Meta can shut down your app's access to Facebook and Instagram data at any time, for any reason, without giving you any warning or explanation.
Provision substantially weakened by removing the requirement for discretionary justification, now allowing termination 'for any reason' without specified cause.
View full change record →Apps you use that are built on Meta's platform could suddenly stop working if Meta terminates the developer's access without notice, potentially causing you to lose access to services or data stored within those apps.
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Compare across platforms →The 'with or without notice' and 'any reason' language means developers have no contractual protection against arbitrary termination, creating existential business risk for companies whose products depend on Meta's APIs.
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK: This clause is primarily a commercial contract provision but engages competition law scrutiny under EU Digital Markets Act (DMA) which restricts 'gatekeepers' like Meta from arbitrarily terminating platform access. In the EU, the DMA requires advance notice and objective justification for termination of platform access for business users. US antitrust law (Sherman Act Section 2) may be implicated where termination has anticompetitive effects, though enforcement is limited. The European Commission is the primary DMA enforcement authority.
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