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| f | 1 | # Terms of Service | f | 1 | # Terms of Service |
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| n | 3 | **We have made some updates to our Terms of Service.** **This version of the Ter | n | 3 | **Effective: October 9, 2026** |
| > | ms of Service will go into effect on October 9, 2026. Until then, the current Te | ||||
| > | rms of Service continue to apply.** | ||||
| 4 | 4 | ||||
| 5 | ## Summary of our Terms | 5 | ## Summary of our Terms | ||
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| 282 | **Effective:** October 9, 2026 | 282 | **Effective:** October 9, 2026 | ||
| 283 | 283 | ||||
| 284 | Archive of Previous Terms | 284 | Archive of Previous Terms | ||
| t | 285 | t | |||
| 286 | # Terms of Service | ||||
| 287 | |||||
| 288 | ## Effective until October 9, 2026 | ||||
| 289 | |||||
| 290 | **We have made some updates to our Terms of Service. The updated Terms of Servic | ||||
| > | e will go into effect on October 9, 2026. The current Terms of Service are locat | ||||
| > | ed below.** | ||||
| 291 | |||||
| 292 | ## Summary of our Terms | ||||
| 293 | |||||
| 294 | These Terms of Service (“Terms”) are part of the User Agreement – a legally bind | ||||
| > | ing contract governing your relationship with X. **You should read these Terms i | ||||
| > | n full, but here are a few key things you should take away:** | ||||
| 295 | |||||
| 296 | - **You will see advertising on the platform:** In exchange for accessing the Se | ||||
| > | rvices, X and our third-party providers and partners may display advertising to | ||||
| > | you. | ||||
| 297 | |||||
| 298 | - **When posting Content and otherwise using the Services, you must comply with | ||||
| > | this User Agreement and Applicable Law:** You are responsible for your use of th | ||||
| > | e Services and your Content. You must comply with the User Agreement, including | ||||
| > | all applicable policies and rules, and all applicable laws. | ||||
| 299 | |||||
| 300 | - **You must abide by the Services’ acceptable use terms:** You may not access t | ||||
| > | he Services in any way other than through the currently available, published int | ||||
| > | erfaces that we provide. For example, this means that you cannot scrape the Serv | ||||
| > | ices without X’s express written permission, try to work around any technical li | ||||
| > | mitations we impose, or otherwise attempt to disrupt the operation of the Servic | ||||
| > | es. | ||||
| 301 | |||||
| 302 | - **We have broad enforcement rights:** X reserves the right to take enforcement | ||||
| > | actions against you if you do violate these terms, such as, for example, removi | ||||
| > | ng your Content, limiting visibility, discontinuing your access to X, or taking | ||||
| > | legal action. Certain jurisdictions, including the European Union and the United | ||||
| > | Kingdom, also impose obligations on X to enforce against not only illegal conte | ||||
| > | nt but also categories of content deemed by law to be “harmful” or “unsafe.” As | ||||
| > | a result, your Content or account may be subject to restrictions in those jurisd | ||||
| > | ictions. We may also suspend or terminate your account for other reasons, such a | ||||
| > | s prolonged inactivity, risk of legal exposure, or commercial inviability. | ||||
| 303 | |||||
| 304 | - **There are intellectual property licenses in these Terms:** You retain owners | ||||
| > | hip and rights to any of your Content you post or share, and you provide us with | ||||
| > | a broad, royalty-free license to make your Content available to the rest of the | ||||
| > | world and to let others do the same. Conversely, we provide you a license to us | ||||
| > | e the software we provide as part of the Services, such as the X mobile applicat | ||||
| > | ion, solely for the purpose of enabling you to use and enjoy the benefit of the | ||||
| > | Services. | ||||
| 305 | |||||
| 306 | - **Your use of the Services is at your own risk:** We provide the Services on a | ||||
| > | n “AS IS” and “AS AVAILABLE” basis, and we disclaim all warranties, responsibili | ||||
| > | ty, and liability to you or others to the extent permitted by law. You may be ex | ||||
| > | posed to offensive or harmful Content posted by other users. The Services may ch | ||||
| > | ange from time to time, and we may limit or terminate availability of the Servic | ||||
| > | es or particular features to you or other users at any time. | ||||
| 307 | |||||
| 308 | - **You have remedies and redress mechanisms, but our liability is limited:** Yo | ||||
| > | u have a right to terminate this agreement at any time by deactivating your acco | ||||
| > | unt and discontinuing use of the Services. Depending on your country of residenc | ||||
| > | e, we may not be liable for certain types of damages as described in the agreeme | ||||
| > | nt, and in any event, our aggregate liability shall not exceed the greater of $1 | ||||
| > | 00 USD or the amount you paid us, if any, in the past six months for the Service | ||||
| > | s giving rise to the claim. Further, if you believe that your Content has been d | ||||
| > | isplayed on the Services in an unauthorized manner that constitutes copyright in | ||||
| > | fringement, the reporting process is detailed in these Terms. | ||||
| 309 | |||||
| 310 | |||||
| 311 | **If you are a recipient of the X Service in the United Kingdom,** you may chall | ||||
| > | enge enforcement actions (such as Content removal or account suspension) that br | ||||
| > | each these Terms by filing a complaint through our internal complaints process o | ||||
| > | r by bringing a claim in a competent court, as provided under the Online Safety | ||||
| > | Act 2023. You can find details on how to file a complaint here. | ||||
| 312 | |||||
| 313 | |||||
| 314 | **If you are a recipient of the X Service in the European Union,** you may chall | ||||
| > | enge certain decisions we make under the Digital Services Act (Regulation (EU) 2 | ||||
| > | 022/2065) via our internal process or via out-of-court dispute settlement as des | ||||
| > | cribed here. | ||||
| 315 | |||||
| 316 | Please also note that these Terms incorporate our Privacy Policy ( https://x.com | ||||
| > | /privacy ) as well as other terms applicable to your use of the Services and you | ||||
| > | r Content. Finally, these Terms may vary depending on where you live, but in any | ||||
| > | case, you must be at least 13 years old to use X. | ||||
| 317 | |||||
| 318 | **If you live outside the European Union, EFTA States, or the United Kingdom, in | ||||
| > | cluding if you live in the United States,** the X User Agreement comprises these | ||||
| > | Terms of Service , our Privacy Policy , our Rules and Policies , and all incorp | ||||
| > | orated policies. | ||||
| 319 | |||||
| 320 | **If you live in the European Union, EFTA States, or the United Kingdom,** the X | ||||
| > | User Agreement comprises these Terms of Service , our Privacy Policy , our Rule | ||||
| > | s and Policies , and all incorporated policies. | ||||
| 321 | |||||
| 322 | ## X Terms of Service | ||||
| 323 | |||||
| 324 | ##### **If you live outside the European Union, EFTA States, or the United Kingd | ||||
| > | om, including if you live in the United States** | ||||
| 325 | |||||
| 326 | These Terms of Service (“Terms”) govern your relationship with us and your and o | ||||
| > | ther users’ access to and use of, and anything otherwise relating to, our or our | ||||
| > | corporate affiliates’ services, including our various websites, SMS, APIs, emai | ||||
| > | l notifications, applications, buttons, widgets, ads, commerce services, and our | ||||
| > | other covered services ( https://help.x.com/rules-and-policies/x-services-and-c | ||||
| > | orporate-affiliates ) that link to these Terms (collectively, the “Services”), a | ||||
| > | nd any information, text, links, graphics, photos, audio, videos, or other mater | ||||
| > | ials or arrangements of materials uploaded, downloaded or appearing on the Servi | ||||
| > | ces (collectively referred to as “Content”). By using the Services you agree to | ||||
| > | be bound by these Terms. | ||||
| 327 | |||||
| 328 | These Terms are an agreement between you and X Corp., which provides X and the S | ||||
| > | ervices, with its registered office at 865 FM 1209, Building 2, Bastrop, TX 7860 | ||||
| > | 2 U.S.A. The words “we,” “us,” and “our” mean X Corp. | ||||
| 329 | |||||
| 330 | - 1. Who May Use the Services | ||||
| 331 | - 2. Privacy | ||||
| 332 | - 3. Content on the Services | ||||
| 333 | - 4. Using the Services | ||||
| 334 | - 5. Disclaimers and Limitations of Liability | ||||
| 335 | - 6. General | ||||
| 336 | |||||
| 337 | ## 1. Who May Use the Services | ||||
| 338 | |||||
| 339 | You may use the Services only if you agree to form a binding contract with us an | ||||
| > | d are not a person barred from receiving services under the laws of the applicab | ||||
