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This document sets out the rules for developers building on Meta's Platform: what they can do with Meta's data and tools, and what Meta can do in return. Developers cannot sell, license, or use Platform data to make eligibility decisions about people or discriminate against them, and any third-party service providers they use must agree in writing to the same restrictions. Meta can suspend or shut down a developer's app at any time, without prior notice, and developers are responsible for covering Meta's costs if any legal claim arises from their use of the Platform.
Meta's Platform Policy establishes the terms under which developers access and integrate with Meta's Platform, imposing a framework of rights, restrictions, and obligations on both parties. Meta grants developers a limited, non-exclusive, non-sublicensable, non-transferable, non-assignable license to use and integrate with Platform, while simultaneously receiving from developers a broad non-exclusive, transferable, sublicensable, royalty-free worldwide license to host, use, modify, distribute, and create derivative works of developer content. Developers are prohibited from selling, licensing, or purchasing Platform Data; processing it for discrimination or eligibility determinations; and sharing it outside enumerated circumstances or without written commitments from Service Providers. Meta retains sole enforcement authority to suspend or terminate developer apps or accounts — with or without notice, including during active investigations — and all granted rights cease immediately upon termination. Developers bear a broad indemnification obligation covering all damages, losses, and expenses of any kind, including legal fees, related to any claim arising in connection with their Platform use.
For individual users, this document primarily shapes how developers who build on Meta's Platform are permitted to handle data that originates from Meta's systems. Developers are prohibited from using Platform Data to make decisions affecting a user's eligibility for housing, employment, insurance, credit, government benefits, or immigration status, and from processing it in ways that discriminate on the basis of personal attributes such as race, ethnicity, religion, age, or sex. Developers are also barred from selling or licensing that data to others. Users do not have direct action rights established by this document, but the restrictions on developers — including the requirement that any third-party service providers agree in writing to the same data limitations — represent structural protections on how data about them may be used downstream.
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