improved protections against cp and animal abuse

src/Notes.md

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 - [ ] for doxing, possibly include the notion of "requires research" in "trivially-inferred".
 - for notification spam, perhaps the rule should be lighter than it is - what we mostly care about is using @-mentions specifically and only for their ability to annoy, for example in blatant spam, but we don't care about cases where the message is actually directed at the mentioned user, or where they are being referred to.
 - for spam, change the definition to "incoherent" particularly for audio, and possibly find other ways to prevent simply talking over someone from resulting in official consequences.
+- Moved Rules list:
+	1. Non-consenting Sexual Exploitation
+	2. Serious Crimes
+	3. Malicious Links
+	4. Illustrated Underage Sexualisation
+	5. Spam
+	6. Doxing
+	7. Mischannelling
+	8. Notification Abuse
+	9. Impersonation
+	10. Spoilers
+	11. Leaking
+	12. Evasion
+	13. Perjury
+	14. Treason
 
-## Moved Rules list:
+# 2025-12-19
+sharing information which could be used for serious crimes, or other dangerous acts, should probably be its own rule.
+	especially information about abusing children or animals
+	this is similar to an AI guardrail
 
-1. Non-consenting Sexual Exploitation
-2. Serious Crimes
-3. Malicious Links
-4. Illustrated Underage Sexualisation
-5. Spam
-6. Doxing
-7. Mischannelling
-8. Notification Abuse
-9. Impersonation
-10. Spoilers
-11. Leaking
-12. Evasion
-13. Perjury
-14. Treason

src/Rules/Illustrated Underage Sexualisation.md

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-# Illustrated Underage Sexualisation
+# Non-real Underage Sexualisation
 *This policy has not been formally rewritten yet, but please see the original document introducing this policy below, which is still in effect.*
 
+*Notably, this policy also covers non-visual formats, including written.*
+
 ⚠️ **Info-Hazard**: Violating material is subject to deletion at any time.
 
 ---

src/Rules/Non-consenting Sexual Exploitation.md

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 # Non-consenting Sexual Exploitation
-## Underaged-human Sexualised Photography or Traces
-Any material **depicting** a real-life **child etc.**, which includes some **implication of sexualisation**, is prohibited.
-- **Depicting**: Any method to depict reality (such as photography) or to extract aspects of such methods, such as outlines (such as tracing). This may include non-visual formats.
-- **Child etc.**: Any human deemed likely to be younger than 18 years, or any human incapable of consent to participate in pornography in either of the UK or US.
-- **Implication of Sexualisation**: Any aspect of the material deemed likely to be intended by any provider of the material to invoke lust.
-
-⚠️ **Terminal**: Violators are subject to reprimand without warning.  
-⚠️ **Info-Hazard**: Violating material is subject to deletion at any time.  
-⚠️ **External**: May apply to activity outside of Cabal.
-## Non-human Sexualised Depictions
-Any material **depicting** a real-life non-human animal, which includes some **implication of sexualisation**, is prohibited.
-- **Depicting**: Any method to depict reality (such as photography) or to extract aspects of such methods, such as outlines (such as tracing). This may include non-visual formats.
-- **Implication of Sexualisation**: Any aspect of the material deemed likely to be intended by any provider of the material to invoke lust.
-
-⚠️ **Info-Hazard**: Violating material is subject to deletion at any time.

src/Rules/Predation.md

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+# Predation
+Violent or Sexual Abuse of Children or Animals
+
+Any material [depicting](#depicting) a real-life [child etc.](#child-etc) or [vulnerable non-human animal](#vulnerable-non-human-animal), which includes some [implication of predation](#implication-of-predation) is prohibited.
+
+⚠️ **Terminal**: Violators are subject to reprimand without warning.  
+⚠️ **Info-Hazard**: Violating material is subject to deletion at any time.  
+⚠️ **External**: May apply to activity outside of Cabal.
+
+# Terms
+
+## Depicting
+Any method to depict reality (such as photography) or to extract aspects of such methods, such as outlines (such as tracing). This may include non-visual formats.
+
+## Child etc.
+Any human deemed likely to be younger than 18 years, or any human incapable of consent to participate in pornography in either of the UK or US.
+
+## Vulnerable Non-Human Animal
+Any non-human animal deemed less able to defend itself than an adult human, either through physical weakness or mental conditioning.
+
+## Implication of Predation
+Either:
+1. Any aspect of the material deemed likely to be intended by any provider of the material to invoke lust.
+2. Material deemed to include [gratuitous](#gratuitous) non-trivial violence.
+
+## Gratuitous
+Where it is deemed that violence is used without a valid reason - such a reason must be one of the following, or at least as justified:
+1. Violence used in self-defense.
+2. Relatively-merciful-fatal-violence used against commonly-hunted animals, in conditions common and legal for hunting.

src/SUMMARY.md

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 - [Introduction](Introduction.md)
 - [Rules](Rules.md)
-	- [Non-consenting Sexual Exploitation](Rules/Non-consenting%20Sexual%20Exploitation.md)
+	- [Predation](Rules/Predation.md)
 	- [Serious Crimes](Rules/Serious%20Crimes.md)
 	- [Spam](Rules/Spam.md)
 	- [Doxing](Rules/Doxing.md)