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This page bundles Meta's Platform Terms (the Developer Agreement governing third-party Apps that integrate with Instagram's APIs) — the same global Meta Platform Terms tracked on Facebook_Other.md. Confirmed via direct comparison: 9 of this page's 18 unique snippets are byte-identical to snippets in Facebook_Other.md, including the entire 7-snippet 2022-07-11 baseline. This makes sense given both platforms share one unified Meta Platform Terms document — the differences between the two pages come down to which scrape dates and window crops each dataset happened to capture, not genuinely different legal text.

What this wiki found — complete, every page

AI trainingRoyalty-freeSublicensablePerpetual / irrevocableTransferableDerivative works

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

Instagram – Other

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/Instagram_Other.jsonl Last updated: 2026-02-04

Overview

This page bundles Meta’s Platform Terms (the Developer Agreement governing third-party Apps that integrate with Instagram’s APIs) — the same global Meta Platform Terms tracked on Facebook_Other.md. Confirmed via direct comparison: 9 of this page’s 18 unique snippets are byte-identical to snippets in Facebook_Other.md, including the entire 7-snippet 2022-07-11 baseline. This makes sense given both platforms share one unified Meta Platform Terms document — the differences between the two pages come down to which scrape dates and window crops each dataset happened to capture, not genuinely different legal text.

Across 81 scrapes spanning 2022-07-11 to 2026-02-04, only 18 unique snippets appear, with genuine new content on just 6 dates. The one substantive edit (2026-02-04) is identical in substance to the edit found in Facebook_Other.md: a new sentence requiring developers to represent and warrant that sharing “Your Content” with Meta complies with applicable laws and required consents.

Notable keyword-mismatch finding, with a twist: like Facebook_Other.md, the automated means tag mostly points to crops of the Platform Terms’ alphabetically-lettered Glossary section rather than a genuine anti-scraping clause — 5 of the 6 unique captures contain no “automat” substring at all (verified programmatically). However, the 6th and latest capture (2026-02-04) happens to land on the Glossary’s definition of “Process” — “means any operation or set of operations performed on data or sets of data, whether or not by automated means, including use, collection, storage, sharing, or transmission” — which genuinely does contain the literal phrase. This is the first capture in either the Facebook or Instagram “Other” pages where this keyword tag turns out to be accurate, purely by coincidence of which Glossary letter-range the scraper happened to land on.

Flagged Keywords & Risks

Legal Context & Research Significance

The “Your License to Us” grant — byte-identical to the clause documented on Facebook_Other.md — places this page’s flagged clauses in wearetosed’s “data sharing & selling” category: it lets Meta redistribute developer-submitted “Your Content” across “any other Meta Product” under a transferable, sublicensable license that survives the developer leaving the Platform. Javed and Sajid (2024) document that the privacy-policy-analysis literature is split between automated (42.57%) and manual methods, and the genuinely-confirmed 2026-02-04 capture of automated means here — defining “Process” as “any operation… whether or not by automated means” — is a reminder that manual verification remains necessary even on a single-keyword level, since 5 of this page’s 6 captures of the same tag are confirmed Glossary-crop mismatches rather than real automated-means language. Atkinson (2025)‘s notice-based enforceability argument is less directly applicable here than on the consumer-facing Terms of Service, since this page restricts third-party App developers rather than scraping bots, but the same underlying logic — that a party bound by terms they can read has actual notice of restrictions on automated data collection — extends naturally to the Glossary’s “Process” definition once a developer agrees to the Platform Terms.

Changes Summary

DateWhat changed
2022-07-11Baseline version (first scrape in this dataset) — 7 unique snippets, byte-identical to Facebook_Other.md’s baseline.
2022-07-12 through 2022-09-18No changes from previous version (many scrapes).
2022-09-19automated means new snippet added — a different alphabetical crop of the same Glossary list (mismatched keyword, no “automat” substring).
2022-09-20 through 2023-04-24No changes from previous version.
2023-04-25automated means reverted to the 2022-09-19 Glossary-crop wording (see above).
2023-05-08All license-grant keywords re-captured with a cosmetic markdown-link-stripping artifact (Meta Companies/Meta Product links rendered as plain text instead of hyperlinks) — confirmed via diff to be the same underlying legal text, not a substantive edit.
2023-05-09 through 2025-08-22No changes from previous version.
2025-08-23automated means new snippet added — another Glossary crop (still mismatched).
2025-08-24 through 2026-02-03No changes from previous version.
2026-02-04Genuine substantive edit: royalty-free/sublicense/sublicensable/derivative works/create derivative/transferable clause gets the same new compliance-warranty sentence found in Facebook_Other.md’s 2026-02-04 update. automated means also re-captured — this time genuinely containing the literal phrase “automated means” (see Overview).

