Meta Terms of Service

This is Meta's core Terms of Service document governing use of Facebook, Messenger, and associated Meta Products as of January 1, 2025. The agreement authorizes Meta to use personal data, including information about user activity and interests, to deliver personalized advertisements from paying businesses, and grants Meta a non-exclusive, transferable, sub-licensable, royalty-free, worldwide license to host, modify, distribute, and create derivative works of content users post. The agreement also reserves Meta's discretion to suspend or permanently delete accounts for Terms or Community Standards violations, with notice obligations that may be waived in circumstances involving legal liability, technical limitations, or community safety.

These Terms of Service govern user access to and use of Facebook, Messenger, and other Meta Products offered by Meta Platforms, Inc., effective January 1, 2025, establishing the contractual basis for the relationship between Meta and users of those platforms. The agreement states that Meta does not charge users directly for access, instead authorizing Meta to show users personalized advertisements using personal data about their activity and interests, while asserting that Meta does not sell personal data to advertisers or share directly identifying information without specific user permission. Notably, the content license grant is non-exclusive, transferable, sub-licensable, royalty-free, and worldwide, and the agreement reserves Meta's discretion to suspend or permanently disable accounts for breaches of its Terms or Community Standards, with limited obligations to notify users when legal, technical, or community-safety considerations are cited; the agreement also asserts that consumers residing outside the U.S. may bring claims under their country's laws, while non-consumer or Meta-initiated disputes are channeled exclusively to federal or state courts in California. The Terms engage GDPR and ePrivacy frameworks for EU users, CCPA for California residents, and COPPA given the stated minimum age of 13, with particular compliance significance around the behavioral advertising model, cross-platform data sharing across Meta Companies, and the broad content license whose practical scope may be subject to national copyright limitations in certain jurisdictions. Compliance teams should note that supplemental terms, including Meta AI Terms, Commercial Terms, and Community Payment Terms, may layer additional obligations on top of these Terms and govern specific product interactions.

The agreement establishes that continued use of Facebook and other Meta Products constitutes acceptance of personalized advertising powered by personal activity and interest data, with users receiving no direct monetary compensation for this arrangement. Under these terms, content users post is subject to a worldwide, royalty-free, sub-licensable license that persists until content is fully deleted from Meta systems, including backups, a process the document states may take up to 90 days or longer in specified circumstances. You can review and adjust ad preferences, privacy settings, and data controls through the settings pages of the relevant Meta Product at any time.