Meta

You are agreeing to grant Meta a broad, sublicensable license to use 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 give up control over how your creative work is used or distributed beyond the app.

Meta takes a very broad legal right to use, change, and share your posts and media with anyone, including partners.

You are agreeing to let Meta track your activity on and off their products for ad targeting.

“we use data about the connections you make, the choices and settings you select, and what you share and do on and off our Products - to personalize your experience.”

What that means: Your browsing and usage patterns outside of Facebook are collected to build a profile for advertisers.

The company tracks your behavior not just inside Facebook but also on other websites and apps linked to its ad network.

You are agreeing that Meta provides its services "as is" without guarantees of safety or performance.

“Our Products, however, are provided "as is," and to the extent permissible by law, we make no guarantees that they always will be safe, secure, or error-free...”

What that means: If something goes wrong or causes losses, you have limited legal recourse to recover damages.

The service comes with no warranties, and Meta limits its financial liability to the maximum extent allowed by law.

You are agreeing to resolve certain disputes in specific US courts rather than local ones.

“In all other cases, and for any claim, cause of action, or dispute that Meta files against you, you and Meta agree that any such claim, cause of action or dispute must be resolved exclusively in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California”

What that means: You may be forced to litigate in California under US laws rather than in your home country’s courts.

Non-consumers and Meta-initiated suits must go to specific US courts, often bypassing local jury options available elsewhere.

You are agreeing to a delayed deletion process that includes long backup retention periods.

“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 deleted data persists in backups for weeks, delaying complete privacy.

Even after you delete content, it remains in backup systems for an extended period before being fully erased.