The policy includes provisions restricting the collection and use of data from users who are minors, requiring developers to comply with applicable laws governing data collection from children and adolescents.
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This provision establishes a developer obligation to comply with age-based data protection requirements, which interacts with COPPA, GDPR provisions on children's data, and state-level age-appropriate design laws where applicable.
Interpretive note: The document fragment was substantially truncated; this provision is characterized based on Meta's publicly known Platform Policy structure rather than directly quoted clause text, and specific age threshold language could not be confirmed.
The updated policy removes explicit disclosure that interactions with Meta AI are used to improve Meta's AI systems. The policy previously stated this practice directly; the revised language no longer includes this statement. Under the updated terms, users accessing the policy will see consolidated references to Meta Terms, AI terms, and Privacy Policy rather than separate Meta AI-specific terms, though the Privacy Policy may contain related disclosures about AI training and data use. You can review Meta's Privacy Policy directly to understand how interaction data may be used for AI improvement purposes.
View change record →Under this provision, developers accessing Facebook platform data are required to comply with laws governing data collection from minors, including COPPA where applicable, establishing a stated protection for users under the age of 13 or other age thresholds under applicable law.
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(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision directly engages with COPPA, which restricts collection of personal information from children under 13 without verifiable parental consent, enforced by the FTC.
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This provision establishes a developer obligation to comply with age-based data protection requirements, which interacts with COPPA, GDPR provisions on children's data, and state-level age-appropriate design laws where applicable.
Under this provision, developers accessing Facebook platform data are required to comply with laws governing data collection from minors, including COPPA where applicable, establishing a stated protection for users under the age of 13 or other age thresholds under applicable law.
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