by Andrea Geiss – June 2025
Content warning
This article contains partial adult nudity, presented solely to allow clear discussion of the technical subject.
Background
We think this information can be useful to other Creators on Fanvue, so we’re sharing it here.
In early June 2025 our Fanvue account was taken offline (as in, 404 not found) by Fanvue and we received a “compliance strike” email from them. The email was very brief and included only the following recommendations:
Please make sure to follow these instructions:
- set the age of the model to 22+ years old
- do not mention “teenager” or “teenage girl” in the prompts
- do not use word “girl”, use “woman” instead
- set more adult features (both for body and face) for the model
We then received a more detailed email from Fanvue explaining the situation: “During a recent review of your content, we noticed that some of the images on your account depict individuals who may appear underage. We understand this may not have been your intention […], we wanted to provide guidance to help you avoid any future issues.”
Basically, although we absolutely post only images of adult individuals (grown-up men and women), we had been flagged as showing underage people. The entire conversation was extremely polite and very professional, but even so, this is scary as hell when it happens to you.
Fanvue’s guidance included the following tips:
- Checking the profile image: “If your profile picture features a model who could appear too young, we kindly ask that you update it to a more clearly adult representation”.
- Being careful with future uploads: checking that the model “clearly appears to be over 18”, has “mature features and proportions” and “is not styled in a way that suggests youth (e.g., school uniforms, toys, childish settings)”.
- Using prompts that “specify an age of 22+, and avoiding terms like “teenage girl,” “teen,” “high school,” or “schoolgirl.””
- Avoiding “overly smooth skin, large eyes, or facial proportions that resemble a child”, “school uniforms, toys, or accessories associated with children”, “Childish or innocent behaviour – especially in suggestive settings”, “Cartoon/Anime Styles: Characters with childlike traits, large eyes, or school-themed scenarios – even if stylised.”
The guidance also reminded us that repeated violations might lead to “account restrictions, including suspension or closure”, and requested that we remove any content from our profile “that may depict or resemble individuals under the age of 18” and helpfully advised to contact the Fanvue support team at support@fanvue.com.
We immediately wrote back asking to know which images were noncompliant, since we had no idea what we’d done wrong and therefore we had no clue as to which pics had been flagged. We repeat, all our pics, video and artwork shows only people who are clearly over 18 years of age.
Fanvue sent us the disputed pics, which we’re showing below exactly as we posted them and for documentation purposes only. We would have never guessed that they were considered noncompliant.
Addendum
In August 2025 we had another incident: when we uploaded a clothed photo of Dee and me (shown below), a warning pop-up briefly appeared, saying that the image was being reviewed (we don’t have the exact wording, it flashed on screen for just a few seconds).
Oddly enough, the black and white version of this same photo was not flagged at all. A few minutes later, the photo was released and we were able to post it. Then it disappeared again. It’s been removed from our Fanvue Vault as well.
Our guess is that the woman in the background (i.e., me) was misinterpreted as a non-adult. Even so, even supposing this was a mother and daughter situation (it wasn’t), is this inappropriate? Both people are clothed, there’s no contact, no suggestive pose. Anyway, this is an example of what can cause problems in your posts.
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– Andrea Geiss