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| > | uilds technologies and services that enable people to connect with each other, b | ||||
| > | uild communities, and grow businesses. These Terms of Service (the "Terms") gove | ||||
| > | rn your access and use of Facebook, Messenger, and the other products, websites, | ||||
| > | features, apps, services, technologies, and software we offer (the Meta Product | ||||
| > | s or Products), except where we expressly state that separate terms (and not the | ||||
| > | se) apply. (For example, your use of Instagram is subject to the Instagram Terms | ||||
| > | of Use). These Products are provided to you by Meta Platforms, Inc. These Terms | ||||
| > | therefore constitute an agreement between you and Meta Platforms, Inc. If you d | ||||
| > | o not agree to these Terms, then do not access or use Facebook or the other prod | ||||
| > | ucts and services covered by these Terms. /$ $ These Terms (formerly known as th | ||||
| > | e Statement of Rights and Responsibilities) make up the entire agreement between | ||||
| > | you and Meta Platforms, Inc. regarding your use of our Products. They supersede | ||||
| > | any prior agreements. /$ $ We don’t charge you to use Facebook or the other pro | ||||
| > | ducts and services covered by these Terms, unless we state otherwise. Instead, b | ||||
| > | usinesses and organizations, and other persons pay us to show you ads for their | ||||
| > | products and services. By using our Products, you agree that we can show you ads | ||||
| > | that we think may be relevant to you and your interests. We use your personal d | ||||
| > | ata to help determine which personalized ads to show you. /$ $ We don’t sell you | ||||
| > | r personal data to advertisers, and we don’t share information that directly ide | ||||
| > | ntifies you (such as your name, email address or other contact information) with | ||||
| > | advertisers unless you give us specific permission. Instead, advertisers can te | ||||
| > | ll us things like the kind of audience they want to see their ads, and we show t | ||||
| > | hose ads to people who may be interested. We provide advertisers with reports ab | ||||
| > | out the performance of their ads that help them understand how people are intera | ||||
| > | cting with their content. See Section 2 below to learn more about how personaliz | ||||
| > | ed advertising under these terms works on the Meta Products. /$ $ Our Privacy Po | ||||
| > | licy explains how we collect and use your personal data to determine some of the | ||||
| > | ads you see and provide all of the other services described below. You can also | ||||
| > | go to your settings pages of the relevant Meta Product at any time to review th | ||||
| > | e privacy choices you have about how we use your data. /$ $ $ What Products do t | ||||
| > | hese Terms cover? /$ /$ /$ $ $ 1. The services we provide /$ $ Our mission is to | ||||
| > | give people the power to build community and bring the world closer together. T | ||||
| > | o help advance this mission, we provide the Products and services described belo | ||||
| > | w to you: /$ $ 1.1 Provide a personalized experience for you: /$ $ Your experien | ||||
| > | ce on Facebook is unlike anyone else's: from the posts, stories, events, ads, an | ||||
| > | d other content you see in Facebook Feed or our video platform to the Facebook P | ||||
| > | ages you follow and other features you might use, such as Facebook Marketplace, | ||||
| > | and search. For example, we use data about the connections you make, the choices | ||||
| > | and settings you select, and what you share and do on and off our Products - to | ||||
| > | personalize your experience. /$ $ 1.2 Connect you with people and organizations | ||||
| > | you care about: /$ $ We help you find and connect with people, groups, business | ||||
| > | es, organizations, and others that matter to you across the Meta Products you us | ||||
| > | e. We use data to make suggestions for you and others - for example, groups to j | ||||
| > | oin, events to attend, Facebook Pages to follow or send a message to, shows to w | ||||
| > | atch, and people you may want to become friends with. Stronger ties make for bet | ||||
| > | ter communities, and we believe our services are most useful when people are con | ||||
| > | nected to people, groups, and organizations they care about. /$ $ 1.3 Empower yo | ||||
| > | u to express yourself and communicate about what matters to you: /$ $ There are | ||||
| > | many ways to express yourself on Facebook to communicate with friends, family, a | ||||
| > | nd others about what matters to you - for example, sharing status updates, photo | ||||
| > | s, videos, and stories across the Meta Products (consistent with your settings), | ||||
| > | sending messages or making voice or video calls to a friend or several people, | ||||
| > | creating events or groups, or adding content to your profile as well as showing | ||||
| > | you insights on how others engage with your content. We have also developed, and | ||||
| > | continue to explore, new ways for people to use technology, such as augmented r | ||||
| > | eality and 360 video to create and share more expressive and engaging content on | ||||
| > | Meta Products. /$ $ 1.4 Help you discover content, products, and services that | ||||
| > | may interest you: /$ $ We show you personalized ads, offers, and other sponsored | ||||
| > | or commercial content to help you discover content, products, and services that | ||||
| > | are offered by the many businesses and organizations that use Facebook and othe | ||||
| > | r Meta Products. Section 2 below explains this in more detail. /$ $ 1.5 Promote | ||||
| > | the safety, security, and integrity of our services, combat harmful conduct and | ||||
| > | keep our community of users safe: /$ $ People will only build community on Meta | ||||
| > | Products if they feel safe and secure. We work hard to maintain the security (in | ||||
| > | cluding the availability, authenticity, integrity, and confidentiality) of our P | ||||
| > | roducts and services. We employ dedicated teams around the world, work with exte | ||||
| > | rnal service providers, partners and other relevant entities and develop advance | ||||
| > | d technical systems to detect potential misuse of our Products, harmful conduct | ||||
| > | towards others, and situations where we may be able to help support or protect o | ||||
| > | ur community, including to respond to user reports of potentially violating cont | ||||
| > | ent. If we learn of content or conduct like this, we may take appropriate action | ||||
| > | based on our assessment that may include - notifying you, offering help, removi | ||||
| > | ng content, removing or restricting access to certain features, disabling an acc | ||||
| > | ount, or contacting law enforcement. We share data across Meta Companies when we | ||||
| > | detect misuse or harmful conduct by someone using one of our Products or to hel | ||||
| > | p keep Meta Products, users and the community safe. For example, we share inform | ||||
| > | ation with Meta Companies that provide financial products and services to help t | ||||
| > | hem promote safety, security and integrity and comply with applicable law. Meta | ||||
| > | may access, preserve, use and share any information it collects about you where | ||||
| > | it has a good faith belief it is required or permitted by law to do so. For more | ||||
| > | information, please review our Privacy Policy. /$ $ In some cases, the Oversigh | ||||
| > | t Board may review our decisions, subject to its terms and bylaws. Learn more he | ||||
| > | re. /$ $ 1.6 Use and develop advanced technologies to provide safe and functiona | ||||
| > | l services for everyone: /$ $ We use and develop advanced technologies - such as | ||||
| > | artificial intelligence, machine learning systems, and augmented reality - so t | ||||
| > | hat people can use our Products safely regardless of physical ability or geograp | ||||
| > | hic location. For example, technology like this helps people who have visual imp | ||||
| > | airments understand what or who is in photos or videos shared on Facebook or Ins | ||||
| > | tagram. We also build sophisticated network and communication technology to help | ||||
| > | more people connect to the internet in areas with limited access. And we develo | ||||
| > | p automated systems to improve our ability to detect and remove abusive and dang | ||||
| > | erous activity that may harm our community and the integrity of our Products. /$ | ||||
| > | $ 1.7 Research ways to make our services better: /$ $ We engage in research to | ||||
| > | develop, test, and improve our Products. This includes analyzing data we have ab | ||||
| > | out our users and understanding how people use our Products, for example by cond | ||||
| > | ucting surveys and testing and troubleshooting new features. Our Privacy Policy | ||||
| > | explains how we use data to support this research for the purposes of developing | ||||
| > | and improving our services. /$ $ 1.8 Provide consistent and seamless experience | ||||
| > | s across the Meta Company Products: /$ $ Our Products help you find and connect | ||||
| > | with people, groups, businesses, organizations, and others that are important to | ||||
| > | you. We design our systems so that your experience is consistent and seamless a | ||||
| > | cross the different Meta Company Products that you use. For example, we use data | ||||
| > | about the people you engage with on Facebook to make it easier for you to conne | ||||
| > | ct with them on Instagram or Messenger, and we enable you to communicate with a | ||||
| > | business you follow on Facebook through Messenger. /$ $ 1.9 Ensuring access to o | ||||
| > | ur services: /$ $ To operate our global services and enable you to connect with | ||||