| > | le jurisdiction. In any case, you must be at least 13 years old to use the Servi | ||||
| > | ces. If you are (i) accepting these Terms and/or using the Services, which const | ||||
| > | itutes acceptance of these Terms, or (ii) accepting these Terms in order to auth | ||||
| > | orize the use of the Services on behalf of a minor (being any person under the a | ||||
| > | ge of majority in any given country), company, organization, government, or othe | ||||
| > | r legal entity, you represent and warrant that you are authorized to do so or, a | ||||
| > | s the case may be, have the authority to bind such minor and/or entity to these | ||||
| > | Terms. The words “you” and “your” as used in these Terms shall refer either to t | ||||
| > | he person accepting these Terms or such minor (as defined in (i)) and/or the ent | ||||
| > | ity referenced in (ii), as applicable. | ||||
| 340 | |||||
| 341 | ## 2. Privacy | ||||
| 342 | |||||
| 343 | Our Privacy Policy ( https://x.com/privacy ) describes how we handle the informa | ||||
| > | tion you provide to us when you use the Services. You understand that through yo | ||||
| > | ur use of the Services you consent to the collection and use (as set forth in th | ||||
| > | e Privacy Policy) of this information, including the transfer of this informatio | ||||
| > | n to the United States, Ireland, and/or other countries for storage, processing | ||||
| > | and use by us and our affiliates. | ||||
| 344 | |||||
| 345 | ## 3. Content on the Services | ||||
| 346 | |||||
| 347 | You are responsible for your use of the Services and for any Content, including | ||||
| > | anything referenced therein, you provide, create, post, or otherwise utilize, in | ||||
| > | cluding any inputs, prompts, outputs, and/or information obtained or created thr | ||||
| > | ough the Services. It is your responsibility to comply with all applicable laws, | ||||
| > | rules, policies, and regulations that are applicable to you or your Content, in | ||||
| > | cluding on a third party’s or our affiliates’ services. You should only provide, | ||||
| > | create, or generate Content that you are comfortable sharing with others. | ||||
| 348 | |||||
| 349 | Any use or reliance on any Content or materials posted via the Services or obtai | ||||
| > | ned by you through the Services is at your own risk. We do not endorse, support, | ||||
| > | represent or guarantee the completeness, truthfulness, accuracy, or reliability | ||||
| > | of any Content or communications posted or otherwise obtained via the Services | ||||
| > | or endorse any alleged facts or opinions expressed via the Services. You underst | ||||
| > | and that by using the Services, you may be exposed to Content that might be offe | ||||
| > | nsive, harmful, inaccurate or otherwise inappropriate, or in some cases, posting | ||||
| > | s that have been mislabeled or are otherwise deceptive. All Content, including a | ||||
| > | nything referenced therein, is the sole responsibility of the person who posted, | ||||
| > | generated, inputted, or created such Content. We may not monitor or control the | ||||
| > | Content posted, generated, inputted, or created via the Services, and we cannot | ||||
| > | take responsibility for such Content. | ||||
| 350 | |||||
| 351 | We reserve the right to remove Content that violates the User Agreement, includi | ||||
| > | ng for example, copyright or trademark violations or other intellectual property | ||||
| > | misappropriation, impersonation, unlawful conduct, or harassment. Certain juris | ||||
| > | dictions, including the European Union and the United Kingdom, impose obligation | ||||
| > | s on us to enforce against categories of content deemed by law to be harmful or | ||||
| > | unsafe, such as bullying and humiliating content, content that promotes or encou | ||||
| > | rages feeding or eating disorders, as well as content that encourages or makes a | ||||
| > | vailable knowledge of methods of self-harm and suicide. As a result, your Conten | ||||
| > | t may be subject to restrictions as required by these jurisdictions. Information | ||||
| > | regarding specific policies and the process for reporting or appealing violatio | ||||
| > | ns can be found in our Help Center ( https://help.x.com/rules-and-policies , htt | ||||
| > | ps://help.x.com/rules-and-policies/x-report-violation#specific-violations , and | ||||
| > | https://help.x.com/managing-your-account/suspended-x-accounts ). | ||||
| 352 | |||||
| 353 | If you believe that your Content has been copied in a way that constitutes copyr | ||||
| > | ight infringement, please report this by visiting our Copyright reporting form ( | ||||
| > | https://help.x.com/forms/ipi ) or contacting our designated copyright agent at: | ||||
| 354 | |||||
| 355 | X Corp. | ||||
| 356 | |||||
| 357 | Attn: Copyright Agent | ||||
| 358 | |||||
| 359 | 865 FM 1209, Building 2 | ||||
| 360 | |||||
| 361 | Bastrop, TX 78602 | ||||
| 362 | |||||
| 363 | Reports: https://help.x.com/forms/ipi | ||||
| 364 | |||||
| 365 | Email: copyright@x.com | ||||
| 366 | |||||
| 367 | ### Your Rights and Grant of Rights in the Content | ||||
| 368 | |||||
| 369 | You retain your rights to any Content, including anything referenced therein, yo | ||||
| > | u submit, input, create, generate, post, or display on or through the Services. | ||||
| > | What’s yours is yours — you own your Content (and your incorporated audio, photo | ||||
| > | s, and videos are considered part of the Content). | ||||
| 370 | |||||
| 371 | In choosing to submit, input, create, generate, post, or display Content on or t | ||||
| > | hrough the Services, you grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free licen | ||||
| > | se (with the right to sublicense) to use, copy, reproduce, process, adapt, modif | ||||
| > | y, publish, transmit, display, upload, download, and distribute such Content, in | ||||
| > | cluding anything referenced therein, in any and all media or distribution method | ||||
| > | s now known or later developed, for any purpose. For clarity, these rights inclu | ||||
| > | de, for example, curating, transforming, and translating. This license authorize | ||||
| > | s us to make your Content available to the rest of the world and to let others d | ||||
| > | o the same. You agree that this license includes the right for us to (i) analyze | ||||
| > | text and other information you provide and to otherwise provide, promote, and i | ||||
| > | mprove the Services, including, for example, for use with and training of our ma | ||||
| > | chine learning and artificial intelligence models, whether generative or another | ||||
| > | type; and (ii) to make Content submitted to or through the Services available t | ||||
| > | o other companies, organizations or individuals, including, for example, for imp | ||||
| > | roving the Services and the syndication, broadcast, distribution, repost, promot | ||||
| > | ion or publication of such Content on other media and services, subject to our t | ||||
| > | erms and conditions for such Content use. Such additional uses by us, or other c | ||||
| > | ompanies, organizations or individuals, is made with no compensation paid to you | ||||
| > | with respect to the Content that you submit, post, transmit or otherwise make a | ||||
| > | vailable through the Services as the use of the Services by you is hereby agreed | ||||
| > | as being sufficient compensation for the Content and grant of rights herein. | ||||
| 372 | |||||
| 373 | We have an evolving set of rules for how ecosystem partners can interact with yo | ||||
| > | ur Content on the Services. These rules exist to enable an open ecosystem with y | ||||
| > | our rights in mind. You understand that we may modify or adapt your Content as i | ||||
| > | t is distributed, syndicated, published, or broadcast by us and our partners and | ||||
| > | /or make changes to your Content in order to adapt the Content to different medi | ||||
| > | a. | ||||
| 374 | |||||
| 375 | You represent and warrant that you have, or have obtained, all rights, licenses, | ||||
| > | consents, permissions, power and/or authority necessary to grant the rights gra | ||||
| > | nted herein for any Content that you input, submit, create, post, generate, or d | ||||
| > | isplay on or through the Services. You agree and warrant that such Content does | ||||
| > | not contain material subject to copyright or other proprietary rights, unless yo | ||||
| > | u have obtained the necessary permissions or are otherwise legally entitled to p | ||||
| > | ost or otherwise use the material and to grant us the license described above. | ||||
| 376 | |||||
| 377 | ## 4. Using the Services | ||||
| 378 | |||||
| 379 | Please review our Rules and Policies , which are part of the User Agreement and | ||||
| > | outline conduct that is prohibited on the Services, as well as categories of con | ||||
| > | tent deemed by law to be harmful or unsafe in certain jurisdictions. You may use | ||||
| > | the Services only in compliance with these Terms and all applicable laws, rules | ||||
