Show threadMatti SchneiderAug 18
@vincent @nclm Thanks for thinking of @opentermsarchive :)
The changes were recorded in the PGA collection, but as @EveHasWords outlined, it's a rewrite, so there is no way around reading the whole text. While we do #TermsSpotting when we have extra resources, OTA aims at supporting analyses, not providing them systematically.
You can check it out for yourself:
• Terms of Service: https://github.com/OpenTermsArchive/pga-versions/commit/ac1067b3b597205a16bc004f436c8f000dfe604e
• Privacy Policy: https://github.com/OpenTermsArchive/pga-versions/commit/7b3880de0c3482f29d729e11b03c66be7b184180
• Community Guidelines: https://github.com/OpenTermsArchive/pga-versions/commit/b6c337dc7cb0fbc71b75cd08804f172cd69f6425
Record new changes of Bluesky Terms of Service · OpenTermsArchive/pga-versions@ac1067b

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Open Terms ArchiveJul 29

🏳️‍⚧️ LinkedIn removes #HateSpeech protections for #transgender individuals

@opentermsarchive detected on July 29th that LinkedIn removed transgender-related protections from its policy on hateful and derogatory content. The platform no longer lists “misgendering or deadnaming of transgender individuals” as examples of prohibited conduct.
👉 Full memo and sources: https://opentermsarchive.org/en/memos/linkedin-removes-transgender-hate-speech-protections/
🇫🇷 Memo in French: https://opentermsarchive.org/fr/memos/linkedin-retire-des-protections-contre-les-discours-de-haine-envers-les-personnes-transgenres/
#TermsSpotting #TrustAndSafety #LGBTQ #ContentModeration #transrights

Open Terms ArchiveJul 24
📵 #TermsSpotting Meta platforms Instagram and Facebook expanded the signals considered and actions taken to prevent child abuse. Accounts may now be disabled entirely upon liking or saving content, whereas the previous version of the guidelines only referred to restricting access to certain products and features after “interactions” with infringing content.
https://opentermsarchive.org/en/memos/meta-disables-accounts-that-like-child-abuse/
✍️ Memo by @MattiSG based on the PGA collection.
Instagram and Facebook can now disable accounts that like or save child abuse content

On July 18, 2025, Instagram and Facebook expanded the signals considered and actions taken to prevent child abuse, introducing the possibility of disabling accounts based on their likes and saves.

Open Terms ArchiveJul 23
🚬 #TermsSpotting Tobacco products merchant Philip Morris introduced the possibility of using #AI analysis of a user’s face for age verification, either during sign-up or when accessing product information. The stated goal is to help control the sale of tobacco products prohibited to minors.
https://opentermsarchive.org/en/memos/philipmorris-ai-face-analysis-age-verification/
✍️ Memo by @VeilleOff based on the Contrib collection.
Philip Morris introduces AI facial analysis for age verification

On June 30, 2025, Philip Morris added the possibility of using AI-based facial analysis to verify users' age via an app or online.

Open Terms ArchiveJul 21
Did you rely on the “#DoNotTrack” setting on your phone? Since July 18th, Instagram removed the option for users to opt out of online personalised ads through their mobile device settings. Now, you can only do so through the “Digital Advertising Alliance” and not anymore directly from your phone.
https://opentermsarchive.org/en/memos/instagram-removes-tracking-optout-in-mobile-device-options/
#TermsSpotting #privacy
Instagram removes support for tracking opt-out via mobile device settings

On July 18, 2025, Instagram removed opt-out instructions for interest-based ads using mobile device settings from its Trackers Policy.

Matti SchneiderJul 18
#Bluesky is moving its #DSA contact point from 🇧🇪 to 🇮🇪, thus stopping to handle EU authorities requests in French, accepting them only in English and further reinforcing the concentration in Ireland and the work of the Irish regulator Coimisiún na Meán.
https://github.com/OpenTermsArchive/pga-versions/commit/b1a978f22b73067d9b08ea5cf37fd752fcc6139d
#TermsSpotting with @opentermsarchive
Record new changes of Bluesky Terms of Service · OpenTermsArchive/pga-versions@b1a978f

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Open Terms ArchiveJun 11
#TermsSpotting: #Pinterest has removed in the 🇺🇸 its exceptions for nudity shown in artistic, scientific or historical contexts, as well as for #breastfeeding and mastectomy-related content. All nudity is now treated in the same way as pornography and banned.
https://opentermsarchive.org/en/memos/pinterest-bans-all-nudity/
Pinterest bans all nudity in the US, removing exceptions for artwork or education

Pinterest removes all exceptions for artistic or educational nudity, treating nudity in the same way as pornography.

Open Terms ArchiveMay 14

Threads no longer requires an Instagram account to create a profile — a change quietly introduced in its #PrivacyPolicy this morning. The update includes a distinction in data collection between Instagram and Threads and potentially means broader access to Threads.

📝 We’ve decoded the policy change in our memo: https://opentermsarchive.org/en/memos/threads-expands-profile-creation-beyond-instagram-users/

#TermsSpotting #PrivacyPolicy #Threads #Instagram #Meta

Threads expands profile creation beyond Instagram users

Threads now allow users to create a profile without an Instagram account.