| > | people around the world, we need to transfer, store and distribute content and d | ||||
| > | ata to our data centers, partners, service providers, vendors and systems around | ||||
| > | the world, including outside your country of residence. The use of this global | ||||
| > | infrastructure is necessary and essential to provide our services. This infrastr | ||||
| > | ucture may be owned, operated, or controlled by Meta Platforms, Inc., Meta Platf | ||||
| > | orms Ireland Limited, or its affiliates. /$ /$ $ $ 2. How our services are funde | ||||
| > | d /$ $ Instead of paying to use Facebook and the other products and services we | ||||
| > | offer, by using the Meta Products covered by these Terms, you agree that we can | ||||
| > | show you personalized ads and other commercial and sponsored content that busine | ||||
| > | sses and organizations pay us to promote on and off Meta Company Products. We us | ||||
| > | e your personal data, such as information about your activity and interests, to | ||||
| > | show you personalized ads and sponsored content that may be more relevant to you | ||||
| > | . /$ $ Protecting people's privacy is central to how we've designed our personal | ||||
| > | ized ads system. This means that we can show you relevant and useful ads without | ||||
| > | telling advertisers who you are. We don't sell your personal data. We allow adv | ||||
| > | ertisers to tell us things like their business goal, and the kind of audience th | ||||
| > | ey want to see their ads (for example, people between the age of 18-35 who like | ||||
| > | cycling). We then show their ad to people who we think might be interested. /$ $ | ||||
| > | We also provide advertisers with reports about the performance of their ads to | ||||
| > | help them understand how people are interacting with their content on and off Me | ||||
| > | ta Products. For example, we provide general demographic and interest informatio | ||||
| > | n to advertisers to help them better understand their audience, like the fact th | ||||
| > | at women between the ages of 25 and 34 who live in Madrid and like software engi | ||||
| > | neering have seen an ad. We don’t share information that directly identifies you | ||||
| > | (information such as your name or email address that by itself can be used to c | ||||
| > | ontact you or identifies who you are) unless you give us specific permission. Le | ||||
| > | arn more about how Meta ads work here. /$ $ We collect and use your personal dat | ||||
| > | a in order to provide the services described above to you. You can learn about h | ||||
| > | ow we collect and use your data in our Privacy Policy. You have controls over th | ||||
| > | e types of ads and advertisers you see, and the types of information we use to d | ||||
| > | etermine which ads we show you. Learn more. /$ /$ $ $ 3. Your commitments to Fac | ||||
| > | ebook and our community /$ $ We provide these services to you and others to help | ||||
| > | advance our mission. In exchange, we need you to make the following commitments | ||||
| > | : /$ $ 3.1 Who can use Facebook /$ $ When people stand behind their opinions and | ||||
| > | actions, our community is safer and more accountable. For this reason, you must | ||||
| > | : Provide for your account the same name that you use in everyday life.Provide a | ||||
| > | ccurate information about yourself.Create only one account (your own) and use it | ||||
| > | for personal purposes.Not share your password, give access to your Facebook acc | ||||
| > | ount to others, or transfer your account to anyone else (without our permission) | ||||
| > | . /$ $ We try to make Facebook broadly available to everyone, but you cannot use | ||||
| > | Facebook if: You are under 13 years old.You are a convicted sex offender.We've | ||||
| > | previously disabled your account for violations of our Terms, the Community Stan | ||||
| > | dards, or other terms and policies that apply to your use of Facebook. If we dis | ||||
| > | able your account for a violation of our Terms, the Community Standards, or othe | ||||
| > | r terms and policies, you agree not to create another account without our permis | ||||
| > | sion. Receiving permission to create a new account is provided at our sole discr | ||||
| > | etion, and does not mean or imply that the disciplinary action was wrong or with | ||||
| > | out cause.You are prohibited from receiving our products, services, or software | ||||
| > | under applicable laws. /$ $ 3.2 What you can share and do on Meta Products /$ $ | ||||
| > | We want people to use Meta Products to express themselves and to share content t | ||||
| > | hat is important to them, but not at the expense of the safety and well-being of | ||||
| > | others or the integrity of our community. You therefore agree not to engage in | ||||
| > | the conduct described below (or to facilitate or support others in doing so): Yo | ||||
| > | u may not use our Products to do or share anything: | ||||
| 7 | That violates these Terms, the Community Standards, or other terms and policies | ||||
| > | that apply to your use of our Products.That is unlawful, misleading, discrimina | ||||
| > | tory or fraudulent (or assists someone else in using our Products in such a way) | ||||
| > | .That you do not own or have the necessary rights to share.That infringes or vio | ||||
| > | lates someone else's rights, including their intellectual property rights (such | ||||
| > | as by infringing another’s copyright or trademark, or distributing or selling co | ||||
| > | unterfeit or pirated goods), unless an exception or limitation applies under app | ||||
| > | licable law.You may not upload viruses or malicious code, use the services to se | ||||
| > | nd spam, or do anything else that could disable, overburden, interfere with, or | ||||
| > | impair the proper working, integrity, operation, or appearance of our services, | ||||
| > | systems, or Products.You may not access or collect data from our Products using | ||||
| > | automated means (without our prior permission) or attempt to access data you do | ||||
| > | not have permission to access, regardless of whether such automated access or co | ||||
| > | llection is undertaken while logged-in to a Facebook account.You may not proxy, | ||||
| > | request, or collect Product usernames or passwords, or misappropriate access tok | ||||
| > | ens.Except as provided in the Platform Terms, you may not sell, license, or purc | ||||
| > | hase any data obtained from us or our services, regardless of whether such data | ||||
| > | was obtained while logged-in to a Facebook account.You may not misuse any report | ||||
| > | ing, flagging, dispute, or appeals channel, such as by making fraudulent, duplic | ||||
| > | ative, or groundless reports or appeals.You may not do, or attempt to do, anythi | ||||
| > | ng to circumvent, bypass, or override any technological measures that Meta uses | ||||
| > | to control or limit access to our Products or data. /$ $ We can remove or restri | ||||
| > | ct access to content that is in violation of these provisions. We can also suspe | ||||
| > | nd or disable your account for conduct that violates these provisions, as provid | ||||
| > | ed in Section 4.2. /$ $ If we remove content that you have shared in violation o | ||||
| > | f the Community Standards, we’ll let you know and explain any options you have t | ||||
| > | o request another review, unless you seriously or repeatedly violate these Terms | ||||
| > | or if doing so may expose us or others to legal liability; harm our community o | ||||
| > | f users; compromise or interfere with the integrity or operation of any of our s | ||||
| > | ervices, systems or Products; where we are restricted due to technical limitatio | ||||
| > | ns; or where we are prohibited from doing so for legal reasons. For information | ||||
| > | on account suspension or termination, see Section 4.2 below. /$ $ We work with i | ||||
| > | ndependent fact-checkers in many jurisdictions to combat misinformation. When co | ||||
| > | ntent has been rated by fact-checkers, we may add a notice to provide additional | ||||
| > | context. You can find more information about fact-checking here. /$ $ To help s | ||||
| > | upport our community, we encourage you to report content or conduct that you bel | ||||
| > | ieve violates your rights (including intellectual property rights) or our terms | ||||
| > | and policies, if this feature exists in your jurisdiction. | ||||
| 8 | We also can remove or restrict access to content, features, services, or informa | ||||
| > | tion if we determine that doing so is reasonably necessary to avoid or mitigate | ||||
| > | misuse of our services or adverse legal or regulatory impacts to Meta. /$ $ 3.3 | ||||
| > | The permissions you give us /$ $ We need certain permissions from you to provide | ||||
| > | our services: /$ $ 1. Your content: Some content that you share or upload, such | ||||
| > | as photos or videos, may be protected by intellectual property laws. /$ $ You r | ||||
| > | etain ownership of the intellectual property rights (things like copyright or tr | ||||
| > | ademarks) in any such content that you create and share on Facebook and other Me | ||||
| > | ta Company Products you use. Nothing in these Terms takes away the rights you ha | ||||
| > | ve to your own content. You are free to share your content with anyone else, whe | ||||
| > | rever you want. /$ $ However, to provide our services, we need you to give us so | ||||
| > | me legal permissions (known as a "license") to use that content. This is solely | ||||
| > | for the purposes of providing and improving our Products and services as describ | ||||
| > | ed in Section 1 above. /$ $ 2. Permission to use content you create and share: S | ||||
| > | pecifically, when you share, post, or upload content that is covered by intellec | ||||
