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| 5 | # Terms of Use | ||||
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| 9 | Welcome to Instagram! | ||||
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| 11 | These Terms of Use (or “Terms”) govern your access and use of Instagram, except | ||||
| > | where we expressly state that separate terms (and not these) apply, and provide | ||||
| > | information about the Instagram Service (the “Service”), outlined below. The Met | ||||
| > | a Terms of Service do not apply to this Service. | ||||
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| 13 | The Instagram Service is one of the Meta Products, provided to you by Meta Platf | ||||
| > | orms, Inc. These Terms of Use therefore constitute an agreement between you and | ||||
| > | Meta Platforms, Inc. If you do not agree to these Terms, then do not access or u | ||||
| > | se Instagram. | ||||
| 14 | **1. The Instagram Service**We agree to provide you with the Instagram Service. | ||||
| > | The Service includes all of the Instagram products, features, applications, serv | ||||
| > | ices, technologies, and software that we provide to advance Instagram's mission: | ||||
| > | To bring you closer to the people and things you love. The Service is made up o | ||||
| > | f the following aspects:**Offering personalized opportunities to create, connect | ||||
| > | , communicate, discover and share.** People are different. So we offer you diffe | ||||
| > | rent types of accounts and features to help you create, share, grow your presenc | ||||
| > | e, and communicate with people on and off Instagram. We also want to strengthen | ||||
| > | your relationships through shared experiences that you actually care about. So w | ||||
| > | e build systems that try to understand who and what you and others care about, a | ||||
| > | nd use that information to help you create, find, join and share in experiences | ||||
| > | that matter to you. Part of that is highlighting content, features, offers and a | ||||
| > | ccounts that you might be interested in, and offering ways for you to experience | ||||
| > | Instagram, based on things that you and others do on and off Instagram. | ||||
| 15 | **Fostering a positive, inclusive, and safe environment.** | ||||
| 16 | We develop and use tools and offer resources to our community members that help | ||||
| > | to make their experiences positive and inclusive, including when we think they | ||||
| > | might need help. We also have teams and systems that work to combat abuse and vi | ||||
| > | olations of our Terms and policies, as well as harmful and deceptive behavior. W | ||||
| > | e use all the information we have-including your information-to try to keep our | ||||
| > | platform secure. We also may share information about misuse or harmful content w | ||||
| > | ith other Meta Companies or law enforcement. Learn more in the Privacy Policy. | ||||
| 17 | **Developing and using technologies that help us consistently serve our growing | ||||
| > | community.** | ||||
| 18 | Organizing and analyzing information for our growing community is central to ou | ||||
| > | r Service. A big part of our Service is creating and using cutting-edge technolo | ||||
| > | gies that help us personalize, protect, and improve our Service on an incredibly | ||||
| > | large scale for a broad global community. Technologies like artificial intellig | ||||
| > | ence and machine learning give us the power to apply complex processes across ou | ||||
| > | r Service. Automated technologies also help us ensure the functionality and inte | ||||
| > | grity of our Service. Learn more in the Privacy Policy. | ||||
| 19 | **Providing consistent and seamless experiences across other Meta Company Produ | ||||
| > | cts.** | ||||
| 20 | Instagram is part of the Meta Companies, which share technology, systems, insig | ||||
| > | hts, and information-including the information we have about you (learn more in | ||||
| > | the Privacy Policy) in order to provide services that are better, safer, and mor | ||||
| > | e secure. We also provide ways to interact across the Meta Company Products that | ||||
| > | you use, and designed systems to achieve a seamless and consistent experience a | ||||
| > | cross the Meta Company Products depending on your choices. | ||||
| 21 | **Ensuring access to our Service.** | ||||
| 22 | To operate our global Service, we must store and transfer data across our syste | ||||
| > | ms around the world, including outside of your country of residence. The use of | ||||
| > | this global infrastructure is necessary and essential to provide our Service. Th | ||||
| > | is infrastructure may be owned or operated by Meta Platforms, Inc., Meta Platfor | ||||
| > | ms Ireland Limited, or their affiliates. For more information about how we trans | ||||
| > | fer, store or process your information, please review our Privacy Policy. | ||||
| 23 | **Connecting you with brands, products, and services in ways you care about.** | ||||
| 24 | We use data from Instagram and other Meta Company Products, as well as from thi | ||||
| > | rd-party partners, to show you ads, offers, and other sponsored content that we | ||||
| > | believe will be meaningful to you. And we try to make that content as relevant a | ||||
