diff --git a/src/components/Note/ArticleCardCoverImage.tsx b/src/components/Note/ArticleCardCoverImage.tsx
index 70e4c75f..19defb6a 100644
--- a/src/components/Note/ArticleCardCoverImage.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Note/ArticleCardCoverImage.tsx
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ export default function ArticleCardCoverImage({
   /** Passed through to {@link ContentImage} when an `image` tag URL exists. */
   hideImageIfError?: boolean
 }) {
-  const autoLoadFromPolicy = useShouldAutoLoadMedia(event.pubkey)
+  const autoLoadFromPolicy = useShouldAutoLoadMedia(event.pubkey, event)
   const autoLoadMedia = autoLoadMediaProp ?? autoLoadFromPolicy
   const trimmed = imageUrl?.trim()
   if (trimmed) {
diff --git a/src/components/Note/CommunityDefinition.tsx b/src/components/Note/CommunityDefinition.tsx
index ab2a9f17..84eaccee 100644
--- a/src/components/Note/CommunityDefinition.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Note/CommunityDefinition.tsx
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ export default function CommunityDefinition({
   event: Event
   className?: string
 }) {
-  const autoLoadMedia = useShouldAutoLoadMedia(event.pubkey)
+  const autoLoadMedia = useShouldAutoLoadMedia(event.pubkey, event)
   const metadata = useMemo(() => getCommunityDefinitionFromEvent(event), [event])
 
   const communityNameComponent = (
diff --git a/src/components/Note/GroupMetadata.tsx b/src/components/Note/GroupMetadata.tsx
index e45a6e94..d883f6ee 100644
--- a/src/components/Note/GroupMetadata.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Note/GroupMetadata.tsx
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ export default function GroupMetadata({
   originalNoteId?: string
   className?: string
 }) {
-  const autoLoadMedia = useShouldAutoLoadMedia(event.pubkey)
+  const autoLoadMedia = useShouldAutoLoadMedia(event.pubkey, event)
   const metadata = useMemo(() => getGroupMetadataFromEvent(event), [event])
 
   const groupNameComponent = (
diff --git a/src/components/Note/LiveEvent.tsx b/src/components/Note/LiveEvent.tsx
index 12de8174..fb0e46d7 100644
--- a/src/components/Note/LiveEvent.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Note/LiveEvent.tsx
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export default function LiveEvent({ event, className }: { event: Event; classNam
   const liveActivities = useLiveActivitiesOptional()
   const screenSize = useScreenSizeOptional()
   const isSmallScreen = screenSize?.isSmallScreen ?? false
-  const autoLoadMedia = useShouldAutoLoadMedia(event.pubkey)
+  const autoLoadMedia = useShouldAutoLoadMedia(event.pubkey, event)
   const metadata = useMemo(() => getLiveEventMetadataFromEvent(event), [event])
   const playback = useMemo(() => liveEventInlinePlaybackFromEvent(event), [event])
   const joinUrl = useMemo(() => preferredLiveJoinUrlForEvent(event), [event])
diff --git a/src/components/Note/LongFormCard.tsx b/src/components/Note/LongFormCard.tsx
index 2c8cdee4..d9bddb2e 100644
--- a/src/components/Note/LongFormCard.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Note/LongFormCard.tsx
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ export default function LongFormCard({
   const push = secondaryPage?.push ?? ((url: string) => {
     window.location.href = url
   })
-  const autoLoadMedia = useShouldAutoLoadMedia(event.pubkey)
+  const autoLoadMedia = useShouldAutoLoadMedia(event.pubkey, event)
   const metadata = useMemo(() => getLongFormArticleMetadataFromEvent(event), [event])
   const bodyBlurb = useMemo(() => cardEventBodyBlurb(event.content), [event.content])
   const summaryText = (metadata.summary?.trim() || bodyBlurb).trim()
diff --git a/src/components/Note/MarkdownArticle/MarkdownArticle.tsx b/src/components/Note/MarkdownArticle/MarkdownArticle.tsx
index 83a715ed..13ef42f2 100644
--- a/src/components/Note/MarkdownArticle/MarkdownArticle.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Note/MarkdownArticle/MarkdownArticle.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import { useSecondaryPageOptional, useSmartHashtagNavigationOptional, useSmartRelayNavigationOptional } from '@/PageManager'
 import Image from '@/components/Image'
 import UserAvatar from '@/components/UserAvatar'
+import { MediaAutoLoadEventProvider } from '@/providers/MediaAutoLoadEventContext'
 import MediaPlayer from '@/components/MediaPlayer'
 import Wikilink from '@/components/UniversalContent/Wikilink'
 import { BookstrContent } from '@/components/Bookstr'
@@ -6192,6 +6193,7 @@ export default function MarkdownArticle({
   }, [metadata.tags, hashtagsInContent])
   
