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Unpaid Services Content used to train AI models

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Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

User-submitted content and generated outputs from the Unpaid Services become training material for Meta's AI development, meaning users contribute to Meta's commercial AI improvement without additional compensation.

Interpretive note: The excerpt does not explicitly state it applies only to Unpaid Services; however, clause id 60478 and the document structure suggest this provision is scoped to Unpaid Services. The canonical claim reflects this contextual inference, which reduces confidence from high to medium.

Recent Activity

This document changed recently

Medium Jul 9, 2026

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.

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Medium May 21, 2026

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.

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Consumer impact (what this means for users)

If the reader uses the Unpaid Services, their Inputs and Outputs may be used by Meta for AI training, development, evaluation, and improvement.

How other platforms handle this

Square Medium

we may use this information to make it easier for you to find the people you want to send payments to, for account and identity verification and fraud prevention purposes, to reduce the risk you will send payments to the wrong person, or to provide other personalized services.

Google Cloud Medium

We evaluate Service Data to help us improve the performance and functionality of Cloud Services.

Roblox Medium

Where the law allows us to, we may use the content you and other users have posted for training or to help us to improve the way we filter content on our platform.

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▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
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You agree that Meta may use your Content, including Inputs and Outputs, to train, develop, evaluate, and improve Meta's artificial intelligence models, products, and services.

— Excerpt from Meta's Llama API Terms of Service

Applicable regulations

EU AI Act
European Union
BIPA
Illinois, USA
CCPA/CPRA
California, USA
COPPA
United States Federal
Colorado AI Act
US-CO
CAN-SPAM
United States Federal
ePrivacy Directive
European Union
FTC Act Section 5
United States Federal
GDPR
European Union
TCPA
United States Federal
UK GDPR
United Kingdom

Provision details

Document information
Document
Llama API Terms of Service
Entity
Meta
Document last updated
May 11, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
May 20, 2026
Last verified
May 20, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-060476
Document ID
CA-D-00778
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
f7072746936cd38d60a586cac1eb5e6d0e1d87c7ca1dddf98d6a80c6bb1e16ca
Analysis generated
May 20, 2026 23:34 UTC
Methodology
Evidence
✓ Snapshot stored   ✓ Hash verified
Citation Record
Entity: Meta
Document: Llama API Terms of Service
Record ID: CA-P-060476
Captured: 2026-05-20 23:34:12 UTC
SHA-256: f7072746936cd38d…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/meta/llama-api-terms-of-service/provision/CA-P-060476/unpaid-services-content-used-to-train-ai-models/
Accessed: July 12, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
Classification
Severity
High
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Frequently Asked Questions

What does Meta's Unpaid Services Content used to train AI models clause do?

User-submitted content and generated outputs from the Unpaid Services become training material for Meta's AI development, meaning users contribute to Meta's commercial AI improvement without additional compensation.

How does this clause affect you?

If the reader uses the Unpaid Services, their Inputs and Outputs may be used by Meta for AI training, development, evaluation, and improvement.

How many platforms have this type of clause?

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