Open Terms ArchiveMay 14

If you are located outside the United States, it now seems possible to adjust personalised advertising preferences of Amazon web services by filling in a form.

Check the change on the privacy policy: https://github.com/OpenTermsArchive/contrib-versions/commit/e84dc3688538508e5accfca77f09cc92e8606250#diff-4cedace28f67f4fa65849266e376040dfbe025c58120890c25a475ee399d48dcR96

Access the form: https://pulse.aws/application/ZRPLWLL6?p=0

#TermsSpotting #Amazon

Record new changes of Amazon Web Services Privacy Policy · OpenTermsArchive/contrib-versions@e84dc36

This version was recorded after extracting from snapshot mongo://contrib/open-terms-archive/snapshots/6822e0506bf2e1f865bfd3ab

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Matti SchneiderMay 8
Starting on May 8, 2025, the #Bumble dating app uses sentiment analysis on your messages for trends identification purposes, and can request your government ID for identity verification including when it's not mandated by law.
Source: https://github.com/OpenTermsArchive/dating-versions/commit/24a2d608ea611f12f5bd289c6786a377cb8ef009
#TermsSpotting with @opentermsarchive on the #Dating collection maintained by @VeilleOff
Record new changes of Bumble Privacy Policy · OpenTermsArchive/dating-versions@24a2d60

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Open Terms ArchiveJul 29

🏳️‍⚧️ LinkedIn removes #HateSpeech protections for #transgender individuals

@opentermsarchive detected on July 29th that LinkedIn removed transgender-related protections from its policy on hateful and derogatory content. The platform no longer lists “misgendering or deadnaming of transgender individuals” as examples of prohibited conduct.
👉 Full memo and sources: https://opentermsarchive.org/en/memos/linkedin-removes-transgender-hate-speech-protections/
🇫🇷 Memo in French: https://opentermsarchive.org/fr/memos/linkedin-retire-des-protections-contre-les-discours-de-haine-envers-les-personnes-transgenres/
#TermsSpotting #TrustAndSafety #LGBTQ #ContentModeration #transrights

Show threadGlamazonJul 29

@opentermsarchive

Linkedin is how I was doxxed and harassed until I left public life.

No corporate website is safe for trans people. Especially not LinkedIn.

All fucking capitalist cult lunatics on LinkedIn at this point now anyway. They will sell you out as soon as the AI tells them it will make the line go up.

Show threadNömenLoonyJul 31
@Glamazon @opentermsarchive linkedin is shocking. It comes across as business centric but is just a free for all of hate.
Show threadFediThing 🏳️‍🌈Jul 29

@opentermsarchive

Let's call it Microsoft LinkedIn so that Microsoft is shamed to the max for their bigotry.

Show threadThe Agender KiwiJul 29

@FediThing @opentermsarchive

Looks like I found yet another reason to dislike Microsoft, as if their distortion of Windows into an ad delivery network and data mining platform wasn't bad enough already.

#MicrosoftSucks

Show threadtichoJul 30

@FediThing @opentermsarchive I'm already calling Github "Microsoft Github", might as well give LinkedIn the same treatment. :)

Except that over here, LI is barely even relevant, unlike GH. 🤷

Show threadPax Ahimsa GethenJul 29

@opentermsarchive

Just visited https://www.linkedin.com/help/linkedin/answer/a1339812/?lang=en-US to confirm. Sadly unsurprising. LinkedIn and Mastodon are the only social media networks I'm still active on, and one of them might be the next to go...

Hateful and derogatory content | LinkedIn Help

Hateful and derogatory content

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Show threadThe TurtleJul 29
@opentermsarchive good! Another reason to never bother with LinkedIn again.
Show threadThe Agender KiwiJul 29

@opentermsarchive Corporations are not your friends. Never have, never are, and never will be. At the end of the day, they only care about one thing: profit, especially if publicly traded or attached to another company that is.

Not that I'd ever think as posting my information on there, and any employer that requires it can kindly fuck off.

#Compartmentalization

Show threadBryan (he/him) 🇺🇸 🏳️‍🌈Jul 30

@opentermsarchive

Being a customer of Microsoft, moving forward, is now a moral wrong.

Show threadslotrakJul 30
@resplendent606 @opentermsarchive do you shop online?
Show threadsarah toninJul 30
@opentermsarchive every day i'm happy knowing i don't support linkedin with my presence
Show threadSebastian "En3pY" ZdrojewskiJul 30
@opentermsarchive I am so happy for being phasing out from that community as well...
Show threadPatrick LangJul 30
@opentermsarchive @shanselman have you seen this change to LinkedIn terms of service that reduces protections against hate speech?
Show threadAlda VigdísJul 30
@opentermsarchive WordPress.com did a similar thing in 2019.
Show threadJoshJul 30
@opentermsarchive Froze my account the second I heard about this.
Show threadSnoofJul 31
@opentermsarchive progressively scarier world we're living in...