| > | s all your other experiences on Instagram. | ||||
| 25 | **Research and innovation.** | ||||
| 26 | We use the information we have to study our Service and collaborate with others | ||||
| > | on research to make our Service better and contribute to the well-being of our | ||||
| > | community. | ||||
| 27 | **2. How Our Service Is Funded**Instead of paying to use Instagram, by using th | ||||
| > | e Service covered by these Terms, you acknowledge that we can show you ads that | ||||
| > | businesses and organizations pay us to promote on and off the Meta Company Produ | ||||
| > | cts. We use your personal data, such as information about your activity and inte | ||||
| > | rests, to show you ads that are more relevant to you.We show you relevant and us | ||||
| > | eful ads without telling advertisers who you are. We don’t sell your personal da | ||||
| > | ta. We allow advertisers to tell us things like their business goal and the kind | ||||
| > | of audience they want to see their ads. We then show their ad to people who mig | ||||
| > | ht be interested.We also provide advertisers with reports about the performance | ||||
| > | of their ads to help them understand how people are interacting with their conte | ||||
| > | nt on and off Instagram. For example, we provide general demographic and interes | ||||
| > | t information to advertisers to help them better understand their audience. We d | ||||
| > | on’t share information that directly identifies you (information such as your na | ||||
| > | me or email address that by itself can be used to contact you or identifies who | ||||
| > | you are) unless you give us specific permission. Learn more about how Instagram | ||||
| > | ads work here.You may see branded content on Instagram posted by account holders | ||||
| > | who promote products or services based on a commercial relationship with the bu | ||||
| > | siness partner mentioned in their content. You can learn more about this here. | ||||
| 28 | **3. The Privacy Policy**Providing our Service requires collecting and using yo | ||||
| > | ur information. The Privacy Policy explains how we collect, use, and share infor | ||||
| > | mation across the Meta Products. It also explains the many ways you can control | ||||
| > | your information, including in the Instagram Privacy and Security Settings. You | ||||
| > | must agree to the Privacy Policy to use Instagram. | ||||
| 29 | **4. Your Commitments** | ||||
| 30 | In return for our commitment to provide the Service, we require you to make the | ||||
| > | below commitments to us. | ||||
| 31 | **4.1 Who Can Use Instagram.** We want our Service to be as open and inclusive | ||||
| > | as possible, but we also want it to be safe, secure, and in accordance with the | ||||
| > | law. So, we need you to commit to a few restrictions in order to be part of the | ||||
| > | Instagram community. | ||||
| 32 | You must be at least 13 years old or the minimum legal age in your country to u | ||||
| > | se Instagram.You must not be prohibited from receiving any aspect of our Service | ||||
| > | under applicable laws or engaging in payments related Services if you are on an | ||||
| > | applicable denied party listing.We must not have previously disabled your accou | ||||
| > | nt for violation of law or any of our policies.You must not be a convicted sex o | ||||
| > | ffender.**4.2 How You Can't Use Instagram.** Providing a safe and open Service f | ||||
| > | or a broad community requires that we all do our part. | ||||
| 33 | **You can't impersonate others or provide inaccurate information.** | ||||
| 34 | You don't have to disclose your identity on Instagram, but you must provide us | ||||
| > | with accurate and up to date information (including registration information), w | ||||
| > | hich may include providing personal data. Also, you may not impersonate someone | ||||
| > | or something you aren't, and you can't create an account for someone else unless | ||||
| > | you have their express permission. | ||||
| 35 | **You can't do anything unlawful, misleading, or fraudulent or for an illegal o | ||||
| > | r unauthorized purpose.****You can't violate (or help or encourage others to vio | ||||
| > | late) these Terms or our policies, including in particular the Community Standar | ||||
| > | ds, Meta Platform Terms and Developer Policies, and Music Guidelines**. | ||||
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| 37 | If you post branded content, you must comply with our Branded Content Policies, | ||||
| > | which require you to use our branded content tool. Learn how to report conduct | ||||
| > | or content in our Help Center. | ||||
| 38 | **You can't do anything to interfere with or impair the intended operation of t | ||||
| > | he Service.** | ||||
| 39 | This includes misusing any reporting, dispute, or appeals channel, such as by m | ||||
| > | aking fraudulent or groundless reports or appeals. | ||||
| 40 | **You can't attempt to create accounts or access or collect information in unau | ||||
| > | thorized ways.** | ||||
| 41 | This includes creating accounts or accessing or collecting information in an au | ||||
| > | tomated way without our express permission, regardless of whether such automated | ||||