Version History

2022-07-11

Clause: royalty-free, sublicensable, derivative works, create derivative, transferable

The Meta Companies reserve all rights, title, and interest (including the right to enforce any such rights) not expressly granted in these Terms. * b. Your License to Us * i. Your Content: * 1. You grant us a non-exclusive, transferable, sublicensable, royalty-free, worldwide license to: host, use, distribute, modify, run, copy, publicly perform or display, translate, and create derivative works of any information, data, and other content made available by you or on your behalf (including by your Service Providers or through your App) in connection with Platform (collectively, “Your Content”) for any business purpose in connection with operating, providing, or improving Platform or any other Meta Product. This license remains in effect even if you stop using Platform. Without limitation, your license to us includes: the right to incorporate Your Content into other parts of Meta Products, the right to attribute the source of Your Content using your name, trademarks, or logos; the right to use Your Content for promotional purposes, and the right to analyze Your Content (including to make sure you’re complying with these Terms and all other applicable terms and policies). * 2. If you use the Meta Business Tools to send us Business Tool Data, our use of that data is governed by the Business Tools Terms rather than the foregoing license for Your Content.

Clause: royalty-free, sublicensable, derivative works, create derivative, transferable

Clause: royalty-free, sublicensable, transferable

Those terms and policies are considered null and void and are rejected and excluded from these Terms. * 3. Nothing in these Terms will be interpreted as a representation or agreement that we will not develop or have not developed apps, products, features, or services that are similar to your App or compete with your App. * iii. Your Name, Trademarks, and Logos: You grant us a non-exclusive, transferable, sublicensable, royalty-free, worldwide license to use your name, trademarks, and logos for distribution, marketing, and promotional purposes, in connection with your use of Meta Products, in all formats and media. This license remains in effect for existing materials and instances even if you stop using Platform. * c. Protecting the Rights of Others * i. You will not provide or promote content in your App that infringes upon or otherwise violates the rights of any person or third party.

Clause: sublicense

Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein (including in Section 12 (“Glossary”) have the meaning given in our other terms and policies, including our Terms of Service and our Meta Commercial Terms. The term “including” means “including without limitation.” 2. Intellectual Property Rights -------------------------------- * a. Our License to You. Subject to your compliance with these Terms and all other applicable terms and policies, we grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-sublicensable (except to Service Providers as described below), non-transferable, non-assignable license to use, access, and integrate with Platform, but only to the extent permitted in these Terms and all other applicable terms and policies. You will not sell, transfer, or sublicense Platform to anyone. Except as expressly licensed herein, you will not use, access, integrate with, modify, translate, create derivative works of, reverse engineer, or otherwise exploit Platform or any aspect thereof. The Meta Companies reserve all rights, title, and interest (including the right to enforce any such rights) not expressly granted in these Terms. * b. Your License to Us * **i.

Clause: sublicensable, transferable, assignable

Clause: derivative works, create derivative

The term “including” means “including without limitation.” 2. Intellectual Property Rights -------------------------------- * a. Our License to You. Subject to your compliance with these Terms and all other applicable terms and policies, we grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-sublicensable (except to Service Providers as described below), non-transferable, non-assignable license to use, access, and integrate with Platform, but only to the extent permitted in these Terms and all other applicable terms and policies. You will not sell, transfer, or sublicense Platform to anyone. Except as expressly licensed herein, you will not use, access, integrate with, modify, translate, create derivative works of, reverse engineer, or otherwise exploit Platform or any aspect thereof. The Meta Companies reserve all rights, title, and interest (including the right to enforce any such rights) not expressly granted in these Terms. * b. Your License to Us * i. Your Content: * 1.

Clause: automated means

2022-07-12

All clauses unchanged from 2022-07-11 (see above).

2022-07-13

All clauses unchanged from 2022-07-12 (see above).

2022-07-14

All clauses unchanged from 2022-07-13 (see above).

2022-07-16

All clauses unchanged from 2022-07-14 (see above).

2022-07-17

All clauses unchanged from 2022-07-16 (see above).

2022-07-19

All clauses unchanged from 2022-07-17 (see above).

2022-07-20

All clauses unchanged from 2022-07-19 (see above).

2022-07-22

All clauses unchanged from 2022-07-20 (see above).

