice to ensure it meets legal requirements and isn’t abusive. If this is confirmed, we will inform the User who uploaded the allegedly infringing Content and disable it. The original uploader can challenge this decision if they think there has been a mistake by submitting a [counter-notification](https://www.copyright.gov/512/sample-counter-notice.pdf) to us and similarly including detailed and accurate information to support their claims. We will review the counter-notification to ensure it meets the legal requirements, and, if it does, we will inform the original claimant, who will have 14 U.S. business days to take legal action to prevent the Content from being restored.

⚖️ How we moderate Content

If Content is reported or flagged as potentially problematic, the Hugging Face Team will review it to determine whether it meets the terms and conditions of this Content Policy. This requires an iterative approach to determine whether and under what conditions it may be hosted on the Platform. Repository Reports will, when possible, be addressed in collaboration with both the Repository owner and any concerned party, as part of our decision-making process.

After receiving and reviewing a report, our Team will take action on the Content where appropriate. These actions may include, but are not limited to:

We prioritize collaborative solutions for both ML Artifacts and Community Content that involve the owner of the Repository whenever possible, especially in cases where modifications or additional guardrails can help the Content meet this Policy. We offer a range of useful tools on our Platform to support Community Content moderation. This regularly updated list allows the Community to play an active role in moderation efforts.

Repository owners can:

Authors of a discussion or a pull request can:

🙋 How you can contest a moderation decision

If you disagree with a moderation decision to disable your Content or suspend or terminate your account, you can send us your complaint at safety@huggingface.co. Please include all arguments and evidence you may have to support your claims so we can reconsider our decision. We will diligently review your complaint and will respond to you.

If you remain unsatisfied, and in accordance with the Digital Services Act, you have the right to approach a certified [out-of-court dispute settlement body](https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/dsa-out-court-dispute-settlement). We commit to participating in this process in good faith, with the aim of reaching a resolution.

👋 Contact us

For our Users: For all communications regarding our Content Policy and how we deal with moderating Content at Hugging Face, please contact us at safety@huggingface.co.

For EU residents

For EU Member State authorities, the EU Commission, and the European Board for Digital Services as indicated in the Digital Services Act: For all communications regarding our Content Policy and how we deal with moderating Content at Hugging Face, please contact us at legal@huggingface.co. This is also our point of contact for removal orders related to the Terrorist Content Online Regulation. All communications should be made in English.

The main establishment in the European Union is Hugging Face, SAS, a French société par actions simplifiée à associé unique registered in the Paris Trade and Companies Register under the number 822 168 043, and whose headquarters are located on 9 rue des Colonnes, 75002 Paris, France. The designation of this main establishment in the European Union gives authority to the French Regulatory Authority for Audiovisual and Digital Communication (Autorité de régulation de la communication audiovisuelle et numérique - Arcom) per the Digital Services Act.

Our DSA Transparency Report 2025 is accessible by clicking [here](https://cdn-media.huggingface.co/landing/assets/DSA_HF_2025.pdf).

Additional content policy in compliance with Australian Section 13(3)(a) of the DIS Standard (Australian Online Safety)

Before uploading any content to the Hub, particularly any ML Artifacts, you must take appropriate steps to minimise the risk that the content could be used to generate child sexual exploitation material or pro-terror material.

To report illegal content, Australian residents can email aus-online-safety@huggingface.co. This enables Hugging Face to inform you of the outcome of our investigation and any actions taken in response to the report.