Meta reserves the right to conduct audits of developer applications to assess compliance with the Platform Terms and Developer Policies, and requires developer cooperation with any such audit. Non-cooperation or audit failure may result in loss of platform access.
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This provision establishes Meta's unilateral right to inspect developer applications and data practices, creating an ongoing compliance obligation that requires developers to maintain contemporaneous documentation of their data handling, security measures, and policy adherence at all times.
Interpretive note: The provision does not define the scope, frequency, notice requirements, or procedural protections applicable to audits, leaving the operational boundaries of this right ambiguous.
The updated terms establish new obligations for developers integrating Meta's AI models into their products. The agreement now requires developers to comply with applicable AI labeling, disclosure, provenance-marking, and system classification requirements under applicable law, with responsibility falling on the developer to implement these disclosures to end users. The expanded definition of Inputs now explicitly includes code, libraries, databases, and any content accessed through connectors or integrations, which may broaden what user-submitted content Meta claims the right to process for safety and security purposes.
View change record →The updated terms remove developer restrictions that previously applied to large-scale platforms, meaning companies with more than 700 million monthly active users can now access Meta's AI models without special permission. The terms also eliminate the restriction on EU developers accessing multimodal models and consolidate account management under either managed accounts or Meta accounts. Developers previously subject to these restrictions should review whether the updated terms now permit their use case.
View change record →The updated terms authorize Meta to retain user-submitted content if its systems flag the content for a potential policy violation, in addition to retention tied to legal compliance and contractual rights. This expands the circumstances under which content may be preserved without explicit time limits. Under the revised language, content retention decisions may now be driven by automated policy-violation flagging in addition to legal or contractual necessity. Developers integrating the Llama API should understand that flagged content may be retained indefinitely pending policy review.
View change record →Removed automatic provision of audit information, added explicit language about cooperation requirements, and changed suspension language from 'sole discretion' to 'failure to cooperate or pass audit' standard.
View full change record →This clause establishes a mechanism through which Meta may review developer applications for compliance with data handling and policy obligations, which may provide a degree of oversight over how third-party apps handle user data obtained through the platform.
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"We may audit your app to ensure it complies with these Terms, including the Developer Policies. If you receive a request for an audit, you must cooperate with it. Failure to cooperate with or pass an audit may result in loss of access to Platform.Excerpt from Meta's Llama API Terms of Service
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This provision establishes Meta's unilateral right to inspect developer applications and data practices, creating an ongoing compliance obligation that requires developers to maintain contemporaneous documentation of their data handling, security measures, and policy adherence at all times.
This clause establishes a mechanism through which Meta may review developer applications for compliance with data handling and policy obligations, which may provide a degree of oversight over how third-party apps handle user data obtained through the platform.
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