2022-07-23

All clauses unchanged from 2022-07-22 (see above).

2022-07-25

All clauses unchanged from 2022-07-23 (see above).

2022-07-26

All clauses unchanged from 2022-07-25 (see above).

2022-07-28

All clauses unchanged from 2022-07-26 (see above).

2022-07-29

All clauses unchanged from 2022-07-28 (see above).

2022-07-31

All clauses unchanged from 2022-07-29 (see above).

2022-08-01

All clauses unchanged from 2022-07-31 (see above).

2022-08-03

All clauses unchanged from 2022-08-01 (see above).

2022-08-04

All clauses unchanged from 2022-08-03 (see above).

2022-08-06

All clauses unchanged from 2022-08-04 (see above).

2022-08-07

All clauses unchanged from 2022-08-06 (see above).

2022-08-09

All clauses unchanged from 2022-08-07 (see above).

2022-08-10

All clauses unchanged from 2022-08-09 (see above).

2022-08-11

All clauses unchanged from 2022-08-10 (see above).

2022-08-12

All clauses unchanged from 2022-08-11 (see above).

2022-08-13

All clauses unchanged from 2022-08-12 (see above).

2022-08-15

All clauses unchanged from 2022-08-13 (see above).

2022-08-16

All clauses unchanged from 2022-08-15 (see above).

2022-08-18

All clauses unchanged from 2022-08-16 (see above).

2022-08-19

All clauses unchanged from 2022-08-18 (see above).

2022-08-21

All clauses unchanged from 2022-08-19 (see above).

2022-08-22

All clauses unchanged from 2022-08-21 (see above).

2022-08-24

All clauses unchanged from 2022-08-22 (see above).

2022-08-25

All clauses unchanged from 2022-08-24 (see above).

2022-08-27

All clauses unchanged from 2022-08-25 (see above).

2022-08-28

All clauses unchanged from 2022-08-27 (see above).

2022-08-30

All clauses unchanged from 2022-08-28 (see above).

2022-08-31

All clauses unchanged from 2022-08-30 (see above).

2022-09-02

All clauses unchanged from 2022-08-31 (see above).

2022-09-03

All clauses unchanged from 2022-09-02 (see above).

2022-09-05

All clauses unchanged from 2022-09-03 (see above).

2022-09-06

All clauses unchanged from 2022-09-05 (see above).

2022-09-08

All clauses unchanged from 2022-09-06 (see above).

2022-09-09

All clauses unchanged from 2022-09-08 (see above).

2022-09-11

All clauses unchanged from 2022-09-09 (see above).

2022-09-12

All clauses unchanged from 2022-09-11 (see above).

2022-09-14

All clauses unchanged from 2022-09-12 (see above).

2022-09-15

All clauses unchanged from 2022-09-14 (see above).

2022-09-17

All clauses unchanged from 2022-09-15 (see above).

2022-09-18

All clauses unchanged from 2022-09-17 (see above).

2022-09-19

royalty-free, sublicense, sublicensable, derivative works, create derivative, transferable, assignable unchanged from 2022-09-18.

Clause: automated means (new glossary-window crop — mismatched keyword, see Overview)

“SDKs” means any object code, source code, or documentation you receive from us that helps you create Apps or content for use with the Platform. * p. “Service Provider” means an entity you use to provide you services in connection with Platform or any Platform Data. * q. “Tech Provider” means a Developer of an App whose primary purpose is to enable Users thereof to access and use Platform or Platform Data. * r. “Third-Party Auditors” has the meaning given in Section 7.b (“Regular Monitoring”). * s. “User” means the end user of an App (whether a person or an entity).

2022-09-20

royalty-free, sublicense, sublicensable, derivative works, create derivative, transferable, assignable unchanged from 2022-09-19.

automated means reverted to the 2022-09-18 wording (see above).

2022-09-21

royalty-free, sublicense, sublicensable, derivative works, create derivative, transferable, assignable unchanged from 2022-09-20.

automated means reverted to the 2022-09-19 wording (see above).

2022-09-22

All clauses unchanged from 2022-09-21 (see above).

2022-09-23

All clauses unchanged from 2022-09-22 (see above).

2022-09-24

All clauses unchanged from 2022-09-23 (see above).

2022-09-26

All clauses unchanged from 2022-09-24 (see above).

2022-09-27

All clauses unchanged from 2022-09-26 (see above).

2022-09-29

All clauses unchanged from 2022-09-27 (see above).

2022-09-30

All clauses unchanged from 2022-09-29 (see above).

