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This page covers Threads' Terms of Service across 125 scrapes spanning 2024-08-30 to 2026-03-25 — the largest *date count* processed in this wiki session, though the underlying clause barely changes: there are only 3 unique snippets in the entire dataset, all variants of a single Content-license paragraph. Threads' Terms incorporate Instagram's Terms by reference ("Your Commitments" section) and add Threads-specific provisions governing its integration with the decentralized "Protocol" (ActivityPub/Fediverse), which lets Threads Content be shared to and hosted on independent Third-Party Servers outside Meta's control.

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Threads – 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:

• AI Act Substance Matrix
• Tier Bifurcation
• Scraper Enforcement Gap
• Methodology

Source: sources/jsonl/Threads_Terms_of_Service.jsonl Last updated: 2026-03-25

Overview

This page covers Threads’ Terms of Service across 125 scrapes spanning 2024-08-30 to 2026-03-25 — the largest date count processed in this wiki session, though the underlying clause barely changes: there are only 3 unique snippets in the entire dataset, all variants of a single Content-license paragraph. Threads’ Terms incorporate Instagram’s Terms by reference (“Your Commitments” section) and add Threads-specific provisions governing its integration with the decentralized “Protocol” (ActivityPub/Fediverse), which lets Threads Content be shared to and hosted on independent Third-Party Servers outside Meta’s control.

The Content-license clause grants Meta “a non-exclusive, transferable, sub-licensable, worldwide license to host, use, distribute, modify, run, copy, publicly perform or display, translate and create derivative works of your Threads Content… for the purpose of making the Threads Service available, including… sharing your Threads Content to and with Third Party Users and on Third Party Services that are also integrated with the Protocol.” Genuine wording evolution across the dataset’s three snapshots increasingly clarifies that Threads Content can persist on independent, Meta-uncontrolled Third Party Servers even after deletion from Threads itself — the most explicit fediverse-specific persistence-after-deletion disclosure in this wiki.

Flagged Keywords & Risks

• derivative works, create derivative, transferable — Tag the Content-license clause, which gives Meta a transferable, sub-licensable right to modify and reuse Threads Content, extended to cover sharing with Third Party Services connected through the decentralized Protocol (ActivityPub/Fediverse). Why it matters: unlike most platforms’ content licenses, this one explicitly allows your content to be copied onto independent third-party servers that Meta doesn’t control. That means your content can keep existing and being archived elsewhere even after you delete it from Threads — a persistence risk that’s harder to fix than a platform’s own internal data retention, since Meta can’t reach into someone else’s server to remove it.

Legal Context & Research Significance

The fediverse-persistence disclosure — that Threads Content “may be hosted on Third Party Servers” and can survive deletion from Threads itself — places this clause within wearetosed’s “data retention” category, since the practical retention period is no longer fully under Meta’s own control once content propagates to independent ActivityPub servers. The genuine strengthening of this language across the 2026-01-22 to 2026-03-25 snapshots is the kind of incremental, unilateral disclosure-tightening that fits wearetosed’s “unilateral control” category as well, since users who already agreed to earlier, vaguer wording are bound to the clarified version without any new opt-in. Javed and Sajid (2024) observe that social media is one of the sectors most frequently studied in privacy-policy literature, yet note this body of work has not caught up with newer architectural choices like federated/decentralized hosting, making Threads’ fediverse-persistence clause a useful example of a contract term that current literature taxonomies do not cleanly categorize.

Changes Summary

This dataset has only 3 genuinely distinct wording states across 125 scrapes; consecutive identical scrapes are grouped below by date range rather than listed individually (every scrape date still has its own ### {date} heading in Version History).

