Meta · Llama API Terms of Service · View original document ↗

Exclusion of indirect and consequential damages

High severity High confidence Explicitdocumentlanguage Common · 289 of 352 platforms
Share 𝕏 Share in Share 🔒 PDF
Recent governance activity Meta recorded 14 documented changes in the last 30 days.
Start monitoring updates
Monitor governance changes for Meta Create a free account to receive the weekly governance digest and monitor one platform for governance changes.
Create free account No credit card required.

This analysis describes what Meta's agreement states, permits, or reserves. It does not constitute a legal determination about enforceability. Regulatory applicability and practical outcomes may vary by jurisdiction, enforcement context, and individual circumstances. Read our methodology

ConductAtlas Analysis

Why it matters (compliance & governance perspective)

This exclusion eliminates recovery for the categories of harm most likely to be significant in practice, such as business losses and data loss, regardless of their magnitude.

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.

View change record →
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.

View change record →

Consumer impact (what this means for users)

The reader cannot recover from Meta for indirect or consequential losses, and Meta equally cannot recover such losses from the reader.

How other platforms handle this

Tinder Medium

TINDER ASSUMES NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY CONTENT THAT YOU OR ANOTHER USER OR THIRD PARTY POSTS, SENDS, RECEIVES, AND/OR ACTS ON THROUGH OUR SERVICES, NOR DOES TINDER ASSUME ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE IDENTITY, INTENTIONS...

Perplexity AI Medium

we do not warrant that Offering descriptions are accurate, complete, reliable, current, or error-free.

Skillshare Medium

Please note that these third parties are responsible for their own privacy practices.

See all platforms with this clause type →

Monitoring

Meta has changed this document before.

Receive same-day alerts, structured change summaries, and monitoring for up to 25 platforms.

Get Monitor Or create a free account →
▸ View Original Clause Language DOCUMENT RECORD
"
NEITHER PARTY NOR ITS AFFILIATES, LICENSORS, OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES WILL BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OF USE, LOSS OF PROFITS, LOST OR INACCURATE DATA OR CONTENT, INTERRUPTION OR LOSS OF BUSINESS...OR ANY INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OF ANY KIND...

— Excerpt from Meta's Llama API Terms of Service

Applicable regulations

FTC Act Section 5
United States Federal

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-060547
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-060547
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-060547/exclusion-of-indirect-and-consequential-damages/
Accessed: July 12, 2026
Permanent archival reference. Stable identifier suitable for legal filings, compliance documentation, and research citation.
Classification
Severity
High
Categories

Other risks in this policy

Compliance Governance Intelligence

Need to monitor specific governance provisions?

Compliance includes provision-level monitoring, governance timelines, regulatory mapping, and audit-ready analysis.

Arbitration clauses AI governance Data rights Indemnification Retention policies
Get Compliance

Or start with Monitor →

Built from archived source documents, structured governance mappings, and historical version tracking.

Frequently Asked Questions

What does Meta's Exclusion of indirect and consequential damages clause do?

This exclusion eliminates recovery for the categories of harm most likely to be significant in practice, such as business losses and data loss, regardless of their magnitude.

How does this clause affect you?

The reader cannot recover from Meta for indirect or consequential losses, and Meta equally cannot recover such losses from the reader.

How many platforms have this type of clause?

ConductAtlas has identified this type of provision across 289 platforms. See the full comparison.

Is ConductAtlas affiliated with Meta?

No. ConductAtlas is an independent monitoring service. We are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Meta.