| > | tual property rights on or in connection with our Products, you grant us a non-e | ||||
| > | xclusive, transferable, sub-licensable, royalty-free, and worldwide license to h | ||||
| > | ost, use, distribute, modify, run, copy, publicly perform or display, translate, | ||||
| > | and create derivative works of your content (consistent with your privacy and a | ||||
| > | pplication settings). This means, for example, that if you share a photo on Face | ||||
| > | book, you give us permission to store, copy, and share it with others (again, co | ||||
| > | nsistent with your settings) such as Meta Products or service providers that sup | ||||
| > | port those products and services. This license will end when your content is del | ||||
| > | eted from our systems. /$ $ 3. Deleting Your Content: You can delete individual | ||||
| > | content you share, post, and upload at any time. In addition, all content posted | ||||
| > | to your personal account will be deleted if you delete your account. Learn more | ||||
| > | about how to delete your account. Account deletion does not automatically delet | ||||
| > | e content that you post as an admin of a page or content that you create collect | ||||
| > | ively with other users, such as photos in Shared Albums which may continue to be | ||||
| > | visible to other album members. /$ $ It may take up to 90 days to delete conten | ||||
| > | t after we begin the account deletion process or receive a content deletion requ | ||||
| > | est. If you send content to trash, the deletion process will automatically begin | ||||
| > | in 30 days unless you chose to delete the content sooner. While the deletion pr | ||||
| > | ocess for such content is being undertaken, the content is no longer visible to | ||||
| > | other users. After the content is deleted, it may take us up to another 90 days | ||||
| > | to remove it from backups and disaster recovery systems. /$ $ Content will not b | ||||
| > | e deleted within 90 days of the account deletion or content deletion process beg | ||||
| > | inning in the following situations: where your content has been used by others i | ||||
| > | n accordance with this license and they have not deleted it (in which case this | ||||
| > | license will continue to apply until that content is deleted);where deletion wit | ||||
| > | hin 90 days is not possible due to technical limitations of our systems, in whic | ||||
| > | h case, we will complete the deletion as soon as technically feasible; orwhere i | ||||
| > | mmediate deletion would restrict our ability to: | ||||
| 9 | investigate or identify illegal activity or violations of our terms and policie | ||||
| > | s (for example, to identify or investigate misuse of our Products or systems);pr | ||||
| > | otect the safety, integrity, and security of our Products, systems, services, ou | ||||
| > | r employees, and users, and to defend ourselves;comply with legal obligations fo | ||||
| > | r the preservation of evidence, including data Meta Companies providing financia | ||||
| > | l products and services preserve to comply with any record keeping obligations r | ||||
| > | equired by law; orcomply with a request of a judicial or administrative authorit | ||||
| > | y, law enforcement or a government agency; /$ $ in which case, the content will | ||||
| > | be retained for no longer than is necessary for the purposes for which it has be | ||||
| > | en retained (the exact duration will vary on a case-by-case basis). /$ $ In each | ||||
| > | of the above cases, this license will continue until the content has been fully | ||||
| > | deleted. /$ $ 4. Permission to use your name, profile picture, and information | ||||
| > | about your actions with ads and sponsored or commercial content: You give us per | ||||
| > | mission to use your name and profile picture and information about actions you h | ||||
| > | ave taken on Facebook next to or in connection with ads, offers, and other spons | ||||
| > | ored or commercial content that we display across our Products, without any comp | ||||
| > | ensation to you. For example, we may show your friends that you are interested i | ||||
| > | n an advertised event or have liked a Facebook Page created by a brand that has | ||||
| > | paid us to display its ads on Facebook. Ads and content like this can be seen on | ||||
| > | ly by people who have your permission to see the actions you've taken on Meta Pr | ||||
| > | oducts. You can learn more about your ad settings and preferences. /$ $ 5. Permi | ||||
| > | ssion to update software you use or download: If you download or use our softwar | ||||
| > | e, you give us permission to download and install updates to the software where | ||||
| > | available. /$ $ 3.4 Limits on using our intellectual property /$ $ If you use co | ||||
| > | ntent covered by intellectual property rights that we have and make available in | ||||
| > | our Products (for example, images, designs, videos, or sounds we provide that y | ||||
| > | ou add to content you create or share on Facebook), we retain all rights to that | ||||
| > | content (but not yours). You can only use our copyrights or trademarks (or any | ||||
| > | similar marks) as expressly permitted by our Brand Usage Guidelines or with our | ||||
| > | prior written permission. You must obtain our written permission (or permission | ||||
| > | under an open source license) to modify, translate, create derivative works of, | ||||
| > | decompile, or reverse engineer our products or their components, or otherwise at | ||||
| > | tempt to extract source code from us, unless an exception or limitation applies | ||||
| > | under applicable law or your conduct relates to the Meta Bug Bounty Program. We | ||||
| > | reserve all rights not expressly granted to you. /$ /$ $ $ 4. Additional provisi | ||||
| > | ons /$ $ 4.1 Updating our Terms /$ $ We work constantly to improve our services | ||||
| > | and develop new features to make our Products better for you and our community. | ||||
| > | As a result, we may need to update these Terms from time to time to accurately r | ||||
| > | eflect our services and practices, to promote a safe and secure experience on ou | ||||
| > | r Products and services, and/or to comply with applicable law. We will only make | ||||
| > | any changes if the provisions are no longer appropriate or if they are incomple | ||||
| > | te, and only if the changes are reasonable and take due account of your interest | ||||
| > | s or if the changes are required for safety and security purposes or to comply w | ||||
| > | ith applicable law. /$ $ We will notify you (for example, by email or through ou | ||||
| > | r Products) at least 30 days before we make changes to these Terms and give you | ||||
| > | an opportunity to review them before they go into effect, unless changes are req | ||||
| > | uired by law. Once any updated Terms are in effect, you will be bound by them if | ||||
| > | you continue to access or use our Products. /$ $ We hope that you will continue | ||||
| > | using our Products, but if you do not agree to our updated Terms, or wish to te | ||||
| > | rminate your agreement to this contract, you can delete your account at any time | ||||
| > | and you must also stop accessing, or using Facebook and the other Meta Products | ||||
| > | . /$ $ 4.2 Account suspension or termination /$ $ We want Facebook to be a place | ||||
| > | where people feel welcome and safe to express themselves and share their though | ||||
| > | ts and ideas. /$ $ If we determine, in our discretion, that you have clearly, se | ||||
| > | riously or repeatedly breached our Terms or Policies, including in particular th | ||||
| > | e Community Standards, we may suspend or permanently disable your access to Meta | ||||
| > | Company Products, and we may permanently disable or delete your account. We may | ||||
| > | also disable or delete your account if you repeatedly infringe other people’s i | ||||
| > | ntellectual property rights or where we are required to do so for legal reasons. | ||||
| > | /$ $ We may disable or delete your account if after registration your account i | ||||
| > | s not confirmed, your account is unused and remains inactive for an extended per | ||||
| > | iod of time, or if we detect someone may have used it without your permission an | ||||
| > | d we are unable to confirm your ownership of the account. Learn more about how w | ||||
| > | e disable and delete accounts. /$ $ Where we take such action we’ll let you know | ||||
| > | and explain any options you have to request a review, unless doing so may expos | ||||
| > | e us or others to legal liability; harm our community of users; compromise or in | ||||
| > | terfere with the integrity or operation of any of our services, systems or Produ | ||||
| > | cts; where we are restricted due to technical limitations; or where we are prohi | ||||
| > | bited from doing so for legal reasons. /$ $ You can learn more about what you ca | ||||
| > | n do if your account has been disabled and how to contact us if you think we hav | ||||
| > | e disabled your account by mistake. /$ $ If you delete or we disable or delete y | ||||
| > | our account, and you stop accessing, using, or visiting Facebook and the other M | ||||
| > | eta Products, or if this contract is otherwise terminated, then these Terms shal | ||||
| > | l terminate as an agreement between you and us, except for the following provisi | ||||
| > | ons, which will remain in place: (3, 4.2-4.5). /$ $ 4.3 Limits on liability /$ $ | ||||
| > | We work hard to provide the best Products we can and to specify clear guideline | ||||
| > | s for everyone who uses them. Our Products, however, are provided "as is," and t | ||||
| > | o the extent permissible by law, we make no guarantees that they always will be | ||||
| > | safe, secure, or error-free, or that they will function without disruptions, del | ||||