| > | access or collection is undertaken while logged-in to an Instagram account. | ||||
| 42 | **You can’t sell, license, or purchase any account or data obtained from us or | ||||
| > | our Service, regardless of whether such data was obtained while logged-in to an | ||||
| > | Instagram account.** | ||||
| 43 | This includes attempts to buy, sell, or transfer any aspect of your account (in | ||||
| > | cluding your username); solicit, collect, or use login credentials or badges of | ||||
| > | other users; or request or collect Instagram usernames, passwords, or misappropr | ||||
| > | iate access tokens. | ||||
| 44 | **You can't post someone else’s private or confidential information without per | ||||
| > | mission or do anything that violates someone else's rights, including intellectu | ||||
| > | al property rights (e.g., copyright infringement, trademark infringement, counte | ||||
| > | rfeit, or pirated goods).** | ||||
| 45 | You may use someone else's works under exceptions or limitations to copyright a | ||||
| > | nd related rights under applicable law. You represent you own or have obtained a | ||||
| > | ll necessary rights to the content you post or share. Learn more, including how | ||||
| > | to report content that you think infringes your intellectual property rights, he | ||||
| > | re. | ||||
| 46 | **You can’t modify, translate, create derivative works of, or reverse engineer | ||||
| > | our products or their components.****You can't use a domain name or URL in your | ||||
| > | username without our prior written consent.****You can't do, or attempt to do, a | ||||
| > | nything to circumvent, by-pass, or override any technological measures that cont | ||||
| > | rol or limit access to the Service or data.****4.3 Permissions You Give to Us.** | ||||
| > | As part of our agreement, you also give us permissions that we need to provide | ||||
| > | the Service. | ||||
| 47 | **We do not claim ownership of your content, but you grant us a license to use | ||||
| > | it.** | ||||
| 48 | Nothing is changing about your rights in your content. We do not claim ownershi | ||||
| > | p of your content that you post on or through the Service and you are free to sh | ||||
| > | are your content with anyone else, wherever you want. However, we need certain l | ||||
| > | egal permissions from you (known as a “license”) to provide the Service. When yo | ||||
| > | u share, post, or upload content that is covered by intellectual property rights | ||||
| > | (like photos or videos) on or in connection with our Service, you hereby grant | ||||
| > | to us a non-exclusive, royalty-free, transferable, sub-licensable, worldwide lic | ||||
| > | ense to host, use, distribute, modify, run, copy, publicly perform or display, t | ||||
| > | ranslate, and create derivative works of your content (consistent with your priv | ||||
| > | acy and application settings). This license will end when your content is delete | ||||
| > | d from our systems. You can delete content individually or all at once by deleti | ||||
| > | ng your account. To learn more about how we use information, and how to control | ||||
| > | or delete your content, review the Privacy Policy and visit the Instagram Help C | ||||
| > | enter.**Permission to use your username, profile picture, and information about | ||||
| > | your relationships and actions with accounts, ads, and sponsored content.** | ||||
| 49 | You give us permission to show your username, profile picture, and information | ||||
| > | about your actions (such as likes) or relationships (such as follows) next to or | ||||
| > | in connection with accounts, ads, offers, and other sponsored content that you | ||||
| > | follow or engage with that are displayed on Meta Products, without any compensat | ||||
| > | ion to you. For example, we may show that you liked a sponsored post created by | ||||
| > | a brand that has paid us to display its ads on Instagram. As with actions on oth | ||||
| > | er content and follows of other accounts, actions on sponsored content and follo | ||||
| > | ws of sponsored accounts can be seen only by people who have permission to see t | ||||
| > | hat content or follow. We will also respect your ad settings. You can learn more | ||||
| > | here about your ad settings.**You agree that we can download and install update | ||||
| > | s to the Service on your device.****5. Additional Rights We Retain** | ||||
| 50 | If you select a username or similar identifier for your account, we may change | ||||
| > | it if we believe it is appropriate or necessary (for example, if it infringes so | ||||
| > | meone's intellectual property or impersonates another user). | ||||
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| 52 | If you use content covered by intellectual property rights that we have and mak | ||||
| > | e available in our Service (for example, images, designs, videos, or sounds we p | ||||
| > | rovide that you add to content you create or share), we retain all rights to our | ||||
| > | content (but not yours). | ||||
| 53 | |||||
| 54 | You can only use our intellectual property and trademarks or similar marks as e | ||||
| > | xpressly permitted by our Brand Guidelines or with our prior written permission. | ||||
| 55 | |||||
| 56 | You must obtain written permission from us or under an open source license to m | ||||
