Supplemental Meta Platforms Technologies Terms of Service

1.1.a. You must be at least 13 years of age to create one or more accounts supported by a MPT Product, such as a Meta account. You may create a Meta account on behalf of your child ages 10 to 12. When your child turns 13, they will have 30 days to start managing their Meta account or they will be blocked from using their device. Meta accounts for children ages 10 to 12 may not be supported on all MPT Products, including Meta View.

1.1.b. You cannot create a Meta account if you are a convicted sex offender, if we have previously disabled your account for violations of the Meta Terms of Service, these Supplemental Terms, or other terms or policies that apply to your use of MPT Products, or if you are prohibited from receiving our products, services, or software under applicable laws.

1.1.c. You may use the same Meta account to access different MPT Products, or you may create multiple different Meta accounts. However, except between you and your child ages 10 to 12 for whom you have created an account, you may not share passwords or transfer your account to anyone else (without our permission).

1.1.d. You must provide us with accurate and up to date information (including registration information), which may include providing your or your child’s personal data. Also, you may not impersonate someone you aren’t.

4.2.a. Third-Party Terms. Your use of a Third-Party Service may be subject to additional terms, conditions, fees, and policies imposed by the third party (together, “Third-Party Terms”). Meta is not a party to these Third-Party Terms. However, in the event that Third-Party Terms conflict with the provisions of these Supplemental Terms, these Supplemental Terms will govern. You are responsible for complying with any applicable Third-Party Terms, and we recommend that you review any applicable Third-Party Terms before using Third-Party Services. We have no obligations or liability for (i) your access to or use of any Third-Party Services, (ii) any information that you provide or authorize us to provide to any Third-Party Services, or (iii) such third party’s collection, use, or disclosure of such information. If you have connected to a Third-Party Service on a MPT Product, you may remain connected using saved credentials unless you take action to discontinue access to that service (such as by changing the applicable account settings for the relevant Third-Party Service).

4.2.b. Default End User License. If you are not presented with an end user license agreement when you acquire Third-Party Services, the following license terms apply to your use of such Third-Party Services: (a) the third party providing the Third-Party Services (and not Meta or its affiliates) is the licensor of such Third-Party Services; (b) such third party grants you a limited, non-transferable license to access and use the Third-Party Services only for your personal and non-commercial purposes; and (c) you may not modify, decompile or disassemble the Third-Party Services in whole or in part, or create any derivative works from or sublicense any rights in or to the Third-Party Services, unless otherwise expressly authorized by the third party or as permitted under applicable law notwithstanding these restrictions. Meta and its affiliates are not parties to the license agreement between you and the provider of such Third-Party Services or other Third-Party Terms.

4.2.c. Discontinuation of Third-Party Services. Third-Party Services may require access to data about Meta users and Meta services, which access is subject to agreements between Third-Party Service providers and Meta. We may disable this access for a Third-Party Service if the Third-Party Service provider breaches these agreements, our policies, or applicable law, or if the agreements are otherwise terminated. This may adversely affect your use of such Third-Party Services, including by making such Third-Party Services partially or fully inoperable. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, we will have no liability to you for removing or disabling access to data and services by a third party for these reasons. This means, without limitation, that Meta will not provide you with any refunds for such Third-Party Services in these cases. Any rights, including refund claims, which you may have under your agreements with third parties remain unaffected.

5.5.a. For the avoidance of doubt, the provisions under “Limits on Liability” of the Meta Terms of Service also apply to MPT Products (except for the limited warranties provided for below). THE LAWS OF SOME JURISDICTIONS DO NOT ALLOW THE DISCLAIMER OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR CERTAIN TYPES OF DAMAGES, SO SOME OR ALL OF THE DISCLAIMERS AND LIMITATIONS OF LIABILITY IN THE META TERMS OF SERVICE MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU.

5.5.b. Unless a separate limited warranty is provided, certain hardware products of the MPT Products are covered by the Limited Warranty offered by Meta Platforms Technologies, LLC. Nothing in these Supplemental Terms is intended to either abridge or expand the scope of those limited warranties.

5.5.c. Certain MPT Products may have communication or calling capabilities. However, there are important differences between such MPT Products and a mobile or fixed-line telephone service. MPT Products do not provide access to emergency services or emergency service providers (including the police, fire departments, or hospitals), or otherwise connect to public safety answering points. You should ensure you can contact your relevant emergency service providers through a mobile telephone, fixed-line telephone, or other service.

