Meta can change these terms at any time and will notify you before doing so; if you continue using Facebook after the changes take effect, you automatically agree to the new terms.
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This provision operationalizes the mechanism by which the contractual relationship between Meta and users can be altered during the service period. It establishes notice and review procedures as the procedural safeguard for term modifications, while preserving Meta's authority to implement changes and tie their enforceability to user continuation of service.
The updated terms establish a jurisdictional change for consumers. Previously, all disputes had to be resolved in California courts; now, if you are a consumer or if your country requires it, disputes must be resolved in courts within your home country under your home country's laws. For Meta's own claims against you, the agreement still requires disputes to proceed exclusively in California courts. The revised terms also now require Meta to notify you at least 30 days in advance before making changes to these Terms, and you will have the opportunity to review them before they take effect, unless changes are required by law.
View change record →If Meta updates its terms and you continue using Facebook without opting out or closing your account, you are treated as having accepted the new terms, including potentially less favorable privacy or liability provisions.
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We may modify these Terms from time to time. When we make material changes to these Terms, we will notify you by updating the date at the top of these Terms and, in some cases, we may provide you with additional notice (such as adding a statement to our homepage or sending you a notification). Your ...
"Content" means anything you or your Customers create or make available through the Service in connection with your Account, including your intellectual property (e.g. trademarks, trade names, service marks, and copyrighted works); the products or services you offer (e.g., courses, coaching, members...
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"We'll notify you before we make changes to these terms and give you the opportunity to review them before they go into effect, unless changes are required by law. Once any updated terms are in effect, you will be bound by them if you continue to use our Products.— Excerpt from Meta's Meta Terms of Service
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision engages EU consumer contract law, particularly the Unfair Contract Terms Directive, which may require that material changes to consumer contracts not be imposed unilaterally without genuine opportunity for renegotiation or exit. The DSA also imposes transparency requirements on significant changes to platform terms. Under US law, courts have generally enforced browsewrap and clickwrap modification clauses, though adequacy of notice is often a contested issue. California's consumer protection framework may impose additional notice obligations. GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: Medium. The provision is broadly consistent with industry standard practice for consumer platform terms, but the characterization of continued use as acceptance may be challenged in jurisdictions where implied consent to material contract changes is not recognized under consumer protection law. JURISDICTION FLAGS: EU users have stronger protections against unilateral material contract changes under both the Unfair Contract Terms Directive and the DSA. UK users have similar protections under the Consumer Rights Act 2015. The enforceability of modifications that materially affect user rights, such as changes to the arbitration clause, may face additional scrutiny in California and other states with active consumer protection litigation. CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: Enterprise and business account holders should establish monitoring processes for Meta terms change notifications to ensure timely legal review before new terms take effect. The modification clause creates ongoing contract review obligations for any organization with material dependence on Meta's platforms. COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Compliance teams should implement automated alerts for Meta terms of service updates and establish a review workflow with defined timelines. Organizations that have negotiated separate commercial agreements with Meta should confirm whether those agreements are subject to this unilateral modification clause or are governed by separate amendment procedures.
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This provision operationalizes the mechanism by which the contractual relationship between Meta and users can be altered during the service period. It establishes notice and review procedures as the procedural safeguard for term modifications, while preserving Meta's authority to implement changes and tie their enforceability to user continuation of service.
If Meta updates its terms and you continue using Facebook without opting out or closing your account, you are treated as having accepted the new terms, including potentially less favorable privacy or liability provisions.
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