| > | ays, or imperfections. To the extent permitted by law, we also DISCLAIM ALL WARR | ||||
| > | ANTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANT | ||||
| > | ABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. We do no | ||||
| > | t control or direct what people and others do or say, and we are not responsible | ||||
| > | for their actions or conduct (whether online or offline) or any content they sh | ||||
| > | are (including offensive, inappropriate, obscene, unlawful, and other objectiona | ||||
| > | ble content). /$ $ We cannot predict when issues might arise with our Products. | ||||
| > | Accordingly, our liability shall be limited to the fullest extent permitted by a | ||||
| > | pplicable law. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law under no circum | ||||
| > | stance will we be liable to you for any lost profits, revenues, information, or | ||||
| > | data, or consequential, special, indirect, exemplary, punitive, or incidental da | ||||
| > | mages arising out of or related to these Terms or the Meta Products (however cau | ||||
| > | sed and on any theory of liability, including negligence), even if we have been | ||||
| > | advised of the possibility of such damages. /$ $ 4.4 Disputes /$ $ We try to pro | ||||
| > | vide clear rules so that we can limit or hopefully avoid disputes between you an | ||||
| > | d us. If a dispute does arise, however, it's useful to know up front where it ca | ||||
| > | n be resolved and what laws will apply. /$ $ If you are a consumer, or where req | ||||
| > | uired by applicable law, the laws of the country in which you reside will apply | ||||
| > | to any claim, cause of action, or dispute you have against us that arises out of | ||||
| > | or relates to these Terms or the Meta Products, and you may resolve your claim | ||||
| > | in any competent court in that country that has jurisdiction over the claim. In | ||||
| > | all other cases, and for any claim, cause of action, or dispute that Meta files | ||||
| > | against you, you and Meta agree that any such claim, cause of action or dispute | ||||
| > | must be resolved exclusively in the U.S. District Court for the Northern Distric | ||||
| > | t of California or a state court located in San Mateo County. You also agree tha | ||||
| > | t you submit to the personal jurisdiction of either of these courts for the purp | ||||
| > | ose of litigating any such claim, and that the laws of the State of California w | ||||
| > | ill govern these Terms and any claim, cause of action, or dispute without regard | ||||
| > | to conflict of law provisions. Without prejudice to the foregoing, you agree th | ||||
| > | at, in its sole discretion, Meta may bring any claim, cause of action, or disput | ||||
| > | e we have against you in any competent court in the country in which you reside | ||||
| > | that has jurisdiction over the claim. /$ $ 4.5 Miscellaneous /$ $ Supplemental T | ||||
| > | erms: Some of the Products we offer are also governed by supplemental terms. If | ||||
| > | you use any of those Products, supplemental terms will be made available and wil | ||||
| > | l become part of our agreement with you. For instance, if you access or use our | ||||
| > | Products for commercial or business purposes, such as buying ads, selling produc | ||||
| > | ts, developing apps, managing a group or Page for your business, or using our me | ||||
| > | asurement services, you must agree to our Commercial Terms. If you post or share | ||||
| > | content containing music, you must comply with our Music Guidelines. If you use | ||||
| > | Avatars, then the Avatar Terms also apply. If you use our AI products and featu | ||||
| > | res, the Meta AI Terms also apply. To the extent any supplemental terms conflict | ||||
| > | with these Terms, the supplemental terms shall govern to the extent of the conf | ||||
| > | lict.Severability: If any portion of these Terms is found to be unenforceable, t | ||||
| > | he unenforceable portion will be deemed amended to the minimum extent necessary | ||||
| > | to make it enforceable, and if it can’t be made enforceable, then it will be sev | ||||
| > | ered and the remaining portion will remain in full force and effect. If we fail | ||||
| > | to enforce any of these Terms, it will not be considered a waiver. Any amendment | ||||
| > | to or waiver of these Terms must be made in writing and signed by us.No Transfe | ||||
| > | r: You will not transfer any of your rights or obligations under these Terms to | ||||
| > | anyone else without our consent.Legacy Contact: You may designate a person (call | ||||
| > | ed a legacy contact) to manage your account if it is memorialized. If you enable | ||||
| > | it in your settings, only your legacy contact or a person who you have identifi | ||||
| > | ed in a valid will or similar legal document expressing clear consent to disclos | ||||
| > | e your content to that person upon death or incapacity will be able to seek limi | ||||
| > | ted disclosure of information from your account after it is memorialized.No Thir | ||||
| > | d-party Beneficiaries Terms: These Terms do not confer any third-party beneficia | ||||
| > | ry rights. All of our rights and obligations under these Terms are freely assign | ||||
| > | able by us in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets, or by op | ||||
| > | eration of law or otherwise.User Name Change: We may change the username for you | ||||
| > | r account in certain circumstances (for example, if someone else claims the user | ||||
| > | name and it appears unrelated to the name you use in everyday life).Feedback: We | ||||
| > | always appreciate your feedback and other suggestions about our products and se | ||||
| > | rvices. But we may use feedback and other suggestions without any restriction or | ||||
| > | obligation to compensate you, and we are under no obligation to keep them confi | ||||
| > | dential. /$ /$ $ $ 5. Other terms and policies that may apply to you /$ $ Commun | ||||
| > | ity Standards: These guidelines outline our standards regarding the content you | ||||
| > | post to Facebook and your activity on Facebook and other Meta Products.Commercia | ||||
| > | l Terms: These terms apply if you also access or use our Products for any commer | ||||
| > | cial or business purpose, including advertising, operating an app on our Platfor | ||||
| > | m, using our measurement services, managing a group or a Page for a business, or | ||||
| > | selling goods or services.Community Payment Terms: These terms apply to payment | ||||
| > | s made on or through Meta Products.Commerce Policies: These guidelines outline t | ||||
| > | he policies that apply when you offer products or services for sale on Facebook, | ||||
| > | Instagram, and WhatsApp.Music Guidelines: These guidelines outline the policies | ||||
| > | that apply if you post or share content containing music on any Meta Products.A | ||||
| > | dvertising Policies: These policies apply to partners who advertise across the M | ||||
| > | eta Products and specify what types of ad content are allowed by partners who ad | ||||
| > | vertise across the Meta Products.Self-Serve Ad Terms: These terms apply when you | ||||
| > | use self-serve advertising interfaces to create, submit, or deliver advertising | ||||
| > | or other commercial or sponsored activity or content.Facebook Pages, Groups and | ||||
| > | Events Policy: These guidelines apply if you create or administer a Facebook Pa | ||||
| > | ge, group, or event, or if you use Facebook to communicate or administer a promo | ||||
| > | tion.Meta Platform Policy: These terms apply to the use of the set of APIs, SDKs | ||||
| > | , tools, plugins, code, technology, content, and services that enables others to | ||||
| > | develop functionality, retrieve data from MetaProducts, or provide data to us.D | ||||
| > | eveloper Payment Terms: These terms apply to developers of applications that use | ||||
| > | Facebook Payments.Meta Brand Resources: These guidelines outline the policies t | ||||
| > | hat apply to use of Meta trademarks, logos, and screenshots.Recommendations Guid | ||||
| > | elines: The Facebook Recommendations Guidelines and Instagram Recommendations Gu | ||||
| > | idelines outline our standards for recommending and not recommending content.Liv | ||||
| > | e Policies: These policies apply to all content broadcast to Facebook Live.Avata | ||||
| > | r Terms: These terms apply to the use of our Avatars and our Avatar features, in | ||||
| > | cluding purchases and acquisitions of Avatar clothing in the Avatar store.Meta A | ||||
| > | I Terms: These terms govern use of our Generative AI products and features. /$ / | ||||
| > | $ | ||||
| 10 | 4 | ||||
| n | 11 | /$ $! /$ | n | 5 | Overview 1. The services we provide 2. How our services are funded 3. Your commi |
| > | tments to Facebook and our community 4. Additional provisions 5. Other terms and | ||||
| > | policies that may apply to you | ||||
| 12 | 6 | ||||
| n | 13 | /$ | n | 7 | # Overview |
| 14 | 8 | ||||
| n | 15 | /$ | n | 9 | Effective January 1, 2025 | View printable version |
| 16 | 10 | ||||
| n | 17 | /$ | n | 11 | Meta builds technologies and services that enable people to connect with each ot |
| > | her, build communities, and grow businesses. These Terms of Service (the "Terms" | ||||
| > | ) govern your access and use of Facebook, Messenger, and the other products, web | ||||
| > | sites, features, apps, services, technologies, and software we offer (the Meta P | ||||
| > | roducts or Products), except where we expressly state that separate terms (and n | ||||
| > | ot these) apply. (For example, your use of Instagram is subject to the Instagram | ||||
| > | Terms of Use). These Products are provided to you by Meta Platforms, Inc. These | ||||
| > | Terms therefore constitute an agreement between you and Meta Platforms, Inc. If | ||||
| > | you do not agree to these Terms, then do not access or use Facebook or the othe | ||||
