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The updated terms establish mandatory age verification as a condition of account creation and authorize Snapchat to lock or delete accounts if users do not meet applicable age requirements in their jurisdiction. The revised content moderation language expands Snapchat's authority to review, moderate, or remove content in its sole discretion and explicitly states the company will not be liable for these actions. An appeals process is introduced, but decisions remain subject to Snapchat's sole discretion. You can review the prior Terms of Service on Snapchat's support site, which apply until September 21, 2026.
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You will not access or attempt to access the Web Services through any automated means, including scripts or web crawlers, except through APIs or other interfaces specifically provided for this purpose.
you...agree that we may perform and disclose the results of benchmark tests of your services, irrespective of any restrictions on benchmarks in the terms governing your services
make calls through the API that exceed limits on the number and frequency of such calls or take any action that imposes an unreasonable or disproportionately heavy load on the API or the Services...
"use any robot, spider, crawler, scraper, script, software, or other automated or semi-automated means, processes or interfaces to access, scrape, extract or copy the Services, including any user data, content or other data contained in the ServicesExcerpt from Snapchat's Terms of Service
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The clause states: “use any robot, spider, crawler, scraper, script, software, or other automated or semi-automated means, processes or interfaces to access, scrape, extract or copy the Services, including any user data, content or other data contained in the Services”
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