| > | and regulations. X takes enforcement actions when Content or user behavior is i | ||||
| > | n violation of our Rules and Policies or in relation to sensitive media. You can | ||||
| > | review X’s enforcement options and how you can appeal our enforcement decision | ||||
| > | here . | ||||
| 380 | |||||
| 381 | The Services evolve constantly. As such, the Services may change from time to ti | ||||
| > | me, at our discretion. We may stop (permanently or temporarily) providing the Se | ||||
| > | rvices or any features within the Services to you or to users generally. We also | ||||
| > | retain the right to create limits on use and storage at our sole discretion at | ||||
| > | any time. We may also remove or refuse to distribute any Content on the Services | ||||
| > | , limit distribution or visibility of any Content on the service, suspend or ter | ||||
| > | minate users, and reclaim usernames without liability to you. | ||||
| 382 | |||||
| 383 | In consideration for our granting you access to and use of the Services, you agr | ||||
| > | ee that we and our third-party providers and partners may place advertising on t | ||||
| > | he Services or in connection with the display of Content or information from the | ||||
| > | Services whether submitted by you or others. We also reserve the right to acces | ||||
| > | s, read, preserve, and disclose any information as we reasonably believe is nece | ||||
| > | ssary to (i) satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or government | ||||
| > | al request; (ii) enforce the Terms, including investigation of potential violati | ||||
| > | ons hereof; (iii) detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security or techn | ||||
| > | ical issues; (iv) respond to user support requests; or (v) protect the rights, p | ||||
| > | roperty or safety of X, its users and the public. We do not disclose personally- | ||||
| > | identifying information to third parties except in accordance with our Privacy P | ||||
| > | olicy . | ||||
| 384 | |||||
| 385 | Certain services or features may be offered on X for which additional terms and | ||||
| > | conditions may apply in connection with your use of those services. By using or | ||||
| > | paying for any of these additional services, you agree to any additional terms a | ||||
| > | pplicable to those services, and those additional terms become part of our agree | ||||
| > | ment with you. If any of the applicable additional terms conflict with these Ter | ||||
| > | ms, the additional terms will prevail while you are using those services to whic | ||||
| > | h they apply. | ||||
| 386 | |||||
| 387 | If you use paid features, products, or services of the Services, you agree to th | ||||
| > | e applicable Terms for Paid Services ( https://legal.x.com/purchaser-terms ). | ||||
| 388 | |||||
| 389 | If you use developer features, products, or services of the Services, including | ||||
| > | but not limited to X for Websites ( https://developer.x.com/docs/x-for-websites | ||||
| > | ), X Cards ( https://developer.x.com/docs/x-for-websites/cards/overview/abouts-c | ||||
| > | ards ), Public API ( https://developer.x.com/docs ), or Sign in with X ( https:/ | ||||
| > | /docs.x.com/resources/fundamentals/authentication/guides/log-in-with-x ), you ag | ||||
| > | ree to our Developer Agreement ( https://developer.x.com/developer-terms/agreeme | ||||
| > | nt ) and Developer Policy ( https://developer.x.com/developer-terms/policy ). If | ||||
| > | you want to reproduce, modify, create derivative works, distribute, sell, trans | ||||
| > | fer, publicly display, publicly perform, transmit, or otherwise use the Services | ||||
| > | or Content on the Services, you must use the interfaces and instructions we pro | ||||
| > | vide, except as permitted through the Services, these Terms, or the terms provid | ||||
| > | ed on https://developer.x.com/developer-terms . Otherwise, all such actions are | ||||
| > | strictly prohibited. If you are a security researcher, you are required to compl | ||||
| > | y with the rules of our Vulnerability Reporting Program ( https://hackerone.com/ | ||||
| > | x ). The requirements set out in the preceding paragraph may not apply to those | ||||
| > | participating in our Vulnerability Reporting Program. | ||||
| 390 | |||||
| 391 | If you use advertising features, products, or services of the Services in any wa | ||||
| > | y, including but not limited to self-service and managed service offerings, you | ||||
| > | agree that your use of the advertising features, products, and services as well | ||||
| > | as your advertisements are subject to the terms of our Master Services Agreement | ||||
| > | ( https://ads.x.com/terms ). | ||||
| 392 | |||||
| 393 | ### Your Account | ||||
| 394 | |||||
| 395 | You may need to create an account to use the Services. You are responsible for s | ||||
| > | afeguarding your account, so use a strong password and limit its use to this acc | ||||
| > | ount, and use two-factor authentication via an authenticator app or security key | ||||
| > | . We cannot and will not be liable for any loss or damage arising from your fail | ||||
| > | ure to comply with the above. | ||||
| 396 | |||||
| 397 | You can control most communications from the Services. We may need to provide yo | ||||
| > | u with certain communications, such as service announcements and administrative | ||||
| > | messages. These communications are considered part of the Services and your acco | ||||
| > | unt, and you may not be able to opt-out from receiving them. If you added your p | ||||
| > | hone number to your account and you later change or deactivate that phone number | ||||
| > | , you must update your account information to help prevent us from communicating | ||||
| > | with anyone who acquires your old number. | ||||
| 398 | |||||
| 399 | ### Your License to Use the Services | ||||
| 400 | |||||
| 401 | We give you a personal, worldwide, royalty-free, non-assignable and non-exclusiv | ||||
| > | e license to use the software provided to you as part of the Services. This lice | ||||
| > | nse cannot be assigned, gifted, sold, shared or transferred in any other manner | ||||
| > | to any other individual or entity without X’s express written consent. This lice | ||||
| > | nse has the sole purpose of enabling you to use and enjoy the benefit of the Ser | ||||
| > | vices as provided on X, in the manner permitted by these Terms. | ||||
| 402 | |||||
| 403 | The Services are protected by copyright, trademark, and other laws of both the U | ||||
| > | nited States and other countries. Nothing in the Terms gives you a right to use | ||||
| > | the X name or Twitter name or any of the X or Twitter trademarks, logos, domain | ||||
| > | names, other distinctive brand features, and other proprietary rights, and you m | ||||
| > | ay not do so without our express written consent. All right, title, and interest | ||||
| > | in and to the Services (excluding Content provided by users) are and will remai | ||||
| > | n our and our licensors' exclusive property. Any feedback, comments, or suggesti | ||||
| > | ons you may provide regarding X, or the Services is entirely voluntary and we wi | ||||
| > | ll be free to use such feedback, comments or suggestions as we see fit and witho | ||||
| > | ut any obligation to you. | ||||
| 404 | |||||
| 405 | ### Misuse of the Services | ||||
| 406 | |||||
| 407 | You also agree not to misuse the Services, for example, by interfering with them | ||||
| > | or accessing them using a method other than the interface and the instructions | ||||
| > | that we provide. You agree that you will not work around any technical limitatio | ||||
| > | ns in the software provided to you as part of the Services, or reverse engineer, | ||||
| > | decompile or disassemble the software, except and only to the extent that appli | ||||
| > | cable law expressly permits. You may not do any of the following while accessing | ||||
| > | or using the Services: (i) access, tamper with, or use non-public areas of the | ||||
| > | Services, our computer systems, or the technical delivery systems of our provide | ||||
| > | rs; (ii) probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of any system or network or brea | ||||
| > | ch or circumvent any security or authentication measures; (iii) access or search | ||||
| > | or attempt to access or search the Services by any means (automated or otherwis | ||||
| > | e) other than through our currently available, published interfaces that are pro | ||||
| > | vided by us (and only pursuant to the applicable terms and conditions), unless y | ||||
| > | ou have been specifically allowed to do so in a separate agreement with us (NOTE | ||||
| > | : crawling or scraping the Services in any form, for any purpose without our pri | ||||
| > | or written consent is expressly prohibited); (iv) attempt to circumvent, manipul | ||||
| > | ate, or disable systems and Services, including through "jailbreaking", “prompt | ||||
