This is the only BeReal document type with data in this dataset — BeReal_Community_Guidelines.jsonl and BeReal_Privacy_Policy.jsonl are both empty (0 lines) and have been skipped. This is also the smallest source file processed in this wiki so far: only 8 records across 2 scrapes (2025-08-07, 2025-10-03), with 2 unique snippets total and zero changes between the two dates.
What this wiki found — complete, every page
Presence facts, not verdicts — each flagged term links to its definition and the exact clause on this page. Absence of a badge means the term isn't currently flagged here, not that the page is risk-free.
Independent reviews, where they had something to say
BeReal – Terms of Service
Dataset: PGAv2 (Platform Governance Archive v2) — 25 platforms, 2022–2026
PGAv2 (Platform Governance Archive v2) is this wiki’s legacy dataset: pre-tagged JSONL records covering 25 major social-media, messaging, and content-sharing platforms, with risk scores and keywords assigned via systematic extraction of 1,736 high-risk clauses from each platform’s Terms of Service, Privacy Policies, and Community Guidelines, spanning 2022–2026.
Note: This page contains documented policy clauses. Risk assessment is qualitative and context-dependent. For analysis of patterns across platforms, see:
Source: sources/jsonl/BeReal_Terms_of_Service.jsonl
Last updated: 2025-10-03
Overview
This is the only BeReal document type with data in this dataset — BeReal_Community_Guidelines.jsonl and BeReal_Privacy_Policy.jsonl are both empty (0 lines) and have been skipped. This is also the smallest source file processed in this wiki so far: only 8 records across 2 scrapes (2025-08-07, 2025-10-03), with 2 unique snippets total and zero changes between the two dates.
The two snippets cover BeReal’s two distinct license grants: a broad, royalty-free, sublicensable Content license over “Globally Shared Content” (content shared with everyone, as opposed to Friends-Only Content), and a standard non-assignable software-EULA grant of BeReal’s own app back to the user.
Flagged Keywords & Risks
royalty-free,sublicensable— “you grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable license to use, copy, reproduce, process, adapt, modify, publish, transmit, display and distribute the content you share… This license authorizes us to make your Globally Shared Content available to the rest of the world and to let others do the same… with no compensation paid to you.” Why it matters: a broad, uncompensated Content license, structurally similar to X’s/Twitter’s Terms of Service grants, but explicitly scoped to “Globally Shared Content” only — BeReal’s “Friends Only Content” requires separate, voluntary opt-in sharing before any such license attaches.assignable— “BeReal gives you a personal, worldwide, royalty-free, non-assignable and non-exclusive license to use the software provided to you as part of our Services… This license comes to an end when you stop using our Services.” Why it matters: standard, low-risk software-EULA boilerplate — the reciprocal grant of BeReal’s own app to the user, nearly identical in structure to the equivalent clauses on Twitter/X/YouTube’s Terms of Service.
Legal Context & Research Significance
This is one of the smallest source files in this wiki — only 8 records across 2 scrapes, with zero confirmed changes — so the note here is necessarily brief. The “Globally Shared Content” license falls under wearetosed’s “rights & liability waivers” category: it is broad and explicitly uncompensated (“no compensation paid to you”), though notably scoped only to content a user affirmatively chooses to share globally rather than to Friends-Only Content, a narrower trigger condition than several other platforms’ blanket grants. Given the page’s limited record count, Javed and Sajid’s (2024) observation that the literature is unevenly distributed across platforms/sectors applies in reverse here — this page itself is too sparse to support claims beyond the single confirmed clause documented above.
Changes Summary
| Date | What changed |
|---|---|
| 2025-08-07 | Baseline version (first scrape in this dataset). |
| 2025-10-03 | No changes from previous version. |
Version History
2025-08-07
- Explicit AI clause: NO
- Non-explicit predatory: YES
- Flagged keywords:
royalty-free,sublicensable,assignable
Clause: royalty-free, sublicensable
On a voluntary basis, some people may choose to share their Friend Only Content with BeReal so that it can be used for communication, commercial and marketing purposes. For instance on billboards, other advertising, Apple’s App Store or Google’s Play Store. If you decide to do that you will need to give BeReal a license to use your Friends Only Content. * Globally Shared Content means Content you shared with everyone on BeReal. In exchange for using our Services, you grant us a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, sublicensable license to use, copy, reproduce, process, adapt, modify, publish, transmit, display and distribute the content you share with a Globally Shared Content in any and all media or distribution methods. This license authorizes us to make your Globally Shared Content available to the rest of the world and to let others do the same. You agree that this license includes the right for BeReal to provide, promote, and improve our Services and to make Globally Shared Content available to other companies, organizations or individuals for the syndication, broadcast, distribution, promotion or publication on other media and services. Such additional uses by BeReal, or other companies, organizations or individuals, is made with no compensation paid to you with respect to the Globally Shared Content as the use of our Services by you is hereby agreed as being sufficient compensation. **4.
Clause: royalty-free, assignable
You can delete your account at any time by going into the settings in your account and choosing the account deletion option. 6. License to use our Services Our Services are protected by copyright, trademark, trade secret and other laws around the world. As tempting as it may be, nothing in the User Agreement gives you a right to use the BeReal name or any of the BeReal trademarks, logos, domain names, other distinctive brand features, and other proprietary rights. During the time you are using our Services, BeReal gives you a personal, worldwide, royalty-free, non-assignable and non-exclusive license to use the software provided to you as part of our Services. This license has the sole purpose of enabling you to use and enjoy our Services in a manner consistent with the User Agreement. This license comes to an end when you stop using our Services. BeReal is free to use any feedback, comments or suggestions you may provide regarding our Services. **7.
2025-10-03
- Explicit AI clause: NO
- Non-explicit predatory: YES
- Flagged keywords:
royalty-free,sublicensable,assignable
All clauses unchanged from 2025-08-07 (see above).