2022-10-02

All clauses unchanged from 2022-09-30 (see above).

2022-10-03

All clauses unchanged from 2022-10-02 (see above).

2022-10-05

All clauses unchanged from 2022-10-03 (see above).

2022-10-06

All clauses unchanged from 2022-10-05 (see above).

2022-10-08

All clauses unchanged from 2022-10-06 (see above).

2022-10-09

All clauses unchanged from 2022-10-08 (see above).

2022-10-11

All clauses unchanged from 2022-10-09 (see above).

2022-10-12

All clauses unchanged from 2022-10-11 (see above).

2022-10-13

All clauses unchanged from 2022-10-12 (see above).

2023-01-21

All clauses unchanged from 2022-10-13 (see above).

2023-04-25

royalty-free, sublicense, sublicensable, derivative works, create derivative, transferable, assignable unchanged from 2023-01-21.

Clause: automated means (new glossary-window crop — mismatched keyword, see Overview)

“SDKs” means any object code, source code, or documentation you receive from us that helps you create Apps or content for use with the Platform. * q. “Service Provider” means an entity you use to provide you services in connection with Platform or any Platform Data. * r. “Tech Provider” means a Developer of an App whose primary purpose is to enable Users thereof to access and use Platform or Platform Data. * s. “Third-Party Auditors” has the meaning given in Section 7.b (“Regular Monitoring”). * t. “User” means the end user of an App (whether a person or an entity).

2023-05-08

Clause: royalty-free, sublicensable, derivative works, create derivative, transferable (cosmetic markdown-link-stripping artifact, not a substantive edit — see Changes Summary)

The Meta Companies reserve all rights, title, and interest (including the right to enforce any such rights) not expressly granted in these Terms. * b. Your License to Us * i. Your Content: * 1. You grant us a non-exclusive, transferable, sublicensable, royalty-free, worldwide license to: host, use, distribute, modify, run, copy, publicly perform or display, translate, and create derivative works of any information, data, and other content made available by you or on your behalf (including by your Service Providers or through your App) in connection with Platform (collectively, “Your Content”) for any business purpose in connection with operating, providing, or improving Platform or any other Meta Product. This license remains in effect even if you stop using Platform. Without limitation, your license to us includes: the right to incorporate Your Content into other parts of Meta Products, the right to attribute the source of Your Content using your name, trademarks, or logos; the right to use Your Content for promotional purposes, and the right to analyze Your Content (including to make sure you’re complying with these Terms and all other applicable terms and policies). * 2. If you use the Meta Business Tools to send us Business Tool Data, our use of that data is governed by the Business Tools Terms rather than the foregoing license for Your Content.

Clause: royalty-free, sublicensable, transferable (cosmetic markdown-link-stripping artifact, not a substantive edit — see Changes Summary)

Those terms and policies are considered null and void and are rejected and excluded from these Terms. * 3. Nothing in these Terms will be interpreted as a representation or agreement that we will not develop or have not developed apps, products, features, or services that are similar to your App or compete with your App. * iii. Your Name, Trademarks, and Logos: You grant us a non-exclusive, transferable, sublicensable, royalty-free, worldwide license to use your name, trademarks, and logos for distribution, marketing, and promotional purposes, in connection with your use of Meta Products, in all formats and media. This license remains in effect for existing materials and instances even if you stop using Platform. * c. Protecting the Rights of Others * i. You will not provide or promote content in your App that infringes upon or otherwise violates the rights of any person or third party.

Clause: sublicense (cosmetic markdown-link-stripping artifact, not a substantive edit — see Changes Summary)

Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein (including in Section 12 (“Glossary”) have the meaning given in our other terms and policies, including our Terms of Service and our Meta Commercial Terms. The term “including” means “including without limitation.” 2. Intellectual Property Rights -------------------------------- * a. Our License to You. Subject to your compliance with these Terms and all other applicable terms and policies, we grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-sublicensable (except to Service Providers as described below), non-transferable, non-assignable license to use, access, and integrate with Platform, but only to the extent permitted in these Terms and all other applicable terms and policies. You will not sell, transfer, or sublicense Platform to anyone. Except as expressly licensed herein, you will not use, access, integrate with, modify, translate, create derivative works of, reverse engineer, or otherwise exploit Platform or any aspect thereof. The Meta Companies reserve all rights, title, and interest (including the right to enforce any such rights) not expressly granted in these Terms. * b. Your License to Us * **i.

