How to enable Not Safe For Work (NSFW) on your account
By default, sensitive content is displayed with a warning on 500px. If you’d like to change how sensitive content is displayed, go to My Account → Preferences → Sensitive Content and select one of the following options:
Safe
Hide nudity, violence, and other sensitive imagery.
Moderate
Show artistic nudity and mild sensitive imagery, while blurring other sensitive content.
Unrestricted
Show all photos that comply with our content policies, including sensitive imagery.
Definition of Not Safe For Work (NSFW)
In order to maintain a safe and inclusive environment for people from all walks of life, we ask that Not Safe For Work (NSFW) Content be labeled accurately in order to cater to the preferred experience of our entire community. Not Safe For Work (NSFW) Content includes, but is not necessarily limited to nudity with or without sexual implications. This includes visible female nipples and areola (exposed or in see through attire) as well as male and female genitalia (as long as focus is not directly on them). Not Safe For Work (NSFW) Content may also include shocking or disturbing images, such as violence or blood, not typically suitable for viewers under the age of 18. Your avatar or cover photo should also not contain any Not Safe For Work (NSFW) Content.
Not Safe For Work (NSFW) Content on Mobile Apps
In order to make our apps available to everyone, and continue to build an inclusive community that puts our photographers and their work first, we filter Not Safe For Work (NSFW) Content out of our iOS and Android apps. The content is still visible for users on our website via a desktop connection, but will not be surfaced through our mobile applications. Meaning, you will not be able to access NSFW content via search, in people’s profiles, and it will not displayed within your Home Feed. This is due to guidelines put in place by both Apple and Google. We are trying to make the 500px mobile experience accessible to everyone, and this means abiding by the rules put in place by the governing policy.
Not Safe For Work (NSFW) Content Moderation
500px uses an automated content detection system to identify Not Safe For Work (NSFW) content in uploaded images and apply an NSFW overlay when appropriate.
If you believe an NSFW overlay has been applied to your image incorrectly, you can contact our Support team and request a review. The image will then be reviewed by our moderation team.
Members of the 500px community can also report images they believe contain excessive nudity or sexual content by selecting Offensive (rude, obscene) when submitting a report. Reported images will be reviewed by our moderation team in accordance with our content policies.
Any images that include child nudity are not suitable for our site and depending on the image and context may be reported to the authorities and IWF.
Excessive gore, violence, cruelty (animal or otherwise) and any form of illegal activity (depending on the context to which it has been uploaded) is also prohibited.
Images of cultural appropriation (i.e. Caucasian models wearing traditional First Nations, Native American or Indigenous peoples cultural symbols) may also be considered unsuitable content, depending on the context of the image.
If this type of content is found on your 500px account, it will be removed and you will be warned once, then banned if the activity continues. Depending on the severity of the content published, your account may be banned immediately.