| > | r products and services covered by these Terms. | ||||
| 18 | 12 | ||||
| t | 19 | /$ /$ | t | 13 | These Terms (formerly known as the Statement of Rights and Responsibilities) mak |
| > | e up the entire agreement between you and Meta Platforms, Inc. regarding your us | ||||
| > | e of our Products. They supersede any prior agreements. | ||||
| 14 | |||||
| 15 | We don’t charge you to use Facebook or the other products and services covered b | ||||
| > | y these Terms, unless we state otherwise. Instead, businesses and organizations, | ||||
| > | and other persons pay us to show you ads for their products and services. By us | ||||
| > | ing our Products, you agree that we can show you ads that we think may be releva | ||||
| > | nt to you and your interests. We use your personal data to help determine which | ||||
| > | personalized ads to show you. | ||||
| 16 | |||||
| 17 | We don’t sell your personal data to advertisers, and we don’t share information | ||||
| > | that directly identifies you (such as your name, email address or other contact | ||||
| > | information) with advertisers unless you give us specific permission. Instead, a | ||||
| > | dvertisers can tell us things like the kind of audience they want to see their a | ||||
| > | ds, and we show those ads to people who may be interested. We provide advertiser | ||||
| > | s with reports about the performance of their ads that help them understand how | ||||
| > | people are interacting with their content. See Section 2 below to learn more abo | ||||
| > | ut how personalized advertising under these terms works on the Meta Products. | ||||
| 18 | |||||
| 19 | Our Privacy Policy explains how we collect and use your personal data to determi | ||||
| > | ne some of the ads you see and provide all of the other services described below | ||||
| > | . You can also go to your settings pages of the relevant Meta Product at any tim | ||||
| > | e to review the privacy choices you have about how we use your data. | ||||
| 20 | |||||
| 21 | What Products do these Terms cover? | ||||
| 22 | |||||
| 23 | Return to top | ||||
| 24 | |||||
| 25 | # 1. The services we provide | ||||
| 26 | |||||
| 27 | Our mission is to give people the power to build community and bring the world c | ||||
| > | loser together. To help advance this mission, we provide the Products and servic | ||||
| > | es described below to you: | ||||
| 28 | |||||
| 29 | ## 1.1 Provide a personalized experience for you: | ||||
| 30 | |||||
| 31 | Your experience on Facebook is unlike anyone else's: from the posts, stories, ev | ||||
| > | ents, ads, and other content you see in Facebook Feed or our video platform to t | ||||
| > | he Facebook Pages you follow and other features you might use, such as Facebook | ||||
| > | Marketplace, and search. For example, we use data about the connections you make | ||||
| > | , the choices and settings you select, and what you share and do on and off our | ||||
| > | Products - to personalize your experience. | ||||
| 32 | |||||
| 33 | ## 1.2 Connect you with people and organizations you care about: | ||||
| 34 | |||||
| 35 | We help you find and connect with people, groups, businesses, organizations, and | ||||
| > | others that matter to you across the Meta Products you use. We use data to make | ||||
| > | suggestions for you and others - for example, groups to join, events to attend, | ||||
| > | Facebook Pages to follow or send a message to, shows to watch, and people you m | ||||
| > | ay want to become friends with. Stronger ties make for better communities, and w | ||||
| > | e believe our services are most useful when people are connected to people, grou | ||||
| > | ps, and organizations they care about. | ||||
| 36 | |||||
| 37 | ## 1.3 Empower you to express yourself and communicate about what matters to you | ||||
| > | : | ||||
| 38 | |||||
| 39 | There are many ways to express yourself on Facebook to communicate with friends, | ||||
| > | family, and others about what matters to you - for example, sharing status upda | ||||
| > | tes, photos, videos, and stories across the Meta Products (consistent with your | ||||
| > | settings), sending messages or making voice or video calls to a friend or severa | ||||
| > | l people, creating events or groups, or adding content to your profile as well a | ||||
| > | s showing you insights on how others engage with your content. We have also deve | ||||
| > | loped, and continue to explore, new ways for people to use technology, such as a | ||||
| > | ugmented reality and 360 video to create and share more expressive and engaging | ||||
| > | content on Meta Products. | ||||
| 40 | |||||
| 41 | ## 1.4 Help you discover content, products, and services that may interest you: | ||||
| 42 | |||||
| 43 | We show you personalized ads, offers, and other sponsored or commercial content | ||||
| > | to help you discover content, products, and services that are offered by the man | ||||
| > | y businesses and organizations that use Facebook and other Meta Products. Sectio | ||||
| > | n 2 below explains this in more detail. | ||||
| 44 | |||||
| 45 | ## 1.5 Promote the safety, security, and integrity of our services, combat harmf | ||||
| > | ul conduct and keep our community of users safe: | ||||
| 46 | |||||
| 47 | People will only build community on Meta Products if they feel safe and secure. | ||||
| > | We work hard to maintain the security (including the availability, authenticity, | ||||
| > | integrity, and confidentiality) of our Products and services. We employ dedicat | ||||
| > | ed teams around the world, work with external service providers, partners and ot | ||||
| > | her relevant entities and develop advanced technical systems to detect potential | ||||
| > | misuse of our Products, harmful conduct towards others, and situations where we | ||||
| > | may be able to help support or protect our community, including to respond to u | ||||
| > | ser reports of potentially violating content. If we learn of content or conduct | ||||
| > | like this, we may take appropriate action based on our assessment that may inclu | ||||
| > | de - notifying you, offering help, removing content, removing or restricting acc | ||||
| > | ess to certain features, disabling an account, or contacting law enforcement. We | ||||
| > | share data across Meta Companies when we detect misuse or harmful conduct by so | ||||
| > | meone using one of our Products or to help keep Meta Products, users and the com | ||||
| > | munity safe. For example, we share information with Meta Companies that provide | ||||
| > | financial products and services to help them promote safety, security and integr | ||||
| > | ity and comply with applicable law. Meta may access, preserve, use and share any | ||||
| > | information it collects about you where it has a good faith belief it is requir | ||||
| > | ed or permitted by law to do so. For more information, please review our Privacy | ||||
| > | Policy . | ||||
| 48 | |||||
| 49 | In some cases, the Oversight Board may review our decisions, subject to its term | ||||
| > | s and bylaws. Learn more here . | ||||
| 50 | |||||
| 51 | ## 1.6 Use and develop advanced technologies to provide safe and functional serv | ||||
| > | ices for everyone: | ||||
| 52 | |||||
| 53 | We use and develop advanced technologies - such as artificial intelligence, mach | ||||
| > | ine learning systems, and augmented reality - so that people can use our Product | ||||
| > | s safely regardless of physical ability or geographic location. For example, tec | ||||
| > | hnology like this helps people who have visual impairments understand what or wh | ||||
| > | o is in photos or videos shared on Facebook or Instagram. We also build sophisti | ||||
| > | cated network and communication technology to help more people connect to the in | ||||
| > | ternet in areas with limited access. And we develop automated systems to improve | ||||
| > | our ability to detect and remove abusive and dangerous activity that may harm o | ||||
| > | ur community and the integrity of our Products. | ||||
| 54 | |||||
| 55 | ## 1.7 Research ways to make our services better: | ||||
| 56 | |||||
| 57 | We engage in research to develop, test, and improve our Products. This includes | ||||
| > | analyzing data we have about our users and understanding how people use our Prod | ||||
| > | ucts, for example by conducting surveys and testing and troubleshooting new feat | ||||
| > | ures. Our Privacy Policy explains how we use data to support this research for t | ||||
| > | he purposes of developing and improving our services. | ||||
| 58 | |||||
| 59 | ## 1.8 Provide consistent and seamless experiences across the Meta Company Produ | ||||
| > | cts: | ||||
| 60 | |||||
| 61 | Our Products help you find and connect with people, groups, businesses, organiza | ||||
| > | tions, and others that are important to you. We design our systems so that your | ||||
| > | experience is consistent and seamless across the different Meta Company Products | ||||
| > | that you use. For example, we use data about the people you engage with on Face | ||||
| > | book to make it easier for you to connect with them on Instagram or Messenger, a | ||||
| > | nd we enable you to communicate with a business you follow on Facebook through M | ||||
| > | essenger. | ||||
| 62 | |||||
| 63 | ## 1.9 Ensuring access to our services: | ||||
| 64 | |||||
| 65 | To operate our global services and enable you to connect with people around the | ||||
| > | world, we need to transfer, store and distribute content and data to our data ce | ||||
| > | nters, partners, service providers, vendors and systems around the world, includ | ||||
| > | ing outside your country of residence. The use of this global infrastructure is | ||||
| > | necessary and essential to provide our services. This infrastructure may be owne | ||||