5.5.d. THERE ARE IMPORTANT HEALTH AND SAFETY WARNINGS, INFORMATION, AND INSTRUCTIONS (“HEALTH AND SAFETY WARNINGS”) THAT YOU MUST READ BEFORE USING MPT PRODUCTS OR ALLOWING YOUR CHILD TO USE MPT PRODUCTS, AVAILABLE HERE. THESE INCLUDE WARNINGS, INFORMATION, AND INSTRUCTIONS THAT A PARENT OR GUARDIAN MUST REVIEW AND CONSIDER BEFORE DETERMINING THAT THEIR CHILD IS READY FOR MPT PRODUCTS AND SETTING UP AN ACCOUNT ON THEIR BEHALF. WARNING: FAILURE TO FOLLOW THE HEALTH AND SAFETY WARNINGS AND INSTRUCTIONS MAY RESULT IN DAMAGE TO MPT PRODUCTS OR ACCESSORIES, AND MAY INCREASE THE RISK OF PERSONAL INJURY, PROPERTY DAMAGE, DISCOMFORT OR OTHER POTENTIAL HAZARDS. BY USING MPT PRODUCTS, YOU REPRESENT AND WARRANT THAT YOU HAVE REVIEWED THESE WARNINGS AND INSTRUCTIONS AND ENSURE THAT ALL USERS OF YOUR MPT PRODUCTS READ AND UNDERSTAND THE HEALTH AND SAFETY WARNINGS AND INSTRUCTIONS (AND WILL REVIEW ANY UPDATES THERETO), AND WILL ACT IN ACCORDANCE WITH SUCH WARNINGS AND INSTRUCTIONS.

5.5.e. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, you agree to defend (at our request), indemnify and hold harmless Meta and its affiliates from and against all claims, liabilities, damages, losses, and expenses (including, but not limited to, reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs) arising out of or in any way connected with (i) your purchase or use of the MPT Products; (ii) your actual or alleged breach of these Supplemental Terms or any other applicable terms, policies, warnings or instructions provided by Meta or a third party in relation to the MPT Products; (iii) your violation of any applicable law or any rights of any third party; (iv) any content you provide, upload, or transmit while using MPT Products, or (v) any access to or use of MPT Products by any third party to whom you have made available MPT Products access or use. In the event that you provide Meta’s defense to such a claim, you agree that Meta (a) shall be consulted regarding, and shall have the right to approve (at our sole discretion), defense strategy, any appeal, and any settlement of the claim, (b) shall have the right to select defense counsel, and (c) may further participate in the defense of the claim with counsel of our own choice at our own expense.

5.6.a. What claims must be arbitrated. Except as provided below, you and Meta agree that any cause of action, legal claim, or dispute between you and Meta arising out of or related to these Supplemental Terms, or the purchase or personal use of MPT Products (“claim(s)”) must be resolved by arbitration on an individual basis. This arbitration provision is governed by the Federal Arbitration Act. By agreeing to arbitrate, you and Meta expressly waive the rights to sue in court and trial by jury. Our past, present, and future affiliates and agents, as well as any of our successors and assigns, can invoke our rights under this agreement in the event they become involved in a dispute.

5.6.b. What claims won’t be arbitrated. Instead of using arbitration, you or Meta can bring claims in your local “small claims” court, if the rules of that court will allow it. If you don’t bring your claims in small claims court (or if you or we appeal a small claims court judgment to a court of general jurisdiction), then the claims must be resolved by binding, individual arbitration. In addition, only a court may decide claims to enforce your or Meta’s intellectual property rights (like copyrights, patents, trademarks, and trade secrets) or resolve issues relating to the scope and enforceability of the arbitration provision or whether subsection 5.6.c (requiring individual arbitration), subsection 5.6.d (requiring pre-arbitration notice of disputes), or subsection 5.6.f (regarding coordinated arbitrations) have been violated. Moreover, nothing in these Terms will preclude you from bringing issues to the attention of federal, state or local agencies and, if the law allows, they can seek relief from us on your behalf.

5.6.c. Arbitration on an individual basis. Class actions and class arbitrations are not permitted; for example, you may bring a claim only on your own behalf and cannot seek relief that would affect other users of MPT Products. Nor may an arbitrator consolidate arbitrations unless all parties agree. If there is a final judicial determination that the limitations of this paragraph are unenforceable as to a particular claim or a particular request for relief (such as a request for injunctive relief), then that claim or request for relief will be decided by a court after all other claims and requests for relief are arbitrated.

5.6.d. Notice of claims before arbitration. Before you or Meta commence arbitration of a claim, the claimant must provide the other party with a written Notice of Dispute that includes your username, the claimant’s name and contact information, a detailed description of the dispute, the specific relief sought, and the claimant’s signature. If you send the Notice, it also must include your residence address (and mailing address if different), the email address and mobile phone number you use with your account, and if you are represented by an attorney, a signed statement authorizing Meta to discuss your account and share your confidential account information with your attorney. Any Notice of Dispute you send to Meta should be mailed to Meta Platforms, Inc., ATTN: MPT Arbitration Filing, 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025 (“Notice Address”). Before Meta commences arbitration, Meta will send you a Notice of Dispute to the email address you use with your account or when you access MPT Products or by other appropriate means. If you and we are unable to resolve a dispute within 60 days after a fully complete Notice of Dispute is received, you or Meta may commence arbitration, but neither party may commence an arbitration during this 60-day period. If any aspect of the requirements in this subsection have not been met, a court can enjoin the filing or prosecution of arbitrations. In addition, unless prohibited by applicable law, the arbitration provider cannot accept or administer the arbitration, nor assess any fees for such an arbitration. If the arbitration already is pending, it must be dismissed.

