What Changed in the META ToS (July 18, 2024)

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The checkbox says “I have reviewed and agree” — so not reading the terms and agreeing is a risk you’re taking on personally. Ultimately no one can be forced to read anything so there’s not much point in requiring a link click.

The diff between the April and July terms is very minor… this is all at the end under the “Changes” header:

The company last updated these terms on July 18, 2024, and may update these terms again. The company will post all updates to the forum.

The company last updated these terms on April 10, 2024, and may update these terms again. The company will post all updates to the forum. For updates that contain substantial changes, the company agrees to either e-mail you, if you’ve created an account and provided a valid e-mail address., The company may also or to announce the updates with special messages or alerts on the forum.

Once you get notice of an update to these terms, you must agree to the new terms in order to keep using the forum.

The most notable difference may be the process, because we now have a feature to force a user field to be completed by both new and existing users:

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