| > | d, operated, or controlled by Meta Platforms, Inc., Meta Platforms Ireland Limit | ||||
| > | ed, or its affiliates. | ||||
| 66 | |||||
| 67 | Return to top | ||||
| 68 | |||||
| 69 | # 2. How our services are funded | ||||
| 70 | |||||
| 71 | Instead of paying to use Facebook and the other products and services we offer, | ||||
| > | by using the Meta Products covered by these Terms, you agree that we can show yo | ||||
| > | u personalized ads and other commercial and sponsored content that businesses an | ||||
| > | d organizations pay us to promote on and off Meta Company Products . We use your | ||||
| > | personal data, such as information about your activity and interests, to show y | ||||
| > | ou personalized ads and sponsored content that may be more relevant to you. | ||||
| 72 | |||||
| 73 | Protecting people's privacy is central to how we've designed our personalized ad | ||||
| > | s system. This means that we can show you relevant and useful ads without tellin | ||||
| > | g advertisers who you are. We don't sell your personal data. We allow advertiser | ||||
| > | s to tell us things like their business goal, and the kind of audience they want | ||||
| > | to see their ads (for example, people between the age of 18-35 who like cycling | ||||
| > | ). We then show their ad to people who we think might be interested. | ||||
| 74 | |||||
| 75 | We also provide advertisers with reports about the performance of their ads to h | ||||
| > | elp them understand how people are interacting with their content on and off Met | ||||
| > | a Products. For example, we provide general demographic and interest information | ||||
| > | to advertisers to help them better understand their audience, like the fact tha | ||||
| > | t women between the ages of 25 and 34 who live in Madrid and like software engin | ||||
| > | eering have seen an ad. We don’t share information that directly identifies you | ||||
| > | (information such as your name or email address that by itself can be used to co | ||||
| > | ntact you or identifies who you are) unless you give us specific permission. Lea | ||||
| > | rn more about how Meta ads work here . | ||||
| 76 | |||||
| 77 | We collect and use your personal data in order to provide the services described | ||||
| > | above to you. You can learn about how we collect and use your data in our Priva | ||||
| > | cy Policy . You have controls over the types of ads and advertisers you see, and | ||||
| > | the types of information we use to determine which ads we show you. Learn more | ||||
| > | . | ||||
| 78 | |||||
| 79 | Return to top | ||||
| 80 | |||||
| 81 | # 3. Your commitments to Facebook and our community | ||||
| 82 | |||||
| 83 | We provide these services to you and others to help advance our mission. In exch | ||||
| > | ange, we need you to make the following commitments: | ||||
| 84 | |||||
| 85 | ## 3.1 Who can use Facebook | ||||
| 86 | |||||
| 87 | When people stand behind their opinions and actions, our community is safer and | ||||
| > | more accountable. For this reason, you must: | ||||
| 88 | |||||
| 89 | - Provide for your account the same name that you use in everyday life. | ||||
| 90 | - Provide accurate information about yourself. | ||||
| 91 | - Create only one account (your own) and use it for personal purposes. | ||||
| 92 | - Not share your password, give access to your Facebook account to others, or tr | ||||
| > | ansfer your account to anyone else (without our permission). | ||||
| 93 | |||||
| 94 | We try to make Facebook broadly available to everyone, but you cannot use Facebo | ||||
| > | ok if: | ||||
| 95 | |||||
| 96 | - You are under 13 years old. | ||||
| 97 | - You are a convicted sex offender. | ||||
| 98 | - We've previously disabled your account for violations of our Terms, the Commun | ||||
| > | ity Standards, or other terms and policies that apply to your use of Facebook. I | ||||
| > | f we disable your account for a violation of our Terms, the Community Standards, | ||||
| > | or other terms and policies, you agree not to create another account without ou | ||||
| > | r permission. Receiving permission to create a new account is provided at our so | ||||
| > | le discretion, and does not mean or imply that the disciplinary action was wrong | ||||
| > | or without cause. | ||||
| 99 | - You are prohibited from receiving our products, services, or software under ap | ||||
| > | plicable laws. | ||||
| 100 | |||||
| 101 | ## 3.2 What you can share and do on Meta Products | ||||
| 102 | |||||
| 103 | We want people to use Meta Products to express themselves and to share content t | ||||
| > | hat is important to them, but not at the expense of the safety and well-being of | ||||
| > | others or the integrity of our community. You therefore agree not to engage in | ||||
| > | the conduct described below (or to facilitate or support others in doing so): | ||||
| 104 | |||||
| 105 | - You may not use our Products to do or share anything: That violates these Term | ||||
| > | s, the Community Standards, or other terms and policies that apply to your use o | ||||
| > | f our Products.That is unlawful, misleading, discriminatory or fraudulent (or as | ||||
| > | sists someone else in using our Products in such a way).That you do not own or h | ||||
| > | ave the necessary rights to share.That infringes or violates someone else's righ | ||||
| > | ts, including their intellectual property rights (such as by infringing another’ | ||||
| > | s copyright or trademark, or distributing or selling counterfeit or pirated good | ||||
| > | s), unless an exception or limitation applies under applicable law. | ||||
| 106 | - You may not upload viruses or malicious code, use the services to send spam, o | ||||
| > | r do anything else that could disable, overburden, interfere with, or impair the | ||||
| > | proper working, integrity, operation, or appearance of our services, systems, o | ||||
| > | r Products. | ||||
| 107 | - You may not access or collect data from our Products using automated means (wi | ||||
| > | thout our prior permission) or attempt to access data you do not have permission | ||||
| > | to access, regardless of whether such automated access or collection is underta | ||||
| > | ken while logged-in to a Facebook account. | ||||
| 108 | - You may not proxy, request, or collect Product usernames or passwords, or misa | ||||
| > | ppropriate access tokens. | ||||
| 109 | - Except as provided in the Platform Terms, you may not sell, license, or purcha | ||||
| > | se any data obtained from us or our services, regardless of whether such data wa | ||||
| > | s obtained while logged-in to a Facebook account. | ||||
| 110 | - You may not misuse any reporting, flagging, dispute, or appeals channel, such | ||||
| > | as by making fraudulent, duplicative, or groundless reports or appeals. | ||||
| 111 | - You may not do, or attempt to do, anything to circumvent, bypass, or override | ||||
| > | any technological measures that Meta uses to control or limit access to our Prod | ||||
| > | ucts or data. | ||||
| 112 | |||||
| 113 | We can remove or restrict access to content that is in violation of these provis | ||||
| > | ions. We can also suspend or disable your account for conduct that violates thes | ||||
| > | e provisions, as provided in Section 4.2. | ||||
| 114 | |||||
| 115 | If we remove content that you have shared in violation of the Community Standard | ||||
| > | s , we’ll let you know and explain any options you have to request another revie | ||||
| > | w, unless you seriously or repeatedly violate these Terms or if doing so may exp | ||||
| > | ose us or others to legal liability; harm our community of users; compromise or | ||||
| > | interfere with the integrity or operation of any of our services, systems or Pro | ||||
| > | ducts; where we are restricted due to technical limitations; or where we are pro | ||||
| > | hibited from doing so for legal reasons. For information on account suspension o | ||||
| > | r termination, see Section 4.2 below. | ||||
| 116 | |||||
| 117 | We work with independent fact-checkers in many jurisdictions to combat misinform | ||||
| > | ation. When content has been rated by fact-checkers, we may add a notice to prov | ||||
| > | ide additional context. You can find more information about fact-checking here . | ||||
| 118 | |||||
| 119 | To help support our community, we encourage you to report content or conduct tha | ||||
| > | t you believe violates your rights (including intellectual property rights ) or | ||||
| > | our terms and policies, if this feature exists in your jurisdiction. We also can | ||||
| > | remove or restrict access to content, features, services, or information if we | ||||
| > | determine that doing so is reasonably necessary to avoid or mitigate misuse of o | ||||
| > | ur services or adverse legal or regulatory impacts to Meta. | ||||
| 120 | |||||
| 121 | ## 3.3 The permissions you give us | ||||
| 122 | |||||
| 123 | We need certain permissions from you to provide our services: | ||||
| 124 | |||||
| 125 | **1. Your content:** Some content that you share or upload, such as photos or vi | ||||
| > | deos, may be protected by intellectual property laws. | ||||
| 126 | |||||
| 127 | You retain ownership of the intellectual property rights (things like copyright | ||||
| > | or trademarks) in any such content that you create and share on Facebook and oth | ||||
| > | er Meta Company Products you use. Nothing in these Terms takes away the rights y | ||||
| > | ou have to your own content. You are free to share your content with anyone else | ||||
| > | , wherever you want. | ||||
| 128 | |||||
| 129 | However, to provide our services, we need you to give us some legal permissions | ||||
| > | (known as a "license") to use that content. This is solely for the purposes of p | ||||
| > | roviding and improving our Products and services as described in Section 1 above | ||||
