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Anti-Human Trafficking Policy

Last Updated: May 3, 2026 Effective Date: May 3, 2026

Sozee AI (“Sozee,” “we,” “us,” “our“) has zero tolerance for human trafficking, sexual exploitation, forced labor, and any form of coerced participation in content created, hosted, or distributed through the Service. This policy describes the steps we take to prevent trafficking on the Service, the indicators we screen for, and how anyone — user or non-user — can report a suspected case.

1. Our commitment

Sozee will not knowingly do business with, host content for, or process payments to any person or entity that engages in human trafficking, sex trafficking, the commercial sexual exploitation of minors, forced labor, or any practice that violates the United States Trafficking Victims Protection Act (TVPA), the Justice for Victims of Trafficking Act (JVTA), the Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act / Allow States and Victims to Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act (FOSTA-SESTA, 18 U.S.C. § 1591 and § 2421A), the United Nations Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and Punish Trafficking in Persons, or analogous laws in any jurisdiction in which we operate.

We treat trafficking-adjacent conduct — recruiting under false pretenses, debt bondage, document confiscation, isolation from family, and the trafficking of any person under 18 — with the same severity as a confirmed trafficking case.

2. Scope

This policy applies to:

  • Every user of the Service, whether free or paid
  • Every creator, model, performer, or person depicted in content created or hosted on the Service
  • Every employee, contractor, partner, payment processor, advertiser, and vendor that supports the Service
  • Every piece of content uploaded, generated, distributed, or made available through the Service

3. Preventive controls

Before any account can publish or distribute adult-eligible content through the Service, the account holder must complete the following verification steps. These controls are designed to make trafficking and exploitation harder to commit and easier to detect.

  • Government-issued ID verification for the account holder, performed by a third-party identity verification provider, including liveness check
  • Age verification confirming the account holder is at least 18 years of age, supported by the government ID
  • Performer / depicted-person consent records for every individual who appears in content the account holder uploads or generates, including:
    • Government-issued ID for each performer
    • A signed model release / consent form covering the specific use, distribution, and modification (including AI training and AI generation) of the performer’s likeness
    • For AI-generated likenesses based on a real person: an explicit, written, signed authorization from that person, retained for the duration the likeness is in use plus the legally required retention period
  • Knowing-the-creator review — material changes to ownership, routing of payouts, or the depicted person’s identity trigger re-verification before content can be published or distributed
  • Ongoing monitoring of account behavior for trafficking indicators (Section 4) using a combination of automated systems and human review

We retain these records in accordance with 18 U.S.C. § 2257 and § 2257A and our internal record-retention policy. See our 18 U.S.C. § 2257 Compliance Statement for details.

4. Indicators we screen for

Our Trust & Safety team is trained to look for, and to escalate, content and account behavior that includes any of the following indicators. The presence of any indicator triggers an investigation and may result in immediate suspension pending review.

  • Apparent age inconsistency between the account holder and the depicted person, or any indication that a depicted person could be under 18
  • Visible signs of injury, restraint, distress, fear, or coercion
  • Statements in the content, in the metadata, or in the captioning suggesting the depicted person is unwilling, drugged, controlled, indebted, or unable to leave
  • Account owner and depicted person being different, with no documented release or consent
  • Multiple performers controlled from a single account, payout, or device when the depicted persons are not employees or co-creators of a known studio
  • Payouts routing to a different name or jurisdiction than the verified account holder, with no documented business relationship
  • Use of vocabulary, codewords, or imagery commonly associated with trafficking or commercial sexual exploitation
  • Reports from depicted persons, family members, NGOs, or law enforcement

5. What we do when an indicator is present

When trust-and-safety review identifies any of the indicators above, we will take one or more of the following actions, scaled to the severity of the indicator:

  1. Immediate restriction of the relevant content from public visibility, regardless of which indicator triggered review
  2. Account suspension of the uploading account pending investigation
  3. Mandatory re-verification of identity, age, and consent records for both the account holder and any depicted persons
  4. Preservation of all relevant content, metadata, payment data, and account records for the legally required retention period
  5. Reporting to law enforcement and the appropriate non-governmental authority — including the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) for any content that may involve a minor, and the National Human Trafficking Hotline for any content that may involve trafficking of adults
  6. Permanent termination of the account, plus refusal of any future account from the same person or entity, where the investigation confirms a trafficking-related violation

Where local law in any jurisdiction we operate in requires additional reporting — to a national reporting body, to a regulator, or to a financial intelligence unit — we comply with that requirement.

6. Reporting a suspected case

If you believe a person depicted in content on the Service is being trafficked, exploited, coerced, underage, or harmed in any way, please report it immediately. You do not need to be certain — we would rather review a tip that turns out to be unfounded than miss one that is real.

Sozee reporting channel: takedown@sozee.ai — subject line “Trafficking Report” We acknowledge reports within one (1) business day and aim to act on them, including any necessary external referrals, within five (5) business days. Suspected CSAM and reports involving imminent harm are acted on immediately, day or night.

External reporting channels (please also report directly to these authorities for the fastest response):

  • National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC) CyberTipline — https://report.cybertip.org or 1-800-843-5678 — for any content involving or possibly involving a minor
  • National Human Trafficking Hotline (U.S.) — https://humantraffickinghotline.org or 1-888-373-7888, or text “HELP” or “INFO” to 233733 (BeFree)
  • U.S. Department of Homeland Security HSI Tip Line — 1-866-347-2423 or https://www.ice.gov/webform/hsi-tip-form
  • In an emergency — call your local emergency number (911 in the U.S.)

If you are the person being trafficked, exploited, or coerced, please reach out through any of the channels above. We will treat your report as confidential and work with law enforcement and victim-services organizations to help you.

7. Cooperation with law enforcement and NGOs

Sozee cooperates fully with valid law enforcement requests relating to suspected trafficking. We respond to lawful subpoenas, search warrants, court orders, and emergency disclosure requests in accordance with applicable law. We also work with NGOs — including NCMEC, Polaris Project, Thorn, and other recognized victim-services organizations — to surface trafficking patterns and to support victims. We never charge fees for cooperating with these requests.

8. Training and accountability

All Sozee employees and contractors with access to user content, identity records, or payment data complete trafficking-awareness training as part of onboarding and at least annually thereafter. Our Trust & Safety processes, indicators, and tooling are reviewed and updated at least once per calendar year.

Accountability for this policy sits with the Sozee leadership team. Failure by any employee, contractor, partner, or vendor to follow this policy is grounds for immediate termination of the relationship.

9. Changes to this policy

We may update this policy as our practices, the law, or the threat landscape evolves. The “Last Updated” date at the top of this page reflects the most recent version. Material changes will be announced on the Service.

10. Contact

Human Trafficking Concerns: takedown@sozee.ai (subject “Trafficking Report”) General Trust & Safety: support@sozee.ai

Animus Technologies LLC (DBA Sozee AI) Attn: Trust & Safety 440 Monticello Ave Ste 1802 PMB 95775 Norfolk, VA 23510