| > | odify, create derivative works of, decompile, or otherwise attempt to extract so | ||||
| > | urce code from us. | ||||
| 57 | **6. Content Removal and Disabling or Terminating Your Account**We can remove a | ||||
| > | ny content or information you share on the Service if we believe that it violate | ||||
| > | s these Terms of Use, our policies (including our Community Standards), or we ar | ||||
| > | e permitted or required to do so by law. We work with independent fact-checkers | ||||
| > | in many jurisdictions to combat misinformation. When content has been rated by f | ||||
| > | act-checkers, we may add a notice to provide additional context. You can find mo | ||||
| > | re information about fact-checking here. We can refuse to provide or stop provid | ||||
| > | ing all or part of the Service to you (including terminating or disabling your a | ||||
| > | ccess to the Meta Products and Meta Company Products) immediately to protect our | ||||
| > | community or services, or if you create risk or legal exposure for us, violate | ||||
| > | these Terms of Use or our policies (including our Community Standards), if you r | ||||
| > | epeatedly infringe other people's intellectual property rights, or where we are | ||||
| > | permitted or required to do so by law. We can also terminate or change the Servi | ||||
| > | ce, remove or block content or information shared on our Service, or stop provid | ||||
| > | ing all or part of the Service if we determine that doing so is reasonably neces | ||||
| > | sary to avoid or mitigate adverse legal or regulatory impacts on us. If you beli | ||||
| > | eve your account has been terminated in error, or you want to disable or permane | ||||
| > | ntly delete your account, consult our Help Center. When you request to delete co | ||||
| > | ntent or your account, the deletion process will automatically begin no more tha | ||||
| > | n 30 days after your request. It may take up to 90 days to delete content after | ||||
| > | the deletion process begins. While the deletion process for such content is bein | ||||
| > | g undertaken, the content is no longer visible to other users, but remains subje | ||||
| > | ct to these Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy. After the content is deleted, i | ||||
| > | t may take us up to another 90 days to remove it from backups and disaster recov | ||||
| > | ery systems. | ||||
| 58 | Content will not be deleted within 90 days of the account deletion or content de | ||||
| > | letion process beginning in the following situations: | ||||
| 59 | 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 unti | ||||
| > | l that content is deleted); orwhere deletion within 90 days is not possible due | ||||
| > | to technical limitations of our systems, in which case, we will complete the del | ||||
| > | etion as soon as technically feasible; orwhere deletion would restrict our abili | ||||
| > | ty to: | ||||
| 60 | 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 and security of our products, systems, and users;comply with a | ||||
| > | legal obligation, such as the preservation of evidence; orcomply with a request | ||||
| > | of a judicial or administrative authority, law enforcement or a government agenc | ||||
| > | y;in which case, the content will be retained for no longer than is necessary fo | ||||
| > | r the purposes for which it has been retained (the exact duration will vary on a | ||||
| > | case-by-case basis).If you delete or we disable your account, and you stop acce | ||||
| > | ssing or using Instagram, or if this contract is otherwise terminated, then thes | ||||
| > | e Terms shall terminate as an agreement between you and us, but this section, th | ||||
| > | e section above called “Your Commitments,” and the section below called "Our Agr | ||||
| > | eement and What Happens if We Disagree" will still apply even after your account | ||||
| > | is terminated, disabled, or deleted, or this contract is otherwise terminated.* | ||||
| > | *7. Our Agreement and What Happens if We Disagree****7.1 Our Agreement.**Your us | ||||
| > | e of music on the Service is also subject to our Music Guidelines, and your use | ||||
| > | of our API is subject to our Meta Platform Terms and Developer Policies. If you | ||||
| > | use certain other features or related services, additional terms will be made av | ||||
| > | ailable and will also become a part of our agreement. For example, if you use pa | ||||
| > | yment features, you will be asked to agree to the Community Payment Terms. If yo | ||||
| > | u use Avatars, then the Avatar Terms also apply. If you use our AI products and | ||||
| > | features, the Meta AI Terms also apply. | ||||
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| 62 | If any of those terms conflict with this agreement, those other terms will gove | ||||
| > | rn.If any aspect of this agreement is unenforceable, the rest will remain in eff | ||||
| > | ect.Any amendment or waiver to our agreement must be in writing and signed by us | ||||
| > | . If we fail to enforce any aspect of this agreement, it will not be a waiver.We | ||||
| > | reserve all rights not expressly granted to you.**7.2 Who Has Rights Under this | ||||
| > | Agreement.**This agreement does not give rights to any third parties.You cannot | ||||