| > | . | ||||
| 130 | |||||
| 131 | **2. Permission to use content you create and share:** Specifically, when you sh | ||||
| > | are, post, or upload content that is covered by intellectual property rights on | ||||
| > | or in connection with our Products, you grant us a non-exclusive, transferable, | ||||
| > | sub-licensable, royalty-free, and worldwide license to host, use, distribute, mo | ||||
| > | dify, run, copy, publicly perform or display, translate, and create derivative w | ||||
| > | orks of your content (consistent with your privacy and application settings). Th | ||||
| > | is means, for example, that if you share a photo on Facebook, you give us permis | ||||
| > | sion to store, copy, and share it with others (again, consistent with your setti | ||||
| > | ngs) such as Meta Products or service providers that support those products and | ||||
| > | services. This license will end when your content is deleted from our systems. | ||||
| 132 | |||||
| 133 | **3. Deleting Your Content:** You can delete individual content you share, post, | ||||
| > | and upload at any time. In addition, all content posted to your personal accoun | ||||
| > | t will be deleted if you delete your account. Learn more about how to delete you | ||||
| > | r account. Account deletion does not automatically delete content that you post | ||||
| > | as an admin of a page or content that you create collectively with other users, | ||||
| > | such as photos in Shared Albums which may continue to be visible to other album | ||||
| > | members. | ||||
| 134 | |||||
| 135 | It may take up to 90 days to delete content after we begin the account deletion | ||||
| > | process or receive a content deletion request. If you send content to trash, the | ||||
| > | deletion process will automatically begin in 30 days unless you chose to delete | ||||
| > | the content sooner. While the deletion process for such content is being undert | ||||
| > | aken, the content is no longer visible to other users. After the content is dele | ||||
| > | ted, it may take us up to another 90 days to remove it from backups and disaster | ||||
| > | recovery systems. | ||||
| 136 | |||||
| 137 | Content will not be deleted within 90 days of the account deletion or content de | ||||
| > | letion process beginning in the following situations: | ||||
| 138 | |||||
| 139 | - where your content has been used by others in accordance with this license and | ||||
| > | they have not deleted it (in which case this license will continue to apply unt | ||||
| > | il that content is deleted); | ||||
| 140 | - where deletion within 90 days is not possible due to technical limitations of | ||||
| > | our systems, in which case, we will complete the deletion as soon as technically | ||||
| > | feasible; or | ||||
| 141 | - where immediate deletion would restrict our ability to: investigate or identif | ||||
| > | y illegal activity or violations of our terms and policies (for example, to iden | ||||
| > | tify or investigate misuse of our Products or systems);protect the safety, integ | ||||
| > | rity, and security of our Products, systems, services, our employees, and users, | ||||
| > | and to defend ourselves;comply with legal obligations for the preservation of e | ||||
| > | vidence, including data Meta Companies providing financial products and services | ||||
| > | preserve to comply with any record keeping obligations required by law; orcompl | ||||
| > | y with a request of a judicial or administrative authority, law enforcement or a | ||||
| > | government agency; | ||||
| 142 | |||||
| 143 | in which case, the content will be retained for no longer than is necessary for | ||||
| > | the purposes for which it has been retained (the exact duration will vary on a c | ||||
| > | ase-by-case basis). | ||||
| 144 | |||||
| 145 | In each of the above cases, this license will continue until the content has bee | ||||
| > | n fully deleted. | ||||
| 146 | |||||
| 147 | **4. Permission to use your name, profile picture, and information about your ac | ||||
| > | tions with ads and sponsored or commercial content:** You give us permission to | ||||
| > | use your name and profile picture and information about actions you have taken o | ||||
| > | n Facebook next to or in connection with ads, offers, and other sponsored or com | ||||
| > | mercial content that we display across our Products, without any compensation to | ||||
| > | you. For example, we may show your friends that you are interested in an advert | ||||
| > | ised event or have liked a Facebook Page created by a brand that has paid us to | ||||
| > | display its ads on Facebook. Ads and content like this can be seen only by peopl | ||||
| > | e who have your permission to see the actions you've taken on Meta Products. You | ||||
| > | can learn more about your ad settings and preferences. | ||||
| 148 | |||||
| 149 | **5. Permission to update software you use or download:** If you download or use | ||||
| > | our software, you give us permission to download and install updates to the sof | ||||
| > | tware where available. | ||||
| 150 | |||||
| 151 | ## 3.4 Limits on using our intellectual property | ||||
| 152 | |||||
| 153 | If you use content covered by intellectual property rights that we have and make | ||||
| > | available in our Products (for example, images, designs, videos, or sounds we p | ||||
| > | rovide that you add to content you create or share on Facebook), we retain all r | ||||
| > | ights to that content (but not yours). You can only use our copyrights or tradem | ||||
| > | arks (or any similar marks) as expressly permitted by our Brand Usage Guidelines | ||||
| > | or with our prior written permission. You must obtain our written permission (o | ||||
| > | r permission under an open source license) to modify, translate, create derivati | ||||
| > | ve works of, decompile, or reverse engineer our products or their components, or | ||||
| > | otherwise attempt to extract source code from us, unless an exception or limita | ||||
| > | tion applies under applicable law or your conduct relates to the Meta Bug Bounty | ||||
| > | Program . We reserve all rights not expressly granted to you. | ||||
| 154 | |||||
| 155 | Return to top | ||||
| 156 | |||||
| 157 | # 4. Additional provisions | ||||
| 158 | |||||
| 159 | ## 4.1 Updating our Terms | ||||
| 160 | |||||
| 161 | We work constantly to improve our services and develop new features to make our | ||||
| > | Products better for you and our community. As a result, we may need to update th | ||||
| > | ese Terms from time to time to accurately reflect our services and practices, to | ||||
| > | promote a safe and secure experience on our Products and services, and/or to co | ||||
| > | mply with applicable law. We will only make any changes if the provisions are no | ||||
| > | longer appropriate or if they are incomplete, and only if the changes are reaso | ||||
| > | nable and take due account of your interests or if the changes are required for | ||||
| > | safety and security purposes or to comply with applicable law. | ||||
| 162 | |||||
| 163 | We will notify you (for example, by email or through our Products) at least 30 d | ||||
| > | ays before we make changes to these Terms and give you an opportunity to review | ||||
| > | them before they go into effect, unless changes are required by law. Once any up | ||||
| > | dated Terms are in effect, you will be bound by them if you continue to access o | ||||
| > | r use our Products. | ||||
| 164 | |||||
| 165 | We hope that you will continue using our Products, but if you do not agree to ou | ||||
| > | r updated Terms, or wish to terminate your agreement to this contract, you can d | ||||
| > | elete your account at any time and you must also stop accessing, or using Facebo | ||||
| > | ok and the other Meta Products. | ||||
| 166 | |||||
| 167 | ## 4.2 Account suspension or termination | ||||
| 168 | |||||
| 169 | We want Facebook to be a place where people feel welcome and safe to express the | ||||
| > | mselves and share their thoughts and ideas. | ||||
| 170 | |||||
| 171 | If we determine, in our discretion, that you have clearly, seriously or repeated | ||||
| > | ly breached our Terms or Policies, including in particular the Community Standar | ||||
| > | ds , we may suspend or permanently disable your access to Meta Company Products, | ||||
| > | and we may permanently disable or delete your account. We may also disable or d | ||||
| > | elete your account if you repeatedly infringe other people’s intellectual proper | ||||
| > | ty rights or where we are required to do so for legal reasons. | ||||
| 172 | |||||
| 173 | We may disable or delete your account if after registration your account is not | ||||
| > | confirmed, your account is unused and remains inactive for an extended period of | ||||
| > | time, or if we detect someone may have used it without your permission and we a | ||||
| > | re unable to confirm your ownership of the account. Learn more about how we disa | ||||
| > | ble and delete accounts. | ||||
| 174 | |||||
| 175 | Where we take such action we’ll let you know and explain any options you have to | ||||
| > | request a review, unless doing so may expose us or others to legal liability; h | ||||
| > | arm our community of users; compromise or interfere with the integrity or operat | ||||
| > | ion of any of our services, systems or Products; where we are restricted due to | ||||
| > | technical limitations; or where we are prohibited from doing so for legal reason | ||||
| > | s. | ||||
| 176 | |||||
| 177 | You can learn more about what you can do if your account has been disabled and h | ||||
| > | ow to contact us if you think we have disabled your account by mistake. | ||||
| 178 | |||||
| 179 | If you delete or we disable or delete your account, and you stop accessing, usin | ||||