| > | engineering or injection", or other methods intended to override or manipulate s | ||||
| > | afety, security or other platform controls; (v) forge any TCP/IP packet header o | ||||
| > | r any part of the header information in any email or posting; (vi) in any way us | ||||
| > | e the Services to send altered, deceptive or false source-identifying informatio | ||||
| > | n; (vii) engage in any conduct that violates our Platform Manipulation and Spam | ||||
| > | Policy or any other Rules and Policies , including our Misuse of Reporting Featu | ||||
| > | res Policy ; or (viii) interfere with, or disrupt, (or attempt to do so), the ac | ||||
| > | cess of any user, host or network, including, without limitation, sending a viru | ||||
| > | s, overloading, flooding, spamming, mail-bombing the Services, or by scripting t | ||||
| > | he creation of Content in such a manner as to interfere with or create an undue | ||||
| > | burden on the Services. It is also a violation of these Terms to facilitate or a | ||||
| > | ssist others in violating these Terms, including by distributing products or ser | ||||
| > | vices that enable or encourage violation of these Terms. | ||||
| 408 | |||||
| 409 | ### Ending These Terms | ||||
| 410 | |||||
| 411 | You may end your legal agreement with us at any time by deactivating your accoun | ||||
| > | ts and discontinuing your use of the Services. See https://help.x.com/managing-y | ||||
| > | our-account/how-to-deactivate-x-account for instructions on how to deactivate yo | ||||
| > | ur account and the Privacy Policy for more information on what happens to your i | ||||
| > | nformation. | ||||
| 412 | |||||
| 413 | We may suspend or terminate your account or cease providing you with all or part | ||||
| > | of the Services at any time if we reasonably believe: (i) you have violated the | ||||
| > | se Terms or our Rules and Policies , (ii) you create risk or possible legal expo | ||||
| > | sure for us; (iii) your account should be removed due to unlawful conduct; (iv) | ||||
| > | your account should be removed due to prolonged inactivity; or (v) our provision | ||||
| > | of the Services to you is no longer commercially viable. We will make reasonabl | ||||
| > | e efforts to notify you by the email address associated with your account or the | ||||
| > | next time you attempt to access your account, depending on the circumstances. T | ||||
| > | o the extent permitted by law, we may also terminate your account or cease provi | ||||
| > | ding you with all or part of the Services for any other reason or no reason at o | ||||
| > | ur convenience. In all such cases, the Terms shall terminate, including, without | ||||
| > | limitation, your license to use the Services, except that the following section | ||||
| > | s shall continue to apply: 2, 3, 5, 6, and the misuse provisions of Section 4 (“ | ||||
| > | Misuse of the Services”). If you believe your account was terminated in error yo | ||||
| > | u can file an appeal following the steps found in our Help Center ( https://help | ||||
| > | .x.com/forms/account-access/appeals ). For the avoidance of doubt, these Terms s | ||||
| > | urvive the deactivation or termination of your account. | ||||
| 414 | |||||
| 415 | ## 5. Disclaimers and Limitations of Liability | ||||
| 416 | |||||
| 417 | ### The Services are Available "AS-IS" | ||||
| 418 | |||||
| 419 | Your access to and use of the Services or any Content are at your own risk. You | ||||
| > | understand and agree that the Services are provided to you on an “AS IS” and “AS | ||||
| > | AVAILABLE” basis. The “X Entities” refers to X Corp., its parents, affiliates, | ||||
| > | related companies, officers, directors, employees, agents, representatives, part | ||||
| > | ners, and licensors. Without limiting the foregoing, to the maximum extent permi | ||||
| > | tted under applicable law, THE X ENTITIES DISCLAIM ALL WARRANTIES AND CONDITIONS | ||||
| > | , WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPO | ||||
| > | SE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. The X Entities make no warranty or representation and d | ||||
| > | isclaim all responsibility and liability for: (i) the completeness, accuracy, av | ||||
| > | ailability, timeliness, security or reliability of the Services or any Content; | ||||
| > | (ii) any harm to your computer system, loss of data, or other harm that results | ||||
| > | from your access to or use of the Services or any Content; (iii) the deletion of | ||||
| > | , or the failure to store or to transmit, any Content and other communications m | ||||
| > | aintained by the Services; and (iv) whether the Services will meet your requirem | ||||
| > | ents or be available on an uninterrupted, secure, or error-free basis. No advice | ||||
| > | or information, whether oral or written, obtained from the X Entities or throug | ||||
| > | h the Services, will create any warranty or representation not expressly made he | ||||
| > | rein. | ||||
| 420 | |||||
| 421 | ### Limitation of Liability | ||||
| 422 | |||||
| 423 | NOTWITHSTANDING ANY OTHER TERMS TO THE CONTRARY, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED | ||||
| > | BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE X ENTITIES SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDEN | ||||
| > | TAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES, RELIANCE OR ANY LOSS OF PROFITS | ||||
| > | OR REVENUES, WHETHER INCURRED DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, OR ANY LOSS OF DATA, USE, | ||||
| > | GOODWILL, OR OTHER INTANGIBLE LOSSES, RESULTING FROM (i) YOUR ACCESS TO OR USE | ||||
| > | OF OR INABILITY TO ACCESS OR USE THE SERVICES; (ii) ANY CONDUCT OR CONTENT OF AN | ||||
| > | Y USER OR THIRD PARTY ON THE SERVICES, INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION, ANY DEFAMAT | ||||
| > | ORY, OFFENSIVE OR ILLEGAL CONDUCT OF OTHER USERS OR THIRD PARTIES; (iii) ANY CON | ||||
| > | TENT OBTAINED FROM THE SERVICES; OR (iv) UNAUTHORIZED ACCESS, USE OR ALTERATION | ||||
| > | OF YOUR TRANSMISSIONS OR CONTENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AGGREGATE LIABILITY OF T | ||||
| > | HE X ENTITIES EXCEED THE GREATER OF ONE HUNDRED U.S. DOLLARS (U.S. $100.00) OR T | ||||
| > | HE AMOUNT YOU PAID US, IF ANY, IN THE PAST SIX MONTHS FOR THE SERVICES GIVING RI | ||||
| > | SE TO THE CLAIM. THE LIMITATIONS OF THIS SUBSECTION SHALL APPLY TO ANY THEORY OF | ||||
| > | LIABILITY, WHETHER BASED ON WARRANTY, CONTRACT, STATUTE, TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIG | ||||
| > | ENCE) OR OTHERWISE, AND WHETHER OR NOT THE X ENTITIES HAVE BEEN INFORMED OF THE | ||||
| > | POSSIBILITY OF ANY SUCH DAMAGE, AND EVEN IF A REMEDY SET FORTH HEREIN IS FOUND T | ||||
| > | O HAVE FAILED OF ITS ESSENTIAL PURPOSE. IN THE EVENT ANY PORTION OF THESE LIMITA | ||||
| > | TION OF LIABILITY PROVISIONS IS DEEMED UNENFORCEABLE AS A MATTER OF LAW, THAT LI | ||||
| > | MITATION SHALL INSTEAD BE THE GREATEST LIMITATION PERMITTED BY LAW. | ||||
| 424 | |||||
| 425 | BY AGREEING TO THESE TERMS OR USING THE SERVICES, YOU AGREE, TO THE MAXIMUM EXTE | ||||
| > | NT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THAT THE X ENTITIES ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE OR LIABL | ||||
| > | E TO YOU OR OTHERS FOR THE ACTIONS OR CONDUCT OF USERS AND THIRD PARTIES ON THE | ||||
| > | SERVICES, OR FOR ANY CONTENT USERS AND THIRD PARTIES SHARE ON THE SERVICES, INCL | ||||
| > | UDING OFFENSIVE, DEFAMATORY, ILLEGAL OR OTHER OBJECTIONABLE CONTENT. | ||||
| 426 | |||||
| 427 | ### Liquidated Damages | ||||
| 428 | |||||
| 429 | Protecting our users’ data and our system resources is important to us. You furt | ||||
| > | her agree that, to the extent permitted by applicable law, if you violate the Te | ||||
| > | rms, or you induce or knowingly facilitate others to do so, in addition to all o | ||||
| > | ther legal remedies available to us, you will be jointly and severally liable to | ||||
| > | us for liquidated damages as follows for requesting, viewing, or accessing more | ||||
| > | than 1,000,000 posts (including reply posts, video posts, image posts, and any | ||||
| > | other posts) in any 24-hour period - $15,000 USD per 1,000,000 posts. You agree | ||||
| > | that these amounts are (i) a reasonable estimate of our damages; (ii) not a pena | ||||
| > | lty; and (iii) not otherwise limiting of our ability to recover from you or othe | ||||
| > | rs under any legal or equitable theory or claim, including but not limited to st | ||||
| > | atutory damages and/or equitable relief. You further agree that repeated violati | ||||
| > | ons of these Terms will irreparably harm and entitle us to injunctive and/or oth | ||||
| > | er equitable relief, in addition to monetary damages. | ||||
| 430 | |||||
| 431 | ## 6. General | ||||
| 432 | |||||
| 433 | We may revise these Terms from time to time. The changes will not be retroactive | ||||
| > | , and the most current version of the Terms, which will always be at https://x.c | ||||