| > | transfer your rights or obligations under this agreement without our consent.Ou | ||||
| > | r rights and obligations can be assigned to others. For example, this could occu | ||||
| > | r if our ownership changes (as in a merger, acquisition, or sale of assets) or b | ||||
| > | y law.**7.3 Who Is Responsible if Something Happens.**Our Service is provided "a | ||||
| > | s is," and we can't guarantee it will be safe and secure or will work perfectly | ||||
| > | all the time. TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, WE ALSO DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES, W | ||||
| > | HETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, | ||||
| > | FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, TITLE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.We also don’t cont | ||||
| > | rol what people and others do or say, and we aren’t responsible for their (or yo | ||||
| > | ur) actions or conduct (whether online or offline) or content (including unlawfu | ||||
| > | l or objectionable content). We also aren’t responsible for services and feature | ||||
| > | s offered by other people or companies, even if you access them through our Serv | ||||
| > | ice.Our responsibility for anything that happens on the Service (also called "li | ||||
| > | ability") is limited as much as the law will allow. If there is an issue with ou | ||||
| > | r Service, we can't know what all the possible impacts might be. You agree that | ||||
| > | we won't be responsible ("liable") for any lost profits, revenues, information, | ||||
| > | or data, or consequential, special, indirect, exemplary, punitive, or incidental | ||||
| > | damages arising out of or related to these Terms, even if we know they are poss | ||||
| > | ible. This includes when we delete your content, information, or account.**7.4 H | ||||
| > | ow We Will Handle Disputes.** | ||||
| 63 | If you are a consumer, 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 o | ||||
| > | r relates to these Terms ("claim"), and you may resolve your claim in any compet | ||||
| > | ent court in that country that has jurisdiction over the claim. In all other cas | ||||
| > | es, you agree that the claim must be resolved exclusively in the U.S. District C | ||||
| > | ourt for the Northern District of California or a state court located in San Mat | ||||
| > | eo County, that you submit to the personal jurisdiction of either of these court | ||||
| > | s for the purpose of litigating any such claim, and that the laws of the State o | ||||
| > | f California will govern these Terms and any claim, without regard to conflict o | ||||
| > | f law provisions. Without prejudice to the foregoing, you agree that, in its sol | ||||
| > | e discretion, Meta Platforms Inc. may also bring any claim we have against you r | ||||
| > | elated to efforts to abuse, interfere, or engage with our products in unauthoriz | ||||
| > | ed ways in the country in which you reside that has jurisdiction over the claim. | ||||
| > | |||||
| 64 | **7.5 Unsolicited Material.** | ||||
| 65 | We always appreciate feedback or other suggestions, but may use them without an | ||||
| > | y restrictions or obligation to compensate you for them, and are under no obliga | ||||
| > | tion to keep them confidential. | ||||
| 66 | **8. Updating These Terms** | ||||
| 67 | We may change our Service and policies, and we may need to make changes to these | ||||
| > | Terms so that they accurately reflect our Service and policies. Unless otherwis | ||||
| > | e required by law, we will notify you (for example, through our Service) before | ||||
| > | we make changes to these Terms and give you an opportunity to review them before | ||||
| > | they go into effect. Then, if you continue to access or use the Service, you wi | ||||
| > | ll be bound by the updated Terms. If you do not agree to any updated Terms or wi | ||||
| > | sh to terminate your agreement to this contract, you can do so by deleting your | ||||
| > | account here and no longer accessing or using any part of the Instagram Service. | ||||
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| 70 | Effective Date: 1 January 2025 | ||||
| 71 | |||||
| 72 | ## Related Articles | ||||
| 73 | |||||
| 74 | Intellectual Property | ||||
| 75 | |||||
| 76 | Why we added more information to our Terms | ||||
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| 78 | Why your account has been restricted for data scraping and what can you do | ||||
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| 80 | Exposed Private Information | ||||
| 81 | |||||
| 82 | Information for law enforcement | ||||
| 83 | |||||
| 84 | More information about Standard Contractual Clauses | ||||
| 85 | |||||
| 86 | Related Articles | ||||
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| 88 | Intellectual Property | ||||
| 89 | |||||
| 90 | Why we added more information to our Terms | ||||
| 91 | |||||
| 92 | Why your account has been restricted for data scraping and what can you do | ||||
| 93 | |||||
| 94 | Exposed Private Information | ||||
| 95 | |||||
| 96 | Information for law enforcement | ||||
| 97 | |||||
| 98 | More information about Standard Contractual Clauses | ||||
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