| > | g, or visiting Facebook and the other Meta Products, or if this contract is othe | ||||
| > | rwise terminated, then these Terms shall terminate as an agreement between you a | ||||
| > | nd us, except for the following provisions, which will remain in place: (3, 4.2- | ||||
| > | 4.5). | ||||
| 180 | |||||
| 181 | ## 4.3 Limits on liability | ||||
| 182 | |||||
| 183 | We work hard to provide the best Products we can and to specify clear guidelines | ||||
| > | for everyone who uses them. Our Products, however, are provided "as is," and to | ||||
| > | the extent permissible by law, we make no guarantees that they always will be s | ||||
| > | afe, secure, or error-free, or that they will function without disruptions, dela | ||||
| > | ys, or imperfections. To the extent permitted by law, we also DISCLAIM ALL WARRA | ||||
| > | NTIES, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTA | ||||
| > | BILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT. We do not | ||||
| > | control or direct what people and others do or say, and we are not responsible | ||||
| > | for their actions or conduct (whether online or offline) or any content they sha | ||||
| > | re (including offensive, inappropriate, obscene, unlawful, and other objectionab | ||||
| > | le content). | ||||
| 184 | |||||
| 185 | We cannot predict when issues might arise with our Products. Accordingly, our li | ||||
| > | ability shall be limited to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law. To t | ||||
| > | he fullest extent permitted by applicable law under no circumstance will we be l | ||||
| > | iable to you for any lost profits, revenues, information, or data, or consequent | ||||
| > | ial, special, indirect, exemplary, punitive, or incidental damages arising out o | ||||
| > | f or related to these Terms or the Meta Products (however caused and on any theo | ||||
| > | ry of liability, including negligence), even if we have been advised of the poss | ||||
| > | ibility of such damages. | ||||
| 186 | |||||
| 187 | ## 4.4 Disputes | ||||
| 188 | |||||
| 189 | We try to provide clear rules so that we can limit or hopefully avoid disputes b | ||||
| > | etween you and us. If a dispute does arise, however, it's useful to know up fron | ||||
| > | t where it can be resolved and what laws will apply. | ||||
| 190 | |||||
| 191 | If you are a consumer, or where required by applicable law, the laws of the coun | ||||
| > | try in which you reside will apply to any claim, cause of action, or dispute you | ||||
| > | have against us that arises out of or relates to these Terms or the Meta Produc | ||||
| > | ts, and you may resolve your claim in any competent court in that country that h | ||||
| > | as jurisdiction over the claim. In all other cases, and for any claim, cause of | ||||
| > | action, or dispute that Meta files against you, you and Meta agree that any such | ||||
| > | claim, cause of action or dispute must be resolved exclusively in the U.S. Dist | ||||
| > | rict Court for the Northern District of California or a state court located in S | ||||
| > | an Mateo County. You also agree that you submit to the personal jurisdiction of | ||||
| > | either of these courts for the purpose of litigating any such claim, and that th | ||||
| > | e laws of the State of California will govern these Terms and any claim, cause o | ||||
| > | f action, or dispute without regard to conflict of law provisions. Without preju | ||||
| > | dice to the foregoing, you agree that, in its sole discretion, Meta may bring an | ||||
| > | y claim, cause of action, or dispute we have against you in any competent court | ||||
| > | in the country in which you reside that has jurisdiction over the claim. | ||||
| 192 | |||||
| 193 | ## 4.5 Miscellaneous | ||||
| 194 | |||||
| 195 | - **Supplemental Terms:** Some of the Products we offer are also governed by sup | ||||
| > | plemental terms. If you use any of those Products, supplemental terms will be ma | ||||
| > | de available and will become part of our agreement with you. For instance, if yo | ||||
| > | u access or use our Products for commercial or business purposes, such as buying | ||||
| > | ads, selling products, developing apps, managing a group or Page for your busin | ||||
| > | ess, or using our measurement services, you must agree to our Commercial Terms. | ||||
| > | If you post or share content containing music, you must comply with our Music Gu | ||||
| > | idelines. If you use Avatars, then the Avatar Terms also apply. If you use our A | ||||
| > | I products and features, the Meta AI Terms also apply. To the extent any supplem | ||||
| > | ental terms conflict with these Terms, the supplemental terms shall govern to th | ||||
| > | e extent of the conflict. | ||||
| 196 | - **Severability:** If any portion of these Terms is found to be unenforceable, | ||||
| > | the unenforceable portion will be deemed amended to the minimum extent necessary | ||||
| > | to make it enforceable, and if it can’t be made enforceable, then it will be se | ||||
| > | vered and the remaining portion will remain in full force and effect. If we fail | ||||
| > | to enforce any of these Terms, it will not be considered a waiver. Any amendmen | ||||
| > | t to or waiver of these Terms must be made in writing and signed by us. | ||||
| 197 | - **No Transfer:** You will not transfer any of your rights or obligations under | ||||
| > | these Terms to anyone else without our consent. | ||||
| 198 | - **Legacy Contact:** You may designate a person (called a legacy contact) to ma | ||||
| > | nage your account if it is memorialized. If you enable it in your settings, only | ||||
| > | your legacy contact or a person who you have identified in a valid will or simi | ||||
| > | lar legal document expressing clear consent to disclose your content to that per | ||||
| > | son upon death or incapacity will be able to seek limited disclosure of informat | ||||
| > | ion from your account after it is memorialized. | ||||
| 199 | - **No Third-party Beneficiaries Terms:** These Terms do not confer any third-pa | ||||
| > | rty beneficiary rights. All of our rights and obligations under these Terms are | ||||
| > | freely assignable by us in connection with a merger, acquisition, or sale of ass | ||||
| > | ets, or by operation of law or otherwise. | ||||
| 200 | - **User Name Change:** We may change the username for your account in certain c | ||||
| > | ircumstances (for example, if someone else claims the username and it appears un | ||||
| > | related to the name you use in everyday life). | ||||
| 201 | - **Feedback:** We always appreciate your feedback and other suggestions about o | ||||
| > | ur products and services. But we may use feedback and other suggestions without | ||||
| > | any restriction or obligation to compensate you, and we are under no obligation | ||||
| > | to keep them confidential. | ||||
| 202 | |||||
| 203 | Return to top | ||||
| 204 | |||||
| 205 | # 5. Other terms and policies that may apply to you | ||||
| 206 | |||||
| 207 | - Community Standards: These guidelines outline our standards regarding the cont | ||||
| > | ent you post to Facebook and your activity on Facebook and other Meta Products. | ||||
| 208 | - Commercial Terms: These terms apply if you also access or use our Products for | ||||
| > | any commercial or business purpose, including advertising, operating an app on | ||||
| > | our Platform, using our measurement services, managing a group or a Page for a b | ||||
| > | usiness, or selling goods or services. | ||||
| 209 | - Community Payment Terms: These terms apply to payments made on or through Meta | ||||
| > | Products. | ||||
| 210 | - Commerce Policies: These guidelines outline the policies that apply when you o | ||||
| > | ffer products or services for sale on Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. | ||||
| 211 | - Music Guidelines: These guidelines outline the policies that apply if you post | ||||
| > | or share content containing music on any Meta Products. | ||||
| 212 | - Advertising Policies: These policies apply to partners who advertise across th | ||||
| > | e Meta Products and specify what types of ad content are allowed by partners who | ||||
| > | advertise across the Meta Products. | ||||
| 213 | - Self-Serve Ad Terms: These terms apply when you use self-serve advertising int | ||||
| > | erfaces to create, submit, or deliver advertising or other commercial or sponsor | ||||
| > | ed activity or content. | ||||
| 214 | - Facebook Pages, Groups and Events Policy: These guidelines apply if you create | ||||
| > | or administer a Facebook Page, group, or event, or if you use Facebook to commu | ||||
| > | nicate or administer a promotion. | ||||
| 215 | - Meta Platform Policy: These terms apply to the use of the set of APIs, SDKs, t | ||||
| > | ools, plugins, code, technology, content, and services that enables others to de | ||||
| > | velop functionality, retrieve data from MetaProducts, or provide data to us. | ||||
| 216 | - Developer Payment Terms: These terms apply to developers of applications that | ||||
| > | use Facebook Payments. | ||||
| 217 | - Meta Brand Resources: These guidelines outline the policies that apply to use | ||||
| > | of Meta trademarks, logos, and screenshots. | ||||
| 218 | - Recommendations Guidelines: The Facebook Recommendations Guidelines and Instag | ||||
| > | ram Recommendations Guidelines outline our standards for recommending and not re | ||||
| > | commending content. | ||||
| 219 | - Live Policies: These policies apply to all content broadcast to Facebook Live. | ||||
| 220 | - Avatar Terms: These terms apply to the use of our Avatars and our Avatar featu | ||||
| > | res, including purchases and acquisitions of Avatar clothing in the Avatar store | ||||
| > | . | ||||
| 221 | - Meta AI Terms: These terms govern use of our Generative AI products and featur | ||||
| > | es. | ||||
| 222 | |||||
| 223 | Return to top | ||||