| > | om/tos , will govern our relationship with you. We will try to notify you of mat | ||||
| > | erial revisions, for example via a service notification or an email to the email | ||||
| > | associated with your account. By continuing to access or use the Services after | ||||
| > | those revisions become effective, you agree to be bound by the revised Terms. | ||||
| 434 | |||||
| 435 | The laws of the State of Texas, excluding its choice of law provisions, will gov | ||||
| > | ern these Terms and any dispute that arises between you and us, notwithstanding | ||||
| > | any other agreement between you and us to the contrary. Notwithstanding any othe | ||||
| > | r agreement to the contrary, all disputes related to these Terms, the Services, | ||||
| > | or any patents — including without limitation disputes related to or arising fro | ||||
| > | m any Content (whether your or others’ Content), or your or others’ use of the S | ||||
| > | ervices or the complete or partial termination thereof — shall be brought and mu | ||||
| > | st proceed exclusively in the federal or state courts located in Wichita County | ||||
| > | or Tarrant County, Texas, United States, and you consent to personal jurisdictio | ||||
| > | n in those forums and waive any objection as to inconvenient forum. For the avoi | ||||
| > | dance of doubt, the choice of law and forum selection provisions of this paragra | ||||
| > | ph shall apply regardless of whether a dispute or any claims contained therein a | ||||
| > | re based in contract, tort, statute, common law, or otherwise, and the choice of | ||||
| > | law and forum selection provisions of this paragraph shall apply to pending and | ||||
| > | future disputes and shall apply to your dispute regardless of when the conduct | ||||
| > | relating to the dispute arose or occurred. The choice of law and forum selection | ||||
| > | provisions of this paragraph shall also extend to disputes involving our U.S. c | ||||
| > | orporate affiliates, who are intended third-party beneficiaries of this paragrap | ||||
| > | h. Without prejudice to the foregoing, you agree that, in its sole discretion, X | ||||
| > | may bring any claim, cause of action, or dispute we have against you in any com | ||||
| > | petent court in the country in which you reside that has jurisdiction and venue | ||||
| > | over the claim. | ||||
| 436 | |||||
| 437 | **To the extent permitted by law, you also waive the right to participate as a p | ||||
| > | laintiff or class member in any purported class action, collective action or rep | ||||
| > | resentative action proceeding against us or our corporate affiliates.** | ||||
| 438 | |||||
| 439 | If you are a federal, state, or local government entity in the United States usi | ||||
| > | ng the Services in your official capacity and legally unable to accept the contr | ||||
| > | olling law, jurisdiction or venue clauses above, then those clauses do not apply | ||||
| > | to you. For such U.S. federal government entities, these Terms and any action r | ||||
| > | elated thereto will be governed by the laws of the United States of America (wit | ||||
| > | hout reference to conflict of laws) and, in the absence of federal law and to th | ||||
| > | e extent permitted under federal law, the laws of the State of Texas (excluding | ||||
| > | choice of law). | ||||
| 440 | |||||
| 441 | You and X agree that you must initiate any proceeding or action asserting a fede | ||||
| > | ral claim within one (1) year of the date of the occurrence of the event or fact | ||||
| > | s giving rise to a dispute that is arising out of or related to these Terms or t | ||||
| > | he Services. You and X agree that you must initiate any proceeding or action ass | ||||
| > | erting a state law claim within two (2) years of the date of the occurrence of t | ||||
| > | he event or facts giving rise to a dispute that is arising out of or related to | ||||
| > | these Terms or the Services. Otherwise, to the extent permitted by applicable la | ||||
| > | w, you forever waive the right to pursue any claim or cause of action, of any ki | ||||
| > | nd or character, based on such events or facts, and such claims or causes of act | ||||
| > | ion are permanently barred. | ||||
| 442 | |||||
| 443 | In the event that any provision of these Terms is held to be invalid or unenforc | ||||
| > | eable, then that provision will be limited or eliminated to the minimum extent n | ||||
| > | ecessary, and the remaining provisions of these Terms will remain in full force | ||||
| > | and effect. Our failure to enforce any right or provision of these Terms will no | ||||
| > | t be deemed a waiver of such right or provision. | ||||
| 444 | |||||
| 445 | The X User Agreement is written in English but is made available in multiple lan | ||||
| > | guages through translations. X strives to make the translations as accurate as p | ||||
| > | ossible to the original English version. However, in case of any discrepancies o | ||||
| > | r inconsistencies, the English language version of the X User Agreement shall ta | ||||
| > | ke precedence. You acknowledge that English shall be the language of reference f | ||||
| > | or interpreting and constructing the terms of the X User Agreement. | ||||
| 446 | |||||
| 447 | If you have any questions about these Terms, please contact us . | ||||
| 448 | |||||
| 449 | **Effective:** April 10, 2026 | ||||
| 450 | |||||
| 451 | Archive of Previous Terms | ||||
| 452 | |||||
| 453 | ## X Terms of Service | ||||
| 454 | |||||
| 455 | ##### **If you live in the European Union, EFTA States, or the United Kingdom** | ||||
| 456 | |||||
| 457 | These Terms of Service (“Terms”) govern your relationship with us and your and o | ||||
| > | ther users’ access to and use of, and anything otherwise relating to, our or our | ||||
| > | corporate affiliates’ services, including our various websites, SMS, APIs, emai | ||||
| > | l notifications, applications, buttons, widgets, ads, commerce services, and our | ||||
| > | other covered services ( https://help.x.com/rules-and-policies/x-services-and-c | ||||
| > | orporate-affiliates ) that link to these Terms (collectively, the “Services”), a | ||||
| > | nd any information, text, links, graphics, photos, audio, videos, or other mater | ||||
| > | ials or arrangements of materials uploaded, downloaded or appearing on the Servi | ||||
| > | ces (collectively referred to as “Content”). By using the Services you agree to | ||||
| > | be bound by these Terms. | ||||
| 458 | |||||
| 459 | These Terms are an agreement between you and X Internet Unlimited Company (Co. n | ||||
| > | umber 503351, VAT number IE9803175Q), an Irish company, which provides X and the | ||||
| > | Services, with its registered office at One Cumberland Place, Fenian Street Dub | ||||
| > | lin 2, D02 AX07 Ireland. The words “we,” “us,” and “our,” mean X Internet Unlimi | ||||
| > | ted Company. | ||||
| 460 | |||||
| 461 | - 1. Who May Use the Services | ||||
| 462 | - 2. Privacy | ||||
| 463 | - 3. Content on the Services | ||||
| 464 | - 4. Using the Services | ||||
| 465 | - 5. Limitations of Liability | ||||
| 466 | - 6. General | ||||
| 467 | |||||
| 468 | ## 1. Who May Use the Services | ||||
| 469 | |||||
| 470 | You may use the Services only if you agree to form a binding contract with us an | ||||
| > | d are not a person barred from receiving services under the laws of the applicab | ||||
| > | le jurisdiction. In any case, you must be at least 13 years old to use the Servi | ||||
| > | ces. If you are (i) accepting these Terms and/or using the Services, which const | ||||
| > | itutes acceptance of these Terms, or (ii) accepting these Terms in order to auth | ||||
| > | orize the use of the Services on behalf of a minor (being any person under the a | ||||
| > | ge of majority in any given country), company, organization, government, or othe | ||||
| > | r legal entity, you represent and warrant that you are authorized to do so or, a | ||||
| > | s the case may be, have the authority to bind such minor and/or entity to these | ||||
| > | Terms. The words “you” and “your” as used in these Terms shall refer either to t | ||||
| > | he person accepting these Terms or such minor (as defined in (i)) and/or the ent | ||||
| > | ity referenced in (ii), as applicable. | ||||
| 471 | |||||
| 472 | ## 2. Privacy | ||||
| 473 | |||||
| 474 | Our Privacy Policy ( https://x.com/privacy ) describes how we handle the informa | ||||
| > | tion you provide to us when you use the Services. You understand that through yo | ||||
| > | ur use of the Services you consent to the collection and use (as set forth in th | ||||
| > | e Privacy Policy) of this information, including the transfer of this informatio | ||||
| > | n to the United States, Ireland, and/or other countries for storage, processing | ||||
| > | and use by us and our affiliates. | ||||
| 475 | |||||
| 476 | ## 3. Content on the Services | ||||
| 477 | |||||
| 478 | You are responsible for your use of the Services and for any Content, including | ||||