   return (
+    <MediaAutoLoadEventProvider event={event}>
     <>
       <style>{`
         /* Padding (not margin) so separation does not collapse with the prior list's margin */
@@ -6562,5 +6564,6 @@ export default function MarkdownArticle({
           document.body
         )}
     </>
+    </MediaAutoLoadEventProvider>
   )
 }
diff --git a/src/components/Note/MusicTrackNote.tsx b/src/components/Note/MusicTrackNote.tsx
index 08381163..385b7d15 100644
--- a/src/components/Note/MusicTrackNote.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Note/MusicTrackNote.tsx
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ export default function MusicTrackNote({
   className?: string
   loadMedia?: boolean
 }) {
-  const autoLoadMedia = useShouldAutoLoadMedia(event.pubkey)
+  const autoLoadMedia = useShouldAutoLoadMedia(event.pubkey, event)
   const mustLoad = loadMedia || autoLoadMedia
   const { t } = useTranslation()
 
diff --git a/src/components/Note/PublicationCard.tsx b/src/components/Note/PublicationCard.tsx
index 89787b3e..c74c1d9c 100644
--- a/src/components/Note/PublicationCard.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Note/PublicationCard.tsx
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ export default function PublicationCard({
   const { navigateToNote } = useSmartNoteNavigationOptional()
   const secondaryPage = useSecondaryPageOptional()
   const push = secondaryPage?.push ?? ((url: string) => { window.location.href = url })
-  const autoLoadMedia = useShouldAutoLoadMedia(event.pubkey)
+  const autoLoadMedia = useShouldAutoLoadMedia(event.pubkey, event)
   const metadata = useMemo(() => getLongFormArticleMetadataFromEvent(event), [event])
   const bodyBlurb = useMemo(() => cardEventBodyBlurb(event.content), [event.content])
   const summaryText = (metadata.summary?.trim() || bodyBlurb).trim()
diff --git a/src/components/Note/WikiCard.tsx b/src/components/Note/WikiCard.tsx
index ff73dc07..ee120b34 100644
--- a/src/components/Note/WikiCard.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Note/WikiCard.tsx
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ export default function WikiCard({
   const isSmallScreen = screenSize?.isSmallScreen ?? false
   const secondaryPage = useSecondaryPageOptional()
   const push = secondaryPage?.push ?? ((url: string) => { window.location.href = url })
-  const autoLoadMedia = useShouldAutoLoadMedia(event.pubkey)
+  const autoLoadMedia = useShouldAutoLoadMedia(event.pubkey, event)
   const metadata = useMemo(() => getLongFormArticleMetadataFromEvent(event), [event])
   const bodyBlurb = useMemo(() => cardEventBodyBlurb(event.content), [event.content])
   const summaryText = (metadata.summary?.trim() || bodyBlurb).trim()
diff --git a/src/components/Note/index.tsx b/src/components/Note/index.tsx
index 007921ca..386ca7ea 100644
--- a/src/components/Note/index.tsx
+++ b/src/components/Note/index.tsx
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ export default function Note({
   const parentFetchRelayHints = useMemo(() => relayHintsFromEventTags(event), [event])
   const contentPolicy = useContentPolicyOptional()
   const defaultShowNsfw = contentPolicy?.defaultShowNsfw ?? true
-  const autoLoadMedia = useShouldAutoLoadMedia(event.pubkey)
+  const autoLoadMedia = useShouldAutoLoadMedia(event.pubkey, event)
   const [showNsfw, setShowNsfw] = useState(false)
   const muteList = useMuteListOptional()
   const mutePubkeySet = muteList?.mutePubkeySet ?? new Set<string>()
@@ -469,7 +469,7 @@ export default function Note({
             >
               {href}
             </a>
-            <WebPreview url={href} className="w-full" />
+            <WebPreview url={href} className="w-full" authorPubkey={event.pubkey} sourceEvent={event} />
           </div>
         ) : null}
         {displayEvent.content?.trim() ? renderEventContent({ hideMetadata: true }) : null}
@@ -560,7 +560,7 @@ export default function Note({
       <>
         {voiceArticleUrl && (
           <div className="mt-2 not-prose max-w-full">
-            <WebPreview url={voiceArticleUrl} className="w-full" />
+            <WebPreview url={voiceArticleUrl} className="w-full" authorPubkey={event.pubkey} sourceEvent={event} />
           </div>
         )}
         <AudioPlayer className="mt-2" src={event.content} />
diff --git a/src/components/WebPreview/index.tsx b/src/components/WebPreview/index.tsx
index fa290118..5f78228d 100644
--- a/src/components/WebPreview/index.tsx
+++ b/src/components/WebPreview/index.tsx
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import { useShouldAutoLoadMedia } from '@/hooks/useShouldAutoLoadMedia'
 import { useScreenSize } from '@/providers/ScreenSizeProvider'
 import { Skeleton } from '@/components/ui/skeleton'
 import { ExternalLink } from 'lucide-react'
-import { nip19, kinds } from 'nostr-tools'
+import { nip19, kinds, type Event } from 'nostr-tools'
 import { useMemo, useEffect, useState } from 'react'
 import Image from '../Image'
 import Username from '../Username'
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ import { resolveImwaldRouteSocialCopy } from '@/lib/document-meta'
 import { cleanUrl, isSafeMediaUrl } from '@/lib/url'
 import { tagNameEquals } from '@/lib/tag'
 import { queryService } from '@/services/client.service'
-import { Event } from 'nostr-tools'
 import { FAST_READ_RELAY_URLS } from '@/constants'
 import { getImetaInfosFromEvent } from '@/lib/event'
 import MarkdownArticle from '../Note/MarkdownArticle/MarkdownArticle'
@@ -137,13 +136,16 @@ function getTitleWithFallbacks(event: Event | null, eventMetadata: { title?: str
 export default function WebPreview({
   url,
   className,
-  authorPubkey
+  authorPubkey,
+  sourceEvent
 }: {
   url: string
   className?: string
   authorPubkey?: string | null
+  /** Note being rendered; content-warning tags block OG/image autoload. */
+  sourceEvent?: Event | null
 }) {
-  const autoLoadMedia = useShouldAutoLoadMedia(authorPubkey)
+  const autoLoadMedia = useShouldAutoLoadMedia(authorPubkey, sourceEvent)
   const { isSmallScreen } = useScreenSize()
 
