When you post anything on Threads, you give Meta permission to use, copy, change, and share that content across its platforms, at no cost to Meta, and Meta can pass those rights to others.
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The license the agreement asserts is broad in geographic scope (worldwide), sublicensable (meaning Meta can grant these rights to third parties), and covers derivative works, meaning Meta can modify your content and use those modified versions across its services.
Interpretive note: The exact verbatim license text from the Threads Supplemental Terms was not fully available in the truncated document; the excerpt above reflects the substantive content visible and consistent with Meta's publicly known Threads terms, but precise wording should be verified against the live document.
Severity increased from medium to high; scope narrowed from 'share, post, or upload content that is covered by intellectual property rights' to simply 'posting content'; reference changed from 'application settings' to 'privacy settings and in accordance with this policy'.
View full change record →The terms authorize Meta to reproduce, modify, distribute, and create derivative works from content users post on Threads, and to sublicense those rights, which means user content may be used in ways that extend beyond the original posting context, including across other Meta products and potentially by third-party partners.
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"By posting content on Threads, you grant us a non-exclusive, royalty-free, transferable, sublicensable, worldwide license to host, use, distribute, modify, run, copy, publicly perform or display, translate, and create derivative works of your content consistent with your privacy settings and in accordance with this policy.Excerpt from Threads's Terms of Use
(1) REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision engages GDPR Articles 6 and 13 regarding lawful basis and transparency of processing where posted content constitutes or includes personal data.
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The license the agreement asserts is broad in geographic scope (worldwide), sublicensable (meaning Meta can grant these rights to third parties), and covers derivative works, meaning Meta can modify your content and use those modified versions across its services.
The terms authorize Meta to reproduce, modify, distribute, and create derivative works from content users post on Threads, and to sublicense those rights, which means user content may be used in ways that extend beyond the original posting context, including across other Meta products and potentially by third-party partners.
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