This is X's (formerly Twitter's) rulebook for using the platform — it covers what you can and can't do, what happens to your posts, and what rights X has over your content. By using X, you give X a very broad license to use anything you post, and X can suspend or remove your account for a wide range of reasons including inactivity. If something goes wrong, X's maximum liability to you is just $100.
Technical Summary
X's Terms of Service (effective January 15, 2026) govern all users' access to and use of X Corp.'s services, including websites, APIs, applications, advertisements, and commerce services. The agreement grants X a broad, royalty-free, worldwide license to use, reproduce, modify, distribute, and display user-generated content, while users retain underlying ownership. Key provisions include broad enforcement and account termination rights (including for inactivity or commercial inviability), a liability cap of $100 USD or amounts paid in the prior six months, mandatory compliance with X's Rules and Policies as incorporated terms, and differentiated obligations for EU/UK users under the Digital Services Act and Online Safety Act 2023. Users consent to international data transfers to the US, Ireland, and other jurisdictions upon use of the services.
When you post anything on X, you give X a free, worldwide license to use, copy, modify, distribute, and show your content to others — including allowing third parties to do the same. You keep ownership of your content, but X can use it extensively.
If X causes you harm or loss, the most they will ever pay you is $100 USD, or the amount you paid X in the last six months — whichever is higher. In most cases for free users, that means the cap is just $100.
X can suspend or terminate your account not just for breaking rules, but also if your account has been inactive for a long time, or if X decides your account is no longer commercially viable.
By using X, you agree that your personal information can be transferred to and stored in the United States, Ireland, and other countries, which may have different privacy laws than your home country.
X provides all its services without any guarantees — it disclaims all warranties and says you use the platform entirely at your own risk, including risk of exposure to offensive or harmful content from other users.
X can remove your content, limit its visibility, or restrict your account access if it decides you have violated its terms — including content deemed harmful or unsafe under EU or UK law, even if it's legal in your country.
You must be at least 13 years old to use X. If you are under the age of majority in your country, a parent or guardian must accept the terms on your behalf.
If you believe someone has posted your copyrighted content on X without permission, X provides a formal process for reporting it and requesting its removal under the DMCA.
If you live in the EU or UK, you have additional rights to challenge X's content moderation decisions, including through an internal complaints process or out-of-court dispute settlement under the DSA, and UK-specific rights under the Online Safety Act 2023.
You are only allowed to access X through the official interfaces X provides. You cannot scrape X's data, work around technical restrictions, or attempt to disrupt the services without X's express written permission.
Added March 6, 2026
Cross-platform context
See how other platforms handle $100 Aggregate Liability Cap and similar clauses.