6 Total
2 High severity
4 Medium severity
0 Low severity
Summary

The Threads Terms of Use establish the operational requirements and licensing terms for users of the Threads application, operated by Meta. The agreement grants Meta a license to use, copy, modify, adapt, publish, and distribute user-posted content across Meta's family of platforms and services. The terms incorporate by reference the Instagram Terms of Use and Meta's Privacy Policy, which establish additional obligations and data handling procedures applicable to Threads users.

Technical / Legal Breakdown

This document constitutes the Threads Supplemental Terms of Service, governing user access to and use of the Threads app operated by Meta Platforms, Inc., with the Instagram Terms of Use incorporated by reference as the foundational legal basis. The agreement states that users grant Meta a broad, non-exclusive, royalty-free, transferable, and sublicensable license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, and distribute content posted on Threads, and the terms authorize Meta to use such content across its family of products and services. The content license grant is notably broad in scope, extending to sub-licensable rights and applying across Meta's full product ecosystem, which may interact with applicable law in jurisdictions where moral rights or data protection frameworks limit the scope of such grants. The agreement engages GDPR and related EU data protection frameworks for users in the European Economic Area, the UK, and Switzerland, as well as the CCPA for California residents, with Meta's Privacy Policy and Cookies Policy incorporated by reference as operative instruments; applicable law in these jurisdictions may constrain certain license grant assertions and data use authorizations the terms assert.

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8 important changes detected

9 versions captured · Last updated: June 2026

June 26, 2026

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What changed Threads removed four sentences from their Terms of Use help section on June 26, 2026. The removed language previously described Meta AI support availability, account recovery options, and a statement that interactions with AI would be used to improve AI at Meta. Additionally, one sentence was modified from 'How to reset my password?' to 'How can I reset my password?' — a grammatical change with no operational impact. The net effect is that the help section no longer explicitly discloses the AI training practice or lists specific account recovery options.
Why this matters The updated help section no longer discloses that interactions with Meta AI are used to improve AI systems at Meta. Previously, users who accessed Meta AI support would see explicit notice of this practice; that disclosure is now absent. The help section also removed links to specific account recovery procedures (checking unauthorized access, recovering hacked accounts) though the underlying support mechanisms may still exist elsewhere. Users seeking help through the AI assistant or account recovery tools will no longer encounter these disclosures in this particular help section.
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What changed Threads modified the help menu language displayed to users experiencing account access issues. The updated version removed 'I forgot my password' as a support option and added three new account recovery choices: 'Recover me account', 'Someone using my account', and 'Check what was accessed'. This change alters which account security and recovery options are immediately available to users navigating the help interface.
Why this matters The updated help menu reorganizes account recovery options available to users. The option 'I forgot my password' was removed and replaced with 'Recover my account', 'Someone using my account', and 'Check what was accessed'. These options likely provide pathways to the same account recovery and security features, but the specific framing and workflow may differ. Users experiencing account access issues should use the new menu options to locate account recovery and security tools.
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June 16, 2026 low

Threads added language disclosing that a Meta AI support assistant is available 24/7 to help with account and privacy issues, and that interactions with AI systems will be used to …

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June 2, 2026 unknown

Threads updated their Threads Terms of Use on June 02, 2026. Change detected: 1 sentence(s) added, 1 sentence(s) modified. Document contained 6 sentences after update.

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May 28, 2026 unknown

Threads updated their Threads Terms of Use on May 28, 2026. Change detected: 2 sentence(s) removed, 2 sentence(s) modified. Document contained 5 sentences after update.

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May 14, 2026 low

On May 14, 2026, Threads updated its Terms of Use to revise the linked help documentation and support resources. The change appears to be a technical update to the help …

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May 6, 2026 high

Threads removed five sentences from its Terms of Use, including language disclosing that user interactions with AI systems would be used to train Meta AI models and references to Meta …

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April 20, 2026 medium

The detected change appears to involve a Help Center page restructuring rather than a substantive update to Threads' Terms of Use. The before text showed Instagram login and language options; …

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Recent Provision Changes Jun 26, 2026

6 provisions unchanged.

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High — 2 provisions
Medium — 4 provisions

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Archival ProvenanceSource & Archival Record
Last Captured June 26, 2026 00:37 UTC
Capture Method Automated scheduled archival capture
Document ID CA-D-000247
Version ID CA-V-004239
SHA-256 fad2687be0f9b7a9d784c65303cfe65bcedf89cabc2e709752c8af3800d3cb4d
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