Clause: sublicensable, transferable, assignable (cosmetic markdown-link-stripping artifact, not a substantive edit — see Changes Summary)

Clause: derivative works, create derivative (cosmetic markdown-link-stripping artifact, not a substantive edit — see Changes Summary)

The term “including” means “including without limitation.” 2. Intellectual Property Rights -------------------------------- * a. Our License to You. Subject to your compliance with these Terms and all other applicable terms and policies, we grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-sublicensable (except to Service Providers as described below), non-transferable, non-assignable license to use, access, and integrate with Platform, but only to the extent permitted in these Terms and all other applicable terms and policies. You will not sell, transfer, or sublicense Platform to anyone. Except as expressly licensed herein, you will not use, access, integrate with, modify, translate, create derivative works of, reverse engineer, or otherwise exploit Platform or any aspect thereof. The Meta Companies reserve all rights, title, and interest (including the right to enforce any such rights) not expressly granted in these Terms. * b. Your License to Us * i. Your Content: * 1.

Clause: automated means (cosmetic markdown-link-stripping artifact, not a substantive edit — see Changes Summary)

“Service Provider” means an entity you use to provide you services in connection with Platform or any Platform Data. * r. “Tech Provider” means a Developer of an App whose primary purpose is to enable Users thereof to access and use Platform or Platform Data. * s. “Third-Party Auditors” has the meaning given in Section 7.b (“Regular Monitoring”). * t. “User” means the end user of an App (whether a person or an entity). * u. “Your Content” has the meaning given in Section 2.b (“Your License to Us”).

2024-06-18

All clauses unchanged from 2023-05-08 (see above).

2024-10-16

All clauses unchanged from 2024-06-18 (see above).

2025-02-04

All clauses unchanged from 2024-10-16 (see above).

2025-07-22

All clauses unchanged from 2025-02-04 (see above).

2025-08-23

royalty-free, sublicense, sublicensable, derivative works, create derivative, transferable, assignable unchanged from 2025-07-22.

Clause: automated means (new glossary-window crop — mismatched keyword, see Overview)

“Service Provider” means an entity you use to provide you services in connection with Platform or any Platform Data. * r. “Supplementary Data Transfer Addendum” means the terms available at https://www.facebook.com/legal/terms/Privacy/Transfers. * s. “Tech Provider” means a Developer of an App whose primary purpose is to enable Users thereof to access and use Platform or Platform Data. * t. “Third-Party Auditors” has the meaning given in Section 7.b (“Regular Monitoring”). * u. “User” means the end user of an App (whether a person or an entity).

2025-10-03

All clauses unchanged from 2025-08-23 (see above).

2025-11-04

All clauses unchanged from 2025-10-03 (see above).

2025-12-04

All clauses unchanged from 2025-11-04 (see above).

2025-12-13

All clauses unchanged from 2025-12-04 (see above).

2026-02-04

sublicense, assignable unchanged from 2025-12-13.

Clause: royalty-free, sublicensable, derivative works, create derivative, transferable (updated wording — new compliance-warranty sentence added; glossary crop now genuinely contains “automated means” — see Changes Summary)

The Meta Companies reserve all rights, title, and interest (including the right to enforce any such rights) not expressly granted in these Terms. * b. Your License to Us * i. Your Content: * 1. You grant us a non-exclusive, transferable, sublicensable, royalty-free, worldwide license to: host, use, distribute, modify, run, copy, publicly perform or display, translate, and create derivative works of any information, data, and other content made available by you or on your behalf (including by your Service Providers or through your App) in connection with Platform (collectively, “Your Content”) for any business purpose in connection with operating, providing, or improving Platform or any other Meta Product. This license remains in effect even if you stop using Platform. Without limitation, your license to us includes: the right to incorporate Your Content into other parts of Meta Products, the right to attribute the source of Your Content using your name, trademarks, or logos; the right to use Your Content for promotional purposes, and the right to analyze Your Content (including to make sure you’re complying with these Terms and all other applicable terms and policies). To the extent you provide Your Content to us, you represent and warrant that such sharing is in accordance with all applicable laws and regulations, including that you have obtained and continue to maintain and provide all applicable consents, permissions, and/or disclosures required under applicable laws and regulations to enable such sharing for the purposes set forth herein. * 2.

Clause: automated means (updated wording — new compliance-warranty sentence added; glossary crop now genuinely contains “automated means” — see Changes Summary)

indirectly and whether before, on, or after the date you agree to these Terms, including data anonymized, aggregated, or derived from such data. Platform Data includes all Meta Product access tokens, app secrets, Meta user IDs, email addresses, profile pictures and usernames.