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You are agreeing to let Meta use, share, and change your content freely across their services.

“you grant us a non-exclusive, transferable, sub-licensable, royalty-free, and worldwide license to host, use, distribute, modify, run, copy, publicly perform or display, translate, and create derivative works of your content (consistent with your privacy and application settings).”

What that means: You lose some control over how your photos and videos are used by Meta and its partners.

Meta takes a broad license to your posts, allowing them to sublicense and modify your work globally, even though they claim it ends upon deletion.

You are agreeing to hold Meta responsible only if legally required, accepting most risks yourself.

“Our Products, however, are provided "as is," ... DISCLAIMER ALL WARRANTIES... To the fullest extent permitted by law under no circumstance will we be liable to you for any lost profits, revenues, information, or data, or consequential, special, indirect, exemplary, punitive, or incidental damages”

What that means: If something goes wrong or you lose data, you likely cannot sue Meta for compensation.

Meta provides its services without guarantees of safety or function and explicitly waives liability for most types of damages, including loss of data.

You are agreeing to have your activity monitored for ad targeting purposes.

“We use your personal data, such as information about your activity and interests, to show you personalized ads and sponsored content that may be more relevant to you.”

What that means: Your online behavior is analyzed to target you with specific advertisements.

The terms explicitly state that Meta uses your activity and interests data to personalize advertising across its platforms.

You are agreeing that deletion is delayed and incomplete until all backups are processed.

“It may take up to 90 days to delete content after we begin the account deletion process or receive a content deletion request... After the content is deleted, it may take us up to another 90 days to remove it from backups and disaster recovery systems.”

What that means: Your data stays on Meta's servers for up to six months after you ask to leave.

Deleting your account or posts does not happen instantly. Data persists in active systems for 90 days and in backup archives for an additional 90 days.

You are agreeing that users must be at least 13 years old to access the service.

“You cannot use Facebook if: You are under 13 years old.”

What that means: Young children are not allowed to create accounts.

The document clearly bars children under 13 from using the service.