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Meta may suspend for security risk or legal requirement

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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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you agree that Company may either terminate or suspend your subscription and continue to attempt to charge your Payment Provider until payment is received...

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as required by law or at the request of governmental entities.

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Failure to timely provide StockX or its partners with all relevant information may result in suspension of your account.

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Meta may suspend your access to the Services: (A) to prevent a security risk or other credible risk of harm or liability to us, the Services, or any third party; (B) if required by law; or (C) for repeated violations or a material violation of these Terms.

Excerpt from Meta's Llama API Terms of Service

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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-060528
Document ID
CA-D-00778
Evidence Provenance
Source URL
Wayback Machine
Content hash (SHA-256)
f7072746936cd38d60a586cac1eb5e6d0e1d87c7ca1dddf98d6a80c6bb1e16ca
Analysis generated
May 20, 2026 23:34 UTC
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Evidence
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Citation Record
Entity: Meta
Document: Llama API Terms of Service
Record ID: CA-P-060528
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-060528/meta-may-suspend-for-security-risk-or-legal-requirement/
Accessed: Aug. 3, 2026
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What does Meta's Meta may suspend for security risk or legal requirement clause do?

The clause states: “Meta may suspend your access to the Services: (A) to prevent a security risk or other credible risk of harm or liability to us, the Services, or any third party; (B) if required by law; or (C) for repeated violations or a material violation of these Terms.”

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