| > | anything referenced therein, you provide, create, post, or otherwise utilize, in | ||||
| > | cluding any inputs, prompts, outputs, and/or information obtained or created thr | ||||
| > | ough the Services. It is your responsibility to comply with all applicable laws, | ||||
| > | rules, policies, and regulations that are applicable to you or your Content, in | ||||
| > | cluding on a third party’s or affiliates’ services. You should only provide, cre | ||||
| > | ate, or generate Content that you are comfortable sharing with others. | ||||
| 479 | |||||
| 480 | Any use or reliance on any Content or materials posted via the Services or obtai | ||||
| > | ned by you through the Services is at your own risk. We do not endorse, support, | ||||
| > | represent or guarantee the completeness, truthfulness, accuracy, or reliability | ||||
| > | of any Content or communications posted or otherwise obtained via the Services | ||||
| > | or endorse any alleged facts or opinions expressed via the Services. You underst | ||||
| > | and that by using the Services, you may be exposed to Content that might be offe | ||||
| > | nsive, harmful, inaccurate or otherwise inappropriate, or in some cases, posting | ||||
| > | s that have been mislabeled or are otherwise deceptive. Content recommendations | ||||
| > | are made based on a combination of factors: how you engage with the Services, th | ||||
| > | e topics you have indicated that you are interested in, and likes of other users | ||||
| > | with your similar interests. Adjustments can be made in your settings, and addi | ||||
| > | tional information can be found in our Help Center ( https://help.x.com/resource | ||||
| > | s/recommender-systems ). All Content, including anything referenced therein, is | ||||
| > | the sole responsibility of the person who posted, generate, inputted, or created | ||||
| > | such Content. We may not monitor or control the Content posted, generated, inpu | ||||
| > | tted, or created via the Services, and we cannot take responsibility for such Co | ||||
| > | ntent. | ||||
| 481 | |||||
| 482 | We reserve the right to remove Content that violates the User Agreement, includi | ||||
| > | ng for example, copyright or trademark violations or other intellectual property | ||||
| > | misappropriation, impersonation, unlawful conduct, or harassment. Certain juris | ||||
| > | dictions, including the European Union and the United Kingdom, impose obligation | ||||
| > | s on us to enforce against categories of content deemed by law to be harmful or | ||||
| > | unsafe, such as bullying and humiliating content, content that promotes or encou | ||||
| > | rages feeding or eating disorders, as well as content that encourages or makes a | ||||
| > | vailable knowledge of methods of self-harm and suicide. As a result, your Conten | ||||
| > | t may be subject to restrictions as required by these jurisdictions. Information | ||||
| > | regarding specific policies and the process for reporting or appealing violatio | ||||
| > | ns can be found in our Help Center ( https://help.x.com/rules-and-policies , htt | ||||
| > | ps://help.x.com/rules-and-policies/x-report-violation , and https://help.x.com/m | ||||
| > | anaging-your-account/suspended-x-accounts ). | ||||
| 483 | |||||
| 484 | If you believe that your Content has been copied in a way that constitutes copyr | ||||
| > | ight infringement, please report this by visiting our Copyright reporting form ( | ||||
| > | https://help.x.com/forms/ipi ) or contacting our designated copyright agent at: | ||||
| 485 | |||||
| 486 | X Corp. | ||||
| 487 | |||||
| 488 | Attn: Copyright Agent | ||||
| 489 | |||||
| 490 | 865 FM 1209, Building 2 | ||||
| 491 | |||||
| 492 | Bastrop, TX 78602 | ||||
| 493 | |||||
| 494 | Reports: https://help.x.com/forms/ipi | ||||
| 495 | |||||
| 496 | Email: copyright@x.com | ||||
| 497 | |||||
| 498 | ### Your Rights and Grant of Rights in the Content | ||||
| 499 | |||||
| 500 | You retain your rights to any Content, including anything referenced therein, yo | ||||
| > | u submit, input, create, generate, post, or display on or through the Services. | ||||
| > | What’s yours is yours — you own your Content (and your incorporated audio, photo | ||||
| > | s, and videos are considered part of the Content). | ||||
| 501 | |||||
| 502 | In choosing to submit, input, create, generate, post, or display Content on or t | ||||
| > | hrough the Services, you grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free licen | ||||
| > | se (with the right to sublicense) to use, copy, reproduce, process, adapt, modif | ||||
| > | y, publish, transmit, display, upload, download, and distribute such Content, in | ||||
| > | cluding anything referenced therein, in any and all media or distribution method | ||||
| > | s now known or later developed, for any purpose. For clarity, these rights inclu | ||||
| > | de, for example, curating, transforming, and translating. This license authorize | ||||
| > | s us to make your Content available to the rest of the world and to let others d | ||||
| > | o the same. However, if you have chosen via our features to limit the distributi | ||||
| > | on of your Content to a restricted community, we will respect that choice. You a | ||||
| > | lso agree that this license includes the right to analyze text and other informa | ||||
| > | tion you provide with the view to improve the Services. You agree that this lice | ||||
| > | nse includes the right for us to (i) provide, promote, and improve the Services, | ||||
| > | including, for example, for use with and training of our machine learning and a | ||||
| > | rtificial intelligence models, whether generative or another type; and (ii) to m | ||||
| > | ake Content submitted to or through the Services available to other companies, o | ||||
| > | rganizations or individuals, including, for example, for improving the Services | ||||
| > | and the syndication, broadcast, distribution, repost, promotion or publication o | ||||
| > | f such Content on other media and services, subject to our terms and conditions | ||||
| > | for such Content use. Such additional uses by us, or other companies, organizati | ||||
| > | ons or individuals, is made with no compensation paid to you with respect to the | ||||
| > | Content that you submit, post, transmit or otherwise make available through the | ||||
| > | Services as the use of the Services by you is hereby agreed as being sufficient | ||||
| > | compensation for the Content and grant of rights herein. | ||||
| 503 | |||||
| 504 | We have an evolving set of rules for how ecosystem partners can interact with yo | ||||
| > | ur Content on the Services. These rules exist to enable an open ecosystem with y | ||||
| > | our rights in mind. You understand that we may modify or adapt your Content as i | ||||
| > | t is distributed, syndicated, published, or broadcast by us and our partners and | ||||
| > | /or make changes to your Content in order to adapt the Content to different medi | ||||
| > | a. | ||||
| 505 | |||||
| 506 | You represent and warrant that you have, or have obtained, all rights, licenses, | ||||
| > | consents, permissions, power and/or authority necessary to grant the rights gra | ||||
| > | nted herein for any Content that you input, submit, create, post, generate, or d | ||||
| > | isplay on or through the Services. You agree and warrant that such Content does | ||||
| > | not contain material subject to copyright or other proprietary rights, unless yo | ||||
| > | u have obtained the necessary permissions or are otherwise legally entitled to p | ||||
| > | ost or otherwise use the material and to grant us the license described above. | ||||
| 507 | |||||
| 508 | ## 4. Using the Services | ||||
| 509 | |||||
| 510 | Please review our Rules and Policies , which are part of the User Agreement and | ||||
| > | outline conduct that is prohibited on the Services, as well as categories of con | ||||
| > | tent deemed by law to be harmful or unsafe in certain jurisdictions. You may use | ||||
| > | the Services only in compliance with these Terms and all applicable laws, rules | ||||
| > | and regulations. X takes enforcement actions when Content or user behavior is i | ||||
| > | n violation of our Rules and Policies or in relation to sensitive media. You can | ||||
| > | review X’s enforcement options and how you can appeal our enforcement decision | ||||
| > | here . | ||||
| 511 | |||||
| 512 | The Services evolve constantly. As such, the Services may change from time to ti | ||||
| > | me, at our discretion. We may stop (permanently or temporarily) providing the Se | ||||
| > | rvices or any features within the Services to you or to users generally. We also | ||||
| > | retain the right to create limits on use and storage at our sole discretion at | ||||
| > | any time. We may also remove or refuse to distribute any Content on the Services | ||||
| > | , limit distribution or visibility of any Content on the service, suspend or ter | ||||
