PROHIBITED PRODUCTS, ACTIVITIES, AND RESTRICTED TOPICS

Date Revised: 02/20/26

The following products and activities are not allowed on MediaWorks2/Ulearn2.com. This is almost always because they violate U.S. federal law, they are prohibited by card network rules, or they are restricted by our payment processing partners. If you are unsure whether your content is prohibited on Ulearn2.com, please contact us at https://ulearn2.com/contact with a description or example of the content.

  1. Age or legally restricted products or services
  2. Alcohol which includes alcohol or alcoholic beverages such as beer, liquor, wine, or champagne
  3. Airlines
  4. Bail bonds
  5. Bankruptcy lawyers
  6. Bidding fee or penny auctions
  7. Billing services (including, but not limited to, accepting payment for services rendered and billing for services to be performed in the future)
  8. Bulk marketing tools which includes email lists, software, or other products enabling unsolicited email messages (spam)
  9. Cell phones/pagers
  10. Centralized reservation services
  11. Chain letters
  12. Check cashing
  13. Collection agencies
  14. Consulting firms
  15. Copyrighted media and software which includes unauthorized copies of books, music, movies, software, video games, and other licensed or protected materials, including OEM or bundled software
  16. Counterfeit and unauthorized goods which includes replicas or imitations of designer goods; items without a celebrity endorsement that would normally require such an association; fake autographs, counterfeit stamps, and other potentially unauthorized goods
  17. Credit card and identity theft protection
  18. Cruise lines
  19. Currency exchange, virtual currency, cryptocurrency, and other crypto products (like non-fungible tokens or NFTs), prohibited investments for commercial gain or credits that can be monetized, re-sold or converted to physical or digital goods or services or otherwise exit the virtual world
  20. Deceptive marketing practices
  21. Door-to-door sales
  22. Drug paraphernalia
  23. Essay mills/paper mills
  24. Extended warranties
  25. Flea markets
  26. Food products and ingredients (including consumer packaged goods, livestock, plants, and seeds)
  27. Fortune tellers
  28. Gambling (including legal gambling where the cardholder is not present when the bet is made, lotteries, illegal gambling, internet gambling, sports forecasting and odds making)
  29. Government IDs or documents which includes fake IDs, passports, diplomas, and noble titles
  30. Hacking and cracking materials which includes manuals, how-to guides, information, or equipment enabling illegal access to software, servers, website, or other protected property
  31. Illegal products or services
  32. Jewelry or beauty products
  33. Mailing lists
  34. Marijuana dispensaries and related businesses
  35. Money service businesses
  36. Money transmission
  37. Multi-level marketing or pyramid schemes
  38. Negative response marketing techniques
  39. Offering substantial rebates or special incentives that are awarded to the cardholder subsequent to the original purchase
  40. Pharmacies or internet pharmacies
  41. Pseudo pharmaceuticals (including anti-aging pills, sexual stimulants, weight loss pills, diet pills)
  42. Quasi-cash or stores of value
  43. Reselling private label rights products
  44. Security brokerage
  45. Services (including, but not limited to, “get rich quick” schemes, business opportunities, investment opportunities, mortgage consulting, real estate purchases, mortgage reduction services and credit repair and protection)
  46. Sexually-oriented or pornographic content (including but not limited to adult books or video, adult telephone conversations or audio, membership to adult websites or content, companion or escort services, dating services, mail-order brides, massage parlors and prostitution, or content of any format that features characters who are minors, are depicted as minors, or are suggested to be minors in any sexual or sensual context)
  47. Shipping/forwarding brokers
  48. Substances designed to mimic illegal drugs
  49. Telemarketing
  50. Timeshares
  51. Tobacco products
  52. Weapons or ammunition
  53. Wire transfers or money orders
  54. eSIMs

This list is maintained separately from MediaWorks2/Ulearn2.com’s Terms of Service. MediaWorks2/Ulearn2.com makes every effort to keep this list as current as possible. However, because of the unpredictable nature of card network rules, legislation and payment processor relationships, this list may change abruptly and without notice. Changes to this list take effect immediately.

Restricted Topics

Sexuality

Sexually explicit content or content with implied sexual activity is not permitted. We will also not publish courses providing instruction on sexual performance or technique. Content around reproductive health and intimate relationships must be free of explicit or suggestive content.  See also: Nudity and Attire. 

Examples that are not allowed:

  • Instruction on seduction, sexual techniques, or performance
  • Discussion of sex toys
  • Pornography

Examples that are allowed:

  • Safe sex courses
  • Consent and communication
  • Human sexuality from a sociological or psychological perspective

Nudity and attire

Nudity is permitted only when essential to learning within an artistic, medical, or academic context. Attire should be appropriate to the subject area of instruction, without unnecessary emphasis on exposed body parts.

Examples that are allowed:

  • Fine art and figure drawing
  • Anatomical illustrations
  • Medical footage or demonstrations

Examples that are not allowed:

  • Boudoir photography
  • Naked yoga
  • Body art
  • Pornographic content

Dating and relationships

Content on attraction, flirtation, courtship, etc. are not allowed. Any other courses on long-term relationships must be in accordance with all MediaWorks2/Ulearn2.com policies, including those involving Sexuality and Discriminatory Language.

Examples that are allowed:

  • Marital counseling
  • General discussions of intimacy within a course focused on strengthening overall relationship
  • Self-confidence to be ready for dating

Examples that are not allowed:

  • Stereotyping on gender roles 
  • Seduction techniques

Weapons instruction

Content providing instruction in the making, handling, or usage of firearms or air guns is not permitted. All other courses providing weapons instruction must otherwise adhere to all MediaWorks2/Ulearn2.com policy, including Violence and Bodily Harm.

Examples that are allowed:

  • How to disarm an attacker

Violence and bodily harm

Dangerous activities or behavior likely to impact health or result in injury cannot be shown. Glorification or promotion of violence will not be tolerated. 

Examples that are not allowed:

  • Self-harm or promotion of self-harm
  • Suicide, or promotion of suicidal behaviors
  • Substance Abuse
  • Unhealthy weight management practices, or encouragement of behaviors that may constitute an eating or feeding disorder
  • Extreme body modification
  • Combat courses encouraging disproportionate aggression
  • Representations of gross or gratuitous violence or acts of cruelty

Examples that are allowed:

  • Martial arts courses
  • Recovery programs for substance abuse