Explicitly bans "sexual services" by name — no grey area.
Acceptable Use Guidelines §5 — Illegal or Certain Regulated Goods or Services
You may not use Zoom to promote, trade, or engage in the following: [...] Sexual services.
"Sexual services" is listed alongside drugs, human trafficking, and counterfeit goods. Zoom treats escort services as a category-level ban, not a content moderation issue.
Acceptable Use Guidelines — Sensitive Content Policy
We consider adult content to include pornography and other content intended to cause sexual arousal, and most nudity.
Even non-explicit adult content is banned. Video screening calls, virtual consultations, or any Zoom use connected to escort services violates both the sexual services ban and the adult content policy.
Zoom's Acceptable Use Guidelines explicitly ban "sexual services" by name under Section 5 — Illegal or Certain Regulated Goods or Services. This is not a vague content policy: sexual services are listed in the same category as drugs, human trafficking, and counterfeit goods. The Sensitive Content Policy adds a second layer, banning "adult content" defined as "pornography and other content intended to cause sexual arousal, and most nudity." Together, these policies make Zoom unusable for any escort-related purpose — not just explicit content, but scheduling calls, client screening, virtual consultations, or any meeting connected to escort work. Zoom requires real identity (name, email, sometimes phone number) for accounts, so a ban also creates a paper trail. For video calls with clients, encrypted alternatives exist that don't monitor content.
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