| > | minate users, and reclaim usernames if it is appropriate, including for the foll | ||||
| > | owing reasons: (i) protecting the Services or our users; (ii) compliance with ap | ||||
| > | plicable laws or orders from competent authorities; (iii) breach of these Terms | ||||
| > | or our Rules and Policies or third parties' intellectual property or other right | ||||
| > | s; (iv) if you or your Content exposes us, other users or any third party to leg | ||||
| > | al or regulatory risk; and/or (v) your prolonged inactivity. | ||||
| 513 | |||||
| 514 | In consideration for our granting you access to and use of the Services, you agr | ||||
| > | ee that we and our third-party providers and partners may place advertising on t | ||||
| > | he Services or in connection with the display of Content or information from the | ||||
| > | Services whether submitted by you or others. We also reserve the right to acces | ||||
| > | s, read, preserve, and disclose any information as we reasonably believe is nece | ||||
| > | ssary to (i) satisfy any applicable law, regulation, legal process or government | ||||
| > | al request; (ii) enforce the Terms, including investigation of potential violati | ||||
| > | ons hereof; (iii) detect, prevent, or otherwise address fraud, security or techn | ||||
| > | ical issues; (iv) respond to user support requests; or (v) protect the rights, p | ||||
| > | roperty or safety of X, its users and the public. We do not disclose personally- | ||||
| > | identifying information to third parties except in accordance with our Privacy P | ||||
| > | olicy . | ||||
| 515 | |||||
| 516 | Certain services or features may be offered on X for which additional terms and | ||||
| > | conditions may apply in connection with your use of those services. These additi | ||||
| > | onal terms are accessible from our sites and applications dedicated to these ser | ||||
| > | vices or features. By using or paying for any of these additional services, you | ||||
| > | will have to agree to any additional terms applicable to those services, and tho | ||||
| > | se additional terms will then also become part of our agreement with you. If any | ||||
| > | of the applicable additional terms conflict with these Terms, the additional te | ||||
| > | rms will prevail while you are using those services to which they apply. | ||||
| 517 | |||||
| 518 | If you use paid features, products, or services of the Services, you agree to th | ||||
| > | e applicable Terms for Paid Services ( https://legal.x.com/purchaser-terms ). | ||||
| 519 | |||||
| 520 | If you use developer features, products, or services of the Services, including | ||||
| > | but not limited to X for Websites ( https://developer.x.com/docs/x-for-websites | ||||
| > | ), X Cards ( https://developer.x.com/docs/x-for-websites/cards/overview/abouts-c | ||||
| > | ard ), Public API ( https://developer.x.com/docs ), or Sign in with X ( https:// | ||||
| > | docs.x.com/resources/fundamentals/authentication/guides/log-in-with-x ), you agr | ||||
| > | ee to our Developer Agreement ( https://developer.x.com/developer-terms/agreemen | ||||
| > | t ) and Developer Policy ( https://developer.x.com/developer-terms/policy ). If | ||||
| > | you want to reproduce, modify, create derivative works, distribute, sell, transf | ||||
| > | er, publicly display, publicly perform, transmit, or otherwise use the Services | ||||
| > | or Content on the Services, you must use the interfaces and instructions we prov | ||||
| > | ide, except as permitted through the Services, these Terms, or the terms provide | ||||
| > | d on https://developer.x.com/developer-terms . Otherwise, all such actions are s | ||||
| > | trictly prohibited. If you are a security researcher, you are required to comply | ||||
| > | with the rules of our Vulnerability Reporting Program ( https://hackerone.com/x | ||||
| > | ). The requirements set out in the preceding paragraph may not apply to those p | ||||
| > | articipating in our Vulnerability Reporting Program. | ||||
| 521 | |||||
| 522 | If you use advertising features, products, or services of the Services in any wa | ||||
| > | y, including but not limited to self-service and managed service offerings, you | ||||
| > | agree that your use of the advertising features, products, and services as well | ||||
| > | as your advertisements are subject to the terms of our Master Services Agreement | ||||
| > | ( https://ads.x.com/terms ). | ||||
| 523 | |||||
| 524 | ### Your Account | ||||
| 525 | |||||
| 526 | You may need to create an account to use the Services. You are responsible for s | ||||
| > | afeguarding your account, so use a strong password and limit its use to this acc | ||||
| > | ount, and use two-factor authentication via an authenticator app or security key | ||||
| > | . We cannot and will not be liable for any loss or damage arising from your fail | ||||
| > | ure to comply with the above. | ||||
| 527 | |||||
| 528 | You can control most communications from the Services. We may need to provide yo | ||||
| > | u with certain communications, such as service announcements and administrative | ||||
| > | messages. These communications are considered part of the Services and your acco | ||||
| > | unt, and you may not be able to opt-out from receiving them. If you added your p | ||||
| > | hone number to your account and you later change or deactivate that phone number | ||||
| > | , you must update your account information to help prevent us from communicating | ||||
| > | with anyone who acquires your old number. | ||||
| 529 | |||||
| 530 | ### Your License to Use the Services | ||||
| 531 | |||||
| 532 | We give you a personal, worldwide, royalty-free, non-assignable and non-exclusiv | ||||
| > | e license to use the software provided to you as part of the Services. This lice | ||||
| > | nse cannot be assigned, gifted, sold, shared or transferred in any other manner | ||||
| > | to any other individual or entity without X’s express written consent. This lice | ||||
| > | nse has the sole purpose of enabling you to use and enjoy the benefit of the Ser | ||||
| > | vices as provided on X, in the manner permitted by these Terms. | ||||
| 533 | |||||
| 534 | The Services are protected by copyright, trademark, and other laws of both the U | ||||
| > | nited States and other countries. Nothing in the Terms gives you a right to use | ||||
| > | the X name or Twitter name or any of the X or Twitter trademarks, logos, domain | ||||
| > | names, other distinctive brand features, and other proprietary rights, and you m | ||||
| > | ay not do so without our express written consent. All right, title, and interest | ||||
| > | in and to the Services (excluding Content provided by users) are and will remai | ||||
| > | n our and our licensors' exclusive property. Any feedback, comments, or suggesti | ||||
| > | ons you may provide regarding X, or the Services is entirely voluntary and we wi | ||||
| > | ll be free to use such feedback, comments or suggestions as we see fit and witho | ||||
| > | ut any obligation to you. | ||||
| 535 | |||||
| 536 | ### Misuse of the Services | ||||
| 537 | |||||
| 538 | You also agree not to misuse the Services, for example, by interfering with them | ||||
| > | or accessing them using a method other than the interface and the instructions | ||||
| > | that we provide. You agree that you will not work around any technical limitatio | ||||
| > | ns in the software provided to you as part of the Services, or reverse engineer, | ||||
| > | decompile or disassemble the software, except and only to the extent that appli | ||||
| > | cable law expressly permits. You may not do any of the following while accessing | ||||
| > | or using the Services: (i) access, tamper with, or use non-public areas of the | ||||
| > | Services, our computer systems, or the technical delivery systems of our provide | ||||
| > | rs; (ii) probe, scan, or test the vulnerability of any system or network or brea | ||||
| > | ch or circumvent any security or authentication measures; (iii) access or search | ||||
| > | or attempt to access or search the Services by any means (automated or otherwis | ||||
| > | e) other than through our currently available, published interfaces that are pro | ||||
| > | vided by us (and only pursuant to the applicable terms and conditions), unless y | ||||
| > | ou have been specifically allowed to do so in a separate agreement with us (NOTE | ||||
| > | : crawling or scraping the Services in any form, for any purpose without our pri | ||||
| > | or written consent is expressly prohibited); (iv) attempt to circumvent, manipul | ||||
| > | ate, or disable systems and Services, including through "jailbreaking", “prompt | ||||
| > | engineering or injection", or other methods intended to override or manipulate s | ||||
| > | afety, security or other platform controls; (v) forge any TCP/IP packet header o | ||||
| > | r any part of the header information in any email or posting; (vi) in any way us | ||||