5.6.e. How arbitration works. The American Arbitration Association (“AAA”) will administer all arbitrations under its Consumer Arbitration Rules, as modified by this arbitration provision. The AAA’s Consumer Arbitration Rules are available at https://www.adr.org or by writing to the Notice Address. If the AAA cannot or will not administer the arbitration in accordance with this arbitration provision, another arbitration provider will be selected by the parties or, if there is no agreement, by the court.
The arbitrator will conduct hearings, if any, by teleconference or videoconference, unless the arbitrator determines that an in-person hearing is appropriate. Any in-person appearances will be held at a location which is reasonably convenient to both parties with due consideration of their ability to travel. The arbitrator may consider rulings in other arbitrations involving other claimants, but an arbitrator’s ruling will not be binding in proceedings involving different claimants. Except as provided in subsection 18.3, the arbitrator can award the same relief that a court can award under applicable law, including sanctions against any represented party or counsel permitted under the AAA rules, Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 11(b), or other applicable federal or state law.

5.6.f. Arbitration of coordinated claims. If 25 or more claimants submit similar Notices of Dispute or file similar arbitrations and are represented by the same or coordinated counsel (regardless of whether the cases are pursued simultaneously), all of the cases must be resolved in arbitration in staged proceedings. You agree to this process even though it might delay the arbitration of your claim. In the first stage, claimants’ counsel and Meta will each select up to 25 cases (50 cases total) to be filed in arbitration and resolved individually by separate arbitrators. If feasible, arbitrators will be from the respective claimants’ home states. In the meantime, no other cases may be filed in arbitration. Nor may the AAA accept, administer, or demand payment for fees for other arbitrations. After the first stage is completed, the parties will engage in a single mediation of all remaining cases, and Meta will pay the mediation fee. If the parties cannot agree how to resolve any of the remaining cases after the mediation, the parties will repeat the process of filing up to 50 cases to be resolved individually by separate arbitrators, followed by mediation. If any cases remain after the second stage, the process will be repeated until all cases are resolved, with four differences. First, a total of 100 cases may be filed in the third and later stages. Second, the cases will be randomly selected. Third, arbitrators who decided cases in the first two stages may be appointed in later stages if different arbitrators are not available. Fourth, mediation is optional at the election of claimants’ counsel. If this subsection applies to a Notice of Dispute, any statute of limitations or contractual limitations period applicable to the listed claims and requests for relief will be tolled from the time the first cases are selected for bellwether proceedings until the claimant’s Notice of Dispute is selected for a bellwether proceeding, withdrawn, or otherwise resolved. A court will have the authority to enforce this subsection, including the power to enjoin the filing or prosecution of arbitrations or the assessment or collection of related fees. If there is a final judicial determination that the staging process in this subsection is not enforceable, then the cases may be filed in arbitration, but the payment of AAA and arbitrator fees will be assessed as arbitrations advance and arbitrators are appointed rather than when the arbitrations are initiated.

5.6.g. How to opt out of arbitration. You can opt out of arbitration within 30 days of the date that you first agreed to these Supplemental Terms (including any earlier version). If you have previously agreed to arbitration, then you may opt out of any revisions to the arbitration provision within 30 days of receiving notice of those revisions, in which case the prior version of the arbitration provision shall apply. To opt out, you must send Meta your name, username, residence address, email address, and phone number you used for your Meta account or when you access MPT Products, and a statement personally signed by you that you want to opt out of this arbitration agreement (or of revisions to it). That information must be sent to the following address: Meta Platforms, Inc. ATTN: MPT Arbitration Opt-out, 1601 Willow Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025.

5.6.h. What court will hear claims. For any claim that is not arbitrated or resolved in small claims court, you agree that it will be resolved exclusively in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California or a state court located in San Mateo County. You also agree to submit to the personal jurisdiction of either of these courts for the purpose of litigating any such claim.

5.6.i. What law will apply. Whether a dispute is in arbitration or in court, the laws of the State of California, to the extent not preempted by or inconsistent with federal law, will govern these Terms and any claim, without regard to conflict of law provisions.