Version History

2024-08-30

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

Clause: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

• You agree that the Instagram Terms, including the section titled “Your Commitments”, also applies to your use of the Threads Service. * Content * In this section, we describe the rights and responsibilities regarding content accessed via the Threads Service: * “Threads Content” means content and information that has been uploaded or submitted to a Threads Server by a Threads User. * “Third Party Content” means content and information that has been shared by users of a Third Party Service, even if that content may be viewed or interacted with on the Threads Service. * Permissions you give to us * We do not claim ownership of your Threads Content but you grant us a licence to use it. If you upload or share any Threads Content, you hereby grant us a non-exclusive, transferable, sub-licensable, worldwide license to host, use, distribute, modify, run, copy, publicly perform or display, translate and create derivative works of your Threads Content (consistent with your privacy and application settings) for the purpose of making the Threads Service available, including, as applicable, sharing your Threads Content to and with Third Party Users and on Third Party Services that are also integrated with the Protocol. * You acknowledge that when the Threads Service is integrated with the Protocol, Threads Content may be hosted by third parties. Meta will not be responsible for Threads Content that is hosted by a third party. Threads Content may continue to be stored and/or archived by third parties even after such content is deleted from the Threads Service. * Content Deletion and Deactivating or Terminating Your Threads Profile * Threads Service Features and Tools: * Meta has the right to (i) remove any Threads Content that is accessible from within the Threads Service if Meta believes that such Threads Content violates these Terms or the Instagram Terms or if Meta is permitted or required to do so by applicable law, (ii) provide notice to providers of Third Party Services about enforcement actions taken with respect to Threads Content, and (iii) take any action that Meta believes is necessary or appropriate if Meta reasonably believes that any such Threads Content infringes the rights of others and/or could create liability or adverse legal or regulatory implications for Meta or other Threads Users.

2024-08-31

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2024-08-30 (see above).

2024-09-04

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2024-08-31 (see above).

2024-09-05

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2024-09-04 (see above).

2024-09-06

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2024-09-05 (see above).

2024-09-07

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2024-09-06 (see above).

2024-09-08

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2024-09-07 (see above).

2024-09-09

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2024-09-08 (see above).

2024-09-10

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2024-09-09 (see above).

2024-09-11

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2024-09-10 (see above).

2024-09-12

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2024-09-11 (see above).

2024-09-19

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2024-09-12 (see above).

2024-09-20

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2024-09-19 (see above).

2024-09-21

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2024-09-20 (see above).

2024-09-24

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2024-09-21 (see above).

2024-09-25

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2024-09-24 (see above).

2024-09-27

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2024-09-25 (see above).

2024-09-28

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2024-09-27 (see above).

2024-10-03

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2024-09-28 (see above).

2024-10-05

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2024-10-03 (see above).

2024-10-08

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2024-10-05 (see above).

2024-10-09

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2024-10-08 (see above).

2024-10-10

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2024-10-09 (see above).

2024-10-11

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

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

2024-10-12

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2024-10-11 (see above).

2024-10-15

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2024-10-12 (see above).

2024-10-16

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2024-10-15 (see above).

2024-10-19

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

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

2024-10-22

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2024-10-19 (see above).

2024-10-23

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2024-10-22 (see above).

2024-10-24

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2024-10-23 (see above).

2024-10-25

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2024-10-24 (see above).

2024-10-28

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2024-10-25 (see above).

2024-10-30

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2024-10-28 (see above).

2024-11-01

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2024-10-30 (see above).

2024-11-03

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2024-11-01 (see above).

2024-11-04

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2024-11-03 (see above).

2024-11-05

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2024-11-04 (see above).

2024-11-06

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2024-11-05 (see above).

2024-11-07

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2024-11-06 (see above).

2024-11-12

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2024-11-07 (see above).

2024-11-14

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2024-11-12 (see above).

2024-11-15

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2024-11-14 (see above).

2024-11-18

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2024-11-15 (see above).

2024-11-19

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2024-11-18 (see above).

2024-11-20

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2024-11-19 (see above).

2024-11-22

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2024-11-20 (see above).

2024-11-23

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2024-11-22 (see above).

2024-11-26

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2024-11-23 (see above).

2024-11-27

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2024-11-26 (see above).

2024-11-28

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2024-11-27 (see above).

2024-12-03

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2024-11-28 (see above).

2024-12-04

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2024-12-03 (see above).

2024-12-05

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2024-12-04 (see above).

2024-12-06

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2024-12-05 (see above).

2024-12-10

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2024-12-06 (see above).

2024-12-11

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2024-12-10 (see above).

2024-12-13

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2024-12-11 (see above).

2024-12-14

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2024-12-13 (see above).

2024-12-17

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2024-12-14 (see above).

2024-12-18

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2024-12-17 (see above).

2024-12-20

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2024-12-18 (see above).

2025-01-23

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2024-12-20 (see above).

2025-01-24

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2025-01-23 (see above).

2025-01-28

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2025-01-24 (see above).

2025-02-04

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2025-01-28 (see above).

2025-02-06

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

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

2025-02-07

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2025-02-06 (see above).

2025-02-08

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2025-02-07 (see above).

2025-02-13

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2025-02-08 (see above).

2025-02-14

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2025-02-13 (see above).

2025-02-15

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2025-02-14 (see above).

2025-02-16

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2025-02-15 (see above).

