Open Terms Archive

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Big Tech services benefit from the opaqueness of their terms. We make them transparent.

Open Terms Archive publicly records every version of the terms of digital services to enable democratic oversight.

🌐https://opentermsarchive.org
💌[email protected]

How can Open Terms Archive track platforms at the national level?

Students from the Rhine-Waal University for Applied Sciences explored this question. Join our next Community Call with their professor Matteo Grosse-Kampmann to discover their work.

📅 April 14
⏰ 08:00 UTC (09:00 CET / 11:00 EAT / 13:30 IST / 17:00 JST)
🔗 https://meet.jit.si/OpenTermsArchiveCommunityCall

Generative AI tools are evolving fast. So are the rules they write.

At our latest Open Terms Archive Community Call, the @pgmt team at @zemki, @unibremen presented their federated GenAI-Governance collection.

Early observations show:

– Constant policy updates
– Preference for opt-out mechanisms vs. opt-in
– Data-switching procedures
– Emerging terms types

📅 Community Calls happen the first Tuesday of every month. Join in!

#AIGovernance

Reminder: OTA Community Call tomorrow.

How are GenAI providers rewriting their rules and how can we track them?

@pgmt at @zemki uses Open Terms Archive to monitor Generative AI contractual documents.

Join the call for discussions about:
- GenAI Governance Collection Launch
- Our newest trend report (US national security framing, case: TikTok)
- Open discussion

🗓️ March 3
⏰ 08:00 UTC
🔗 https://meet.jit.si/OpenTermsArchiveCommunityCall

#DigitalGovernance #AI #PlatformAccountability

How are Generative AI platforms governing themselves and our data?

Join the next Community Call to find out how the @unibremen's @zemki Platform Governance team is keeping track:
📅 March 3
⏰ 08:00 UTC (09:00 CET / 11:00 EAT / 12:30 IST / 17:00 JST)
📍 https://meet.jit.si/OpenTermsArchiveCommunityCall

On the agenda:
• Open Terms Archive updates
• New GenAI Governance collection
• New trend report on TikTok & US national security framing
• Shared space

Public call, first Tuesday every month.
#AI

🤖 our trend report on data collection in AI companies and regulatory response around the world;
✍️ updated copywriting guidelines for all those who publish analyses based on Open Terms Archive data by @tk;
🛠️ improved bot circumvention evasion and engine reliability.
Detailed program:
🏥 how the French Ministry for Health uses Open Terms Archive for compliance assessment;
📡 how to integrate our memos over RSS feeds by @clementbiron;
📋 a new terms type (Advertising Content Policy);
🎤 our intervention at the Résilience Numérique et Géopolitique event by @sydneywheeler, hosted by @davidchavalarias alongside @HenriVerdier;
🇺🇸 our trend report on TikTok in the USA;

📣 The February #CommunityCall is tomorrow!

📅 Tuesday, February 3rd
⏰ 08:00–09:00 UTC (09:00 CET - 11:00 EAT - 12:30 IST - 17:00 JST)
📍 https://meet.jit.si/OpenTermsArchiveCommunityCall

Join us to talk about Open Terms Archive and the new "Numérique en santé France" collection!

#DigitalCommon #Transparency #ToS #HealthData #DataProtection

📣 It's time for the February #CommunityCall!

📅 Tuesday, February 3rd
⏰ 08:00–09:00 UTC (09:00 CET - 11:00 EAT - 12:30 IST - 17:00 JST)
📍 https://meet.jit.si/OpenTermsArchiveCommunityCall

On the agenda:
1. Updates & new features
2. Discussion on the new "Numérique en santé France" collection with Pierre Dubreuil of the French Health Ministry's Digital Health Delegation (DNS)
3. Shared Space - open time for questions, ideas & peer support

🗓️ Community Calls happen the first Tuesday of every month.
#DigitalCommon

Within 24 hours of #TikTok splitting its 🇺🇸 operations from the global ones, all of its legal documents have been updated in every jurisdiction. We have a first look at it thanks to @tk.
https://opentermsarchive.org/en/memos/tiktok-rewrites-all-terms-following-usa-operations-transfer/
Detailed analysis to come in the next few days, but our data with clean diffs is already out there for anyone wanting to have a deeper look and do their own #TermsSpotting!
Direct link to the “TikTok Developer US Data Sharing Agreement” added to other jurisdictions: https://github.com/OpenTermsArchive/vlopses-ca-versions/commit/567351ff16948889f8b500500d92b01be4d286f9#diff-d0b0f6dad4d26fa6e1f58d217b15bb5e2a85e1054afd15df9f7ca8632156a301R408
TikTok rewrites all US terms following the transfer of its USA operations

TikTok introduced US-specific terms following Oracle’s acquisition, splitting from global policies. Other regions saw minor updates and a US Data Sharing Agreement for developers.

We’re honoured to present at the “Résilience numérique européenne et géopolitique” event hosted by @chavalarias in Paris on Jan 20th, alongside speakers such as Nicolas Guillou (the 🇫🇷 ICC judge sanctioned by 🇺🇸), @robin and @HenriVerdier.
https://iscpif.fr/20-janvier-2026-geopolitique-et-resilience-numerique/
We will share our findings on regulation effects beyond strict compliance (such as market withdrawal), and how effective #PlatformRegulation is all about regulator ability to enforce, or “threat credibility”.