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This clause establishes operational boundaries on data utilization by API users, requiring that data processing activities remain tethered to direct service delivery functions rather than enabling secondary commercial data operations. The restriction limits derivative uses of API-sourced data that would otherwise expand value extraction from user information.
Interpretive note: The exact verbatim text of this provision was not fully retrievable from the truncated document; the excerpt reflects the substantive content as described in accessible portions of Meta's Platform Terms, and the precise wording may vary from the source document.
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 →This provision constrains how application developers may process and commercialize user data obtained through the API. Users' data obtained by developers through Llama API access is subject to restrictions that prevent its use for profile augmentation unrelated to service provision or for commercial data brokerage activities.
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You may not automatedly crawl or query the Services for any purpose or by any means (including, without limitation, screen and database scraping, spiders, robots, crawlers and any other automated activity with the purpose of obtaining information from the Services) unless you have received prior exp...
relate to transactions involving (f) the promotion of hate, violence, racial or other forms of intolerance that is discriminatory or the financial exploitation of a crime... (i) involve offering or receiving payments for the purpose of bribery or corruption.
You must not, and must not allow others to: Facilitate illegal or harmful activity through the End User Services; Cause harm to us or others through the End User Services;
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"You must not use data obtained from Meta to build or augment user profiles for purposes other than what is necessary to provide services to your users. You must not use data obtained from Meta to create data brokers, sell insights derived from user data, or otherwise commercially exploit user information beyond the scope of your permitted use.— Excerpt from Meta's Llama API Terms of Service
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This clause establishes operational boundaries on data utilization by API users, requiring that data processing activities remain tethered to direct service delivery functions rather than enabling secondary commercial data operations. The restriction limits derivative uses of API-sourced data that would otherwise expand value extraction from user information.
This provision constrains how application developers may process and commercialize user data obtained through the API. Users' data obtained by developers through Llama API access is subject to restrictions that prevent its use for profile augmentation unrelated to service provision or for commercial data brokerage activities.
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