2025-02-19

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2025-02-16 (see above).

2025-02-20

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2025-02-19 (see above).

2025-02-22

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2025-02-20 (see above).

2025-02-25

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2025-02-22 (see above).

2025-02-26

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2025-02-25 (see above).

2025-02-27

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2025-02-26 (see above).

2025-03-01

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2025-02-27 (see above).

2025-03-06

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2025-03-01 (see above).

2025-03-07

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2025-03-06 (see above).

2025-03-08

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2025-03-07 (see above).

2025-03-12

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2025-03-08 (see above).

2025-03-13

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2025-03-12 (see above).

2025-03-17

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2025-03-13 (see above).

2025-03-19

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2025-03-17 (see above).

2025-03-21

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2025-03-19 (see above).

2025-03-22

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2025-03-21 (see above).

2025-03-25

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2025-03-22 (see above).

2025-03-26

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2025-03-25 (see above).

2025-03-28

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2025-03-26 (see above).

2025-03-31

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2025-03-28 (see above).

2025-04-01

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2025-03-31 (see above).

2025-04-02

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2025-04-01 (see above).

2025-04-04

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

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

2025-04-05

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

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

2025-04-07

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2025-04-05 (see above).

2025-04-08

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2025-04-07 (see above).

2025-04-09

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2025-04-08 (see above).

2025-04-10

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2025-04-09 (see above).

2025-04-12

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2025-04-10 (see above).

2025-04-15

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

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

2025-04-16

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2025-04-15 (see above).

2025-04-17

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2025-04-16 (see above).

2025-04-18

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2025-04-17 (see above).

2025-04-22

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2025-04-18 (see above).

2025-04-23

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2025-04-22 (see above).

2025-04-26

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2025-04-23 (see above).

2025-05-01

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2025-04-26 (see above).

2025-05-14

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2025-05-01 (see above).

2025-06-07

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2025-05-14 (see above).

2025-06-14

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2025-06-07 (see above).

2025-07-17

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2025-06-14 (see above).

2025-07-26

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

Clause: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

“Third Party Content” means content and information that has been shared by users of a Third Party Service, even if that content may be viewed or interacted with on the Threads Service. 2. Permissions you give to us 1. We do not claim ownership of your Threads Content but you grant us a licence to use it. If you upload or share any Threads Content, you hereby grant us a non-exclusive, transferable, sub-licensable, worldwide license to host, use, distribute, modify, run, copy, publicly perform or display, translate and create derivative works of your Threads Content (consistent with your privacy and application settings) for the purpose of making the Threads Service available, including, as applicable, sharing your Threads Content to and with Third Party Users and on Third Party Services that are also integrated with the Protocol. 2. You acknowledge that when the Threads Service is integrated with the Protocol, Threads Content may be hosted by third parties. Meta will not be responsible for Threads Content that is hosted by a third party. Threads Content may continue to be stored and/or archived by third parties even after such content is deleted from the Threads Service.

2025-10-23

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2025-07-26 (see above).

2025-10-24

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2025-10-23 (see above).

2025-11-01

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2025-10-24 (see above).

2025-11-13

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2025-11-01 (see above).

2025-11-26

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2025-11-13 (see above).

2025-12-08

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2025-11-26 (see above).

2025-12-20

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2025-12-08 (see above).

2026-01-22

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

Clause: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

“Third Party Content” means content and information that has been shared to a Third Party Server by users of a Third Party Service, even if that content may be viewed or interacted with on the Threads Service. 2. Permissions you give to us 1. We do not claim ownership of your Threads Content but you grant us a licence to use it. If you upload or share any Threads Content, you hereby grant us a non-exclusive, transferable, sub-licensable, worldwide license to host, use, distribute, modify, run, copy, publicly perform or display, translate and create derivative works of your Threads Content (consistent with your privacy and application settings) for the purpose of making the Threads Service available, including, as applicable, sharing your Threads Content to and with Third Party Users and on Third Party Services that are also integrated with the Protocol. 2. You acknowledge that when the Threads Service is integrated with the Protocol, your Threads Content may be hosted on Third Party Servers. Meta will not be responsible for Threads Content that is hosted by Third Party Servers. Your Threads Content may continue to be stored and/or archived on Third Party Servers by third parties even after such content is deleted from the Threads Service.

2026-02-08

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2026-01-22 (see above).

2026-03-25

• Explicit AI clause: NO
• Non-explicit predatory: YES
• Flagged keywords: derivative works, create derivative, transferable

All clauses unchanged from 2026-02-08 (see above).