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User Obligations and Community Standards

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Why it matters

You are personally liable for everything you post on Meta's platforms, and violating Meta's privately-set Community Standards can result in content removal or account suspension — even for content that is technically legal.

Consumer impact

Meta's Terms of Service grant the company an extremely broad license to use everything you post — photos, videos, text — for commercial purposes including advertising, and this license persists even if you delete content that others have already reshared. Meta retains the right to suspend or remove your account, restrict content visibility, and modify these terms with as little as 30 days' notice, meaning the rules governing your account can change materially over time. You can review and adjust your advertising data preferences by navigating to Facebook Settings > Ads, and EU/UK users can exercise additional rights including data access, deletion, and objection to processing via the Facebook Privacy Center.

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Document information
Document
Meta Terms of Service
Entity
Meta
Document last updated
March 24, 2026
Tracking information
First tracked
March 6, 2026
Last verified
April 4, 2026
Record ID
CA-P-000180
Document ID
CA-D-00020
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Entity: Meta | Document: Meta Terms of Service | Record: CA-P-000180
Captured: 2026-03-06 20:29:13 UTC | SHA-256: 8a855e4c147f2c90…
URL: https://conductatlas.com/platform/meta/meta-terms-of-service/user-obligations-and-community-standards/
Accessed: April 4, 2026
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