5.12.a. For purposes of Section 3 of these Supplemental Terms, you additionally agree that Meta, its affiliates, and other users of Horizon Worlds may interact with, supplement, manipulate, and modify (in whole or in part) any content you have rights in, upload to, or create in Horizon Worlds. To the fullest extent permitted by law, you waive and agree to waive, or agree not to exercise, all rights known or referred to as “moral rights,” “artist’s rights,” “droit moral,” or other similar rights in and to any such content.

5.12.b. Notwithstanding Section 3.1 of these Supplemental Terms, you acknowledge and agree that: (a) content that you create in, modify in, or upload to Horizon Worlds in accordance with these Supplemental Terms may continue to exist on our systems and in Horizon Worlds even after you have deleted your account; (b) when you delete your account, others you have invited to build your worlds, if any, may assume management of them under certain circumstances; and (c) the license you grant to us to use your content under these Supplemental Terms, along with consents given in relation to that content, will not expire and will continue even after you delete your account.

5.12.c. When you use Horizon Worlds, your device will record the last few minutes of your and other users’ most recent audio, video, and other interactions will be recorded in case you want to report anything you've encountered. These recordings may be stored on our servers. We do not review these recordings unless you submit a report. If you don’t submit a report, the recordings will be deleted on a rolling basis. These recordings enable you to report abuse, combat harmful conduct, and protect and support our community. Other users in close proximity to you in Horizon Worlds may submit recordings of the same event.

These recordings enable you to report abuse, combat harmful conduct, and protect and support our community. Other users in close proximity to you in Horizon Worlds may submit recordings of the same event.

If you submit a report, we use the attached recordings to investigate and resolve the report, and to help train our systems to combat harmful conduct, after which time the recordings are deleted. In some cases, we may need to retain the recordings for longer, where it is necessary in order to comply with applicable law.

In addition, we may use safety specialists to investigate abuse reports in real time. If safety specialists are called to your location within Horizon Worlds, they can see, hear, and record your interactions in real time. You may not be able to detect when a safety specialist is present in your location within Horizon Worlds.

5.12.d. You may not create currencies, stocks, banks, stock exchanges, or similar financial instruments on Horizon Worlds.

5.12.e. Meta may choose to make available to users copyrighted sound recordings and the musical works embodied in the sound recordings (“Licensed Music”) in connection with features of Horizon Worlds. If Meta makes Licensed Music available to you, Meta grants you permission to use Licensed Music solely for creating content on Horizon Worlds. This permission is in the form of a non-exclusive, non-sublicensable, personal, limited, revocable, non-transferable license to (i) synchronize the Licensed Music into content on Horizon Worlds during the period of time that the Licensed Music is made available through Horizon Worlds, and (ii) play, listen, and interact with content containing Licensed Music solely through Horizon Worlds. If you modify, edit, sample, or remix any of the Licensed Music within content on Horizon Worlds, any new or derivative works created will also be Licensed Music and Meta will retain the rights to those works. To the extent permitted by applicable law, you hereby assign and shall assign your rights in those new or derivative works of Licensed Music to Meta, and agree not to make any claim based on moral rights, but you may use those new or derivative works of Licensed Music subject to the limited license above. For clarity, this license does not permit you to sell, license, sub-license, or rent Licensed Music or any new derivative works you or others create from the Licensed Music.

5.13.a. Meta Horizon Store Terms: These terms apply to any order, download, or purchase made through the MPT Products (including free software and content).

5.13.b. MPT Commercial Terms: These terms apply to use of MPT Products for any commercial, business, or other non-personal purpose.

5.13.c. Code of Conduct for Virtual Experiences and Platform Abuse Policy: These policies apply to you if you access or use MPT Products.

5.13.d. Health and Safety Warnings: These warnings, information, and instructions apply to you if you access or use MPT Products.

5.13.e. Avatar Store Terms: These terms apply to your use of Avatar Virtual Items, including, but not limited to, clothing, accessories, or emotes obtained in games and applications offered on or through MPT Products, including Horizon Worlds. You are responsible for all taxes with respect to any Avatar Virtual Item that you obtain. For purposes of Avatar Virtual Items only, in the event of a conflict between such Avatar Store Terms and these Supplemental Terms, the Avatar Store Terms shall govern to the extent of the conflict.

5.13.f. Meta AIs Terms of Service. These terms apply to your use of the Meta AIs feature through the MPT Products.

5.13.g. If you use any MPT Product pursuant to a product testing agreement, beta testing agreement, or similar agreement (a “Product Testing Agreement”), in the event of a conflict between such Product Testing Agreement and these Supplemental Terms, the Product Testing Agreement shall govern to the extent of the conflict.

5.13.h. If you use any MPT Products in your capacity as a developer of software or content for use on the MPT Products pursuant to a developer agreement, in the event of a conflict between such developer agreement and these Supplemental Terms, the developer agreement shall govern to the extent of the conflict.