   const cleanedUrl = useMemo(() => cleanUrl(url), [url])
diff --git a/src/hooks/useShouldAutoLoadMedia.ts b/src/hooks/useShouldAutoLoadMedia.ts
index 2aa0dd35..988dc948 100644
--- a/src/hooks/useShouldAutoLoadMedia.ts
+++ b/src/hooks/useShouldAutoLoadMedia.ts
@@ -1,19 +1,27 @@
 import { getPubkeysFromPTags } from '@/lib/tag'
 import { resolveAutoLoadMediaForAuthor } from '@/lib/media-auto-load-policy'
 import { useContentPolicyOptional } from '@/providers/ContentPolicyProvider'
+import { useMediaAutoLoadSourceEvent } from '@/providers/MediaAutoLoadEventContext'
 import { useNostrOptional } from '@/providers/nostr-context'
 import storage from '@/services/local-storage.service'
+import type { Event } from 'nostr-tools'
 import { useMemo } from 'react'
 
-export function useShouldAutoLoadMedia(authorPubkey?: string | null): boolean {
+export function useShouldAutoLoadMedia(
+  authorPubkey?: string | null,
+  sourceEvent?: Event | null
+): boolean {
   const contentPolicy = useContentPolicyOptional()
   const nostr = useNostrOptional()
+  const contextSourceEvent = useMediaAutoLoadSourceEvent()
 
   const followings = useMemo(
     () => (nostr?.followListEvent ? getPubkeysFromPTags(nostr.followListEvent.tags) : []),
     [nostr?.followListEvent]
   )
 
