Meta

You are agreeing to give Meta a wide-ranging, transferable license to use and modify your content.

“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”

What that means: You lose exclusive control over your photos and videos, as Meta can let others use or alter them.

Meta takes a very broad license to your content. It allows them to sub-license this rights to others, modify your work, and use it worldwide without paying you.

You are agreeing that Meta will not pay for most types of financial or data losses you suffer.

“our liability shall be limited to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, and 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 Meta causes you significant financial loss or data loss, you likely cannot recover those costs from them.

Meta limits its financial responsibility for any problems you face. They refuse to pay for lost data, profits, or other indirect costs.

You are agreeing to let Meta track your activity to show you personalized advertisements.

“We collect and use your personal data in order to provide the services described above to you... such as information about your activity and interests, to show you personalized ads and sponsored content”

What that means: Your online behavior and interests are tracked to target ads at you.

Meta uses your activity data across the product to build an ad profile. While they say they do not sell your direct identity, they use detailed behavioral data for advertising.

You are agreeing to have your data shared across Facebook, Instagram, and Messenger.

“your experience is consistent and seamless across the different Meta Company Products... For example, we use data about the people you engage with on Facebook to make it easier for you to connect with them on Instagram or Messenger”

What that means: Your actions on one Meta app affect your experience and profile on all other Meta apps.

Your data moves freely between Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and other Meta companies to link your profiles and behaviors.

You are agreeing to be bound by any future changes to the terms if you keep using the service.

“Once any updated Terms are in effect, you will be bound by them if you continue to access or use our Products.”

What that means: The rules can change while you are using the app, and you must leave to avoid accepting them.

Meta can change the terms at any time. If you keep using the service, you accept the new changes automatically.