| > | e the Services to send altered, deceptive or false source-identifying informatio | ||||
| > | n; (vii) engage in any conduct that violates our Platform Manipulation and Spam | ||||
| > | Policy or any other Rules and Policies , including our Misuse of Reporting Featu | ||||
| > | res Policy ; or (viii) interfere with, or disrupt, (or attempt to do so), the ac | ||||
| > | cess of any user, host or network, including, without limitation, sending a viru | ||||
| > | s, overloading, flooding, spamming, mail-bombing the Services, or by scripting t | ||||
| > | he creation of Content in such a manner as to interfere with or create an undue | ||||
| > | burden on the Services. It is also a violation of these Terms to facilitate or a | ||||
| > | ssist others in violating these Terms, including by distributing products or ser | ||||
| > | vices that enable or encourage violation of these Terms. | ||||
| 539 | |||||
| 540 | ### Ending These Terms | ||||
| 541 | |||||
| 542 | You may end your legal agreement with us at any time by deactivating your accoun | ||||
| > | ts and discontinuing your use of the Services. See https://help.x.com/managing-y | ||||
| > | our-account/how-to-deactivate-x-account for instructions on how to deactivate yo | ||||
| > | ur account and the Privacy Policy for more information on what happens to your i | ||||
| > | nformation. | ||||
| 543 | |||||
| 544 | We may suspend or terminate your account or cease providing you with all or part | ||||
| > | of the Services at any time if we reasonably believe: (i) you have violated the | ||||
| > | se Terms or our Rules and Policies ; (ii) you create risk or possible legal expo | ||||
| > | sure for us; (iii) your account should be removed due to unlawful conduct; (iv) | ||||
| > | your account should be removed due to prolonged inactivity; or (v) our provision | ||||
| > | of the Services to you is no longer commercially viable. We will make reasonabl | ||||
| > | e efforts to notify you by the email address associated with your account or the | ||||
| > | next time you attempt to access your account, depending on the circumstances. I | ||||
| > | n all such cases, the Terms shall terminate, including, without limitation, your | ||||
| > | license to use the Services, except that the following sections shall continue | ||||
| > | to apply: 2, 3, 5, 6, and the misuse provisions of Section 4 (“Misuse of the Ser | ||||
| > | vices”). If you believe your account was terminated in error you can file an app | ||||
| > | eal following the steps found in our Help Center ( https://help.x.com/forms/acco | ||||
| > | unt-access/appeals ). For the avoidance of doubt, these Terms survive the deacti | ||||
| > | vation or termination of your account. | ||||
| 545 | |||||
| 546 | ## 5. Limitations of Liability | ||||
| 547 | |||||
| 548 | By using the Services you agree that X Internet Unlimited Company, its parents, | ||||
| > | affiliates, related companies, officers, directors, employees, agents representa | ||||
| > | tives, partners and licensors, liability is limited to the maximum extent permis | ||||
| > | sible in your country of residence. | ||||
| 549 | |||||
| 550 | ### Liquidated Damages | ||||
| 551 | |||||
| 552 | Protecting our users’ data and our system resources is important to us. You furt | ||||
| > | her agree that, to the extent permitted by applicable law, if you violate the Te | ||||
| > | rms, or you induce or knowingly facilitate others to do so, in addition to all o | ||||
| > | ther legal remedies available to us, you will be jointly and severally liable to | ||||
| > | us for liquidated damages as follows for requesting, viewing, or accessing more | ||||
| > | than 1,000,000 posts (including reply posts, video posts, image posts, and any | ||||
| > | other posts) in any 24-hour period - €15,000 EUR per 1,000,000 posts. You agree | ||||
| > | that these amounts are (i) a reasonable estimate of our damages; (ii) not a pena | ||||
| > | lty; and (iii) not otherwise limiting of our ability to recover from you or othe | ||||
| > | rs under any legal or equitable theory or claim, including but not limited to st | ||||
| > | atutory damages and/or equitable relief. You further agree that repeated violati | ||||
| > | ons of these Terms will irreparably harm and entitle us to injunctive and/or equ | ||||
| > | itable relief, in addition to monetary damages. | ||||
| 553 | |||||
| 554 | ## 6. General | ||||
| 555 | |||||
| 556 | We may revise these Terms from time to time. The changes will not be retroactive | ||||
| > | , and the most current version of the Terms, which will always be at https://x.c | ||||
| > | om/tos , will govern our relationship with you. Other than for changes addressin | ||||
| > | g new functions or made for legal reasons, we will notify you 30 days in advance | ||||
| > | of making effective changes to these Terms that impact the rights or obligation | ||||
| > | s of any party to these Terms, for example via a service notification or an emai | ||||
| > | l to the email associated with your account. By continuing to access or use the | ||||
| > | Services after those revisions become effective, you agree to be bound by the re | ||||
| > | vised Terms. | ||||
| 557 | |||||
| 558 | To the extent permitted by law, all disputes related to these Terms, the Service | ||||
| > | s, or any patents — including without limitation disputes related to or arising | ||||
| > | from any Content (whether your or others’ Content), or your or others’ use of th | ||||
| > | e Services or the complete and partial termination thereof — shall be brought an | ||||
| > | d must proceed exclusively before a competent court in Ireland without regard to | ||||
| > | conflict of law provisions and will be governed by Irish law, notwithstanding a | ||||
| > | ny other agreement between you and us to the contrary. For the avoidance of doub | ||||
| > | t, the choice of law and forum selection provisions of this paragraph shall appl | ||||
| > | y regardless of whether a dispute or any claims contained therein are based in c | ||||
| > | ontract, tort, statute, common law, or otherwise, and the choice of law and foru | ||||
| > | m selection provisions of this paragraph shall apply to pending and future dispu | ||||
| > | tes and shall apply to your dispute regardless of when the conduct relating to t | ||||
| > | he dispute arose or occurred. The choice of law and forum selection provisions o | ||||
| > | f this paragraph shall also extend to disputes involving our corporate affiliate | ||||
| > | s based in the European Union, EFTA States, or the United Kingdom, who are inten | ||||
| > | ded third-party beneficiaries of this paragraph. Without prejudice to the forego | ||||
| > | ing, you agree that, in its sole discretion, X may bring any claim, cause of act | ||||
| > | ion, or dispute we have against you in any competent court in the country in whi | ||||
| > | ch you reside that has jurisdiction and venue over the claim. | ||||
| 559 | |||||
| 560 | **To the extent permitted by law, you also waive the right to participate as a p | ||||
| > | laintiff or class member in any purported class action, collective action or rep | ||||
| > | resentative action proceeding against us or our corporate affiliates.** | ||||
| 561 | |||||
| 562 | You and X agree that you must initiate any proceeding or action within one (1) y | ||||
| > | ear of the date of the occurrence of the event or facts giving rise to a dispute | ||||
| > | that is arising out of or related to these Terms or the Services. Otherwise, to | ||||
| > | the extent permitted by applicable law, you forever waive the right to pursue a | ||||
| > | ny claim or cause of action, of any kind or character, based on such events or f | ||||
| > | acts, and such claims or causes of action are permanently barred. | ||||
| 563 | |||||
| 564 | In the event that any provision of these Terms is held to be invalid or unenforc | ||||
| > | eable, then that provision will be limited or eliminated to the minimum extent n | ||||
| > | ecessary, and the remaining provisions of these Terms will remain in full force | ||||
| > | and effect. Our failure to enforce any right or provision of these Terms will no | ||||
| > | t be deemed a waiver of such right or provision. | ||||
| 565 | |||||
| 566 | The X User Agreement is written in English but is made available in multiple lan | ||||
| > | guages through translations. X strives to make the translations as accurate as p | ||||
| > | ossible to the original English version. However, in case of any discrepancies o | ||||
| > | r inconsistencies, the English language version of the X User Agreement shall ta | ||||
| > | ke precedence. You acknowledge that English shall be the language of reference f | ||||
| > | or interpreting and constructing the terms of the X User Agreement. | ||||
| 567 | |||||
| 568 | If you have any questions about these Terms, please contact us . | ||||
| 569 | |||||
| 570 | **Effective:** January 15, 2026 | ||||
| 571 | |||||
| 572 | Archive of Previous Terms | ||||