How to read this definition
Inclusion criteria describe evidence that can establish this activity. Exclusion criteria identify circumstances that do not establish it on that basis alone. The evaluation remains connected to its taxonomy version and supporting evidence.
Can establish this activity
Included when supported
Evidence may support involvement when it matches one or more of these inclusion criteria.
6 criteria
- 01Criterion
Include production of pornographic films, videos, live-streamed productions, and other sexually explicit audiovisual content.
- 02Criterion
Include operation of studios, production houses, creator networks, or facilities principally engaged in producing sexually explicit media.
- 03Criterion
Include publication of pornographic magazines, websites, digital publications, audio, comics, or other sexually explicit media.
- 04Criterion
Include direct creation or commissioning of original explicit web, subscription, creator, or digital content.
- 05Criterion
Include entities that finance, commission, control, or own the production rights to sexually explicit content as a substantive business activity.
- 06Criterion
Include owners of brands, catalogues, labels, or franchises principally associated with pornographic media production.
Does not establish this activity on its own
Excluded on this basis alone
These circumstances do not establish this activity unless separate evidence also meets an inclusion criterion.
5 criteria
- 01Criterion
Exclude licensing, streaming, retail, and distribution where the entity does not create, commission, finance, or own production of the content.
- 02Criterion
Exclude physical venues and adult services without media-production activity.
- 03Criterion
Exclude user-generated-content platforms that neither produce nor commission content and lack substantive editorial or production control; distribution may qualify separately if adult monetization is deliberate and material.
- 04Criterion
Exclude mainstream film, television, publishing, arts, education, health, and general entertainment with incidental nudity or sexual themes that are not primarily pornographic.
- 05Criterion
Exclude verified ceased adult-media production from current involvement while preserving historical involvement and effective dates.
Evidence and evaluation methodology
How sources, entity pathways, decisions, qualifiers, and review history are handled.
Map screens to a client policy
How to choose provider screens, document coverage, and decide what happens after an outcome.