+  const effectiveSourceEvent = sourceEvent ?? contextSourceEvent
+
   return useMemo(
     () =>
       resolveAutoLoadMediaForAuthor({
@@ -21,14 +29,16 @@ export function useShouldAutoLoadMedia(authorPubkey?: string | null): boolean {
         connectionType: contentPolicy?.connectionType,
         authorPubkey,
         followings,
-        accountPubkey: nostr?.pubkey ?? null
+        accountPubkey: nostr?.pubkey ?? null,
+        sourceEvent: effectiveSourceEvent
       }),
     [
       contentPolicy?.mediaAutoLoadPolicy,
       contentPolicy?.connectionType,
       authorPubkey,
       followings,
-      nostr?.pubkey
+      nostr?.pubkey,
+      effectiveSourceEvent
     ]
   )
 }
diff --git a/src/lib/media-auto-load-policy.test.ts b/src/lib/media-auto-load-policy.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a2265ce8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/lib/media-auto-load-policy.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+import { describe, expect, it } from 'vitest'
+import { MEDIA_AUTO_LOAD_POLICY } from '@/constants'
+import { resolveAutoLoadMediaForAuthor } from '@/lib/media-auto-load-policy'
+import type { Event } from 'nostr-tools'
+
+const author = 'aa'.repeat(32)
+
+function warnedNote(): Event {
+  return {
+    id: 'id',
+    sig: 'sig',
+    kind: 1,
+    tags: [['content-warning', 'Sensitive content']],
+    content: 'hello',
+    created_at: 1,
+    pubkey: author
+  }
+}
+
+describe('resolveAutoLoadMediaForAuthor', () => {
+  it('blocks autoload for content-warning notes even when author is followed', () => {
+    expect(
+      resolveAutoLoadMediaForAuthor({
+        policy: MEDIA_AUTO_LOAD_POLICY.FOLLOWS_ONLY,
+        authorPubkey: author,
+        followings: [author],
+        sourceEvent: warnedNote()
+      })
+    ).toBe(false)
+  })
+
+  it('allows autoload for followed authors on notes without content warnings', () => {
+    expect(
+      resolveAutoLoadMediaForAuthor({
+        policy: MEDIA_AUTO_LOAD_POLICY.FOLLOWS_ONLY,
+        authorPubkey: author,
+        followings: [author],
+        sourceEvent: { ...warnedNote(), tags: [] }
+      })
+    ).toBe(true)
+  })
+
+  it('blocks autoload for content warnings under ALWAYS policy', () => {
+    expect(
+      resolveAutoLoadMediaForAuthor({
+        policy: MEDIA_AUTO_LOAD_POLICY.ALWAYS,
+        authorPubkey: author,
+        sourceEvent: warnedNote()
+      })
+    ).toBe(false)
+  })
+})
diff --git a/src/lib/media-auto-load-policy.ts b/src/lib/media-auto-load-policy.ts
index 6a951648..0b5fc0f1 100644
--- a/src/lib/media-auto-load-policy.ts
+++ b/src/lib/media-auto-load-policy.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 import { MEDIA_AUTO_LOAD_POLICY } from '@/constants'
+import { isNsfwEvent } from '@/lib/event'
 import type { TMediaAutoLoadPolicy } from '@/types'
+import type { Event } from 'nostr-tools'
 
 export type TResolveAutoLoadMediaParams = {
   policy: TMediaAutoLoadPolicy
@@ -7,6 +9,8 @@ export type TResolveAutoLoadMediaParams = {
   authorPubkey?: string | null
   followings?: readonly string[]
   accountPubkey?: string | null
+  /** When set, NIP-36 / legacy NSFW tags block automatic media load (tap-to-reveal still works). */
+  sourceEvent?: Event | null
 }
 
 /** Whether media for a given author should load without an explicit tap. */
@@ -15,8 +19,10 @@ export function resolveAutoLoadMediaForAuthor({
   connectionType,
   authorPubkey,
   followings = [],
-  accountPubkey
+  accountPubkey,
+  sourceEvent
 }: TResolveAutoLoadMediaParams): boolean {
+  if (sourceEvent && isNsfwEvent(sourceEvent)) return false
   if (policy === MEDIA_AUTO_LOAD_POLICY.NEVER) return false
   if (policy === MEDIA_AUTO_LOAD_POLICY.ALWAYS) return true
   if (policy === MEDIA_AUTO_LOAD_POLICY.WIFI_ONLY) {
diff --git a/src/providers/MediaAutoLoadEventContext.tsx b/src/providers/MediaAutoLoadEventContext.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7eb84b03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/providers/MediaAutoLoadEventContext.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+import type { Event } from 'nostr-tools'
+import { createContext, useContext } from 'react'
+
+const MediaAutoLoadEventContext = createContext<Event | null>(null)
+
+/** Supplies the note/event being rendered so media policy can respect content warnings. */
+export function MediaAutoLoadEventProvider({
+  event,
+  children
+}: {
+  event: Event
+  children: React.ReactNode
+}) {
+  return (
+    <MediaAutoLoadEventContext.Provider value={event}>{children}</MediaAutoLoadEventContext.Provider>
+  )
+}
+
+export function useMediaAutoLoadSourceEvent(): Event | null {
+  return useContext(MediaAutoLoadEventContext)
+}