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Mandatory arbitration of commercial claims removes the user's ability to bring those claims in court, subject to the arbitration agreement's terms.
Interpretive note: The clause name references 'US users' but the quoted excerpt does not contain that geographic limitation. The canonical claim and all derived fields are based solely on the quoted language, which does not specify a geographic scope. The definition of 'Commercial Claims' is also not provided in the excerpt, leaving the precise scope of covered disputes uncertain.
The reader is required to resolve commercial claims against Meta Platforms, Inc. through arbitration rather than through court litigation.
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If any part of these arbitration terms is found to be illegal or unenforceable, the remainder will remain in effect, except that if a finding...would allow class arbitration...this entire dispute resolution section will be unenforceable.
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"You agree to arbitrate Commercial Claims between you and Meta Platforms, Inc.Excerpt from Meta's Commercial Terms
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Mandatory arbitration of commercial claims removes the user's ability to bring those claims in court, subject to the arbitration agreement's terms.
The reader is required to resolve commercial claims against Meta Platforms, Inc. through arbitration rather than through court litigation.
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