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| Platform | Fairness Score | Content Rights | Account Termination | Data Collection | Top Gotchas | |
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X (Twitter) Best in Category
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58 C+ | Broad license | At will, no appeal | Extensive | Volatile policies Pay-to-appeal AI training data | Full Review → |
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TikTok
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50 C | Perpetual license | At will, no appeal | Extreme | Perpetual content rights Location tracking Biometric data | Full Review → |
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Meta (FB/IG)
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45 C- | Broad license | At will, limited appeal | Extensive | Content license Cross-platform ban Data harvesting | Full Review → |
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LinkedIn Lowest in Category
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39 D+ | Limited license | 30-day notice | Moderate | Premium upselling InMail spam | Full Review → |
All platforms claim broad, often perpetual licenses to your content. They can use, modify, and sublicense your posts, photos, and videos with few restrictions.
Every platform can terminate your account at will with no explanation required. Appeal processes are either non-existent or practically useless.
All platforms collect extensive data about you, your behavior, and your relationships. This data is used for advertising and often shared with third parties.
Most platforms now reserve the right to use your content to train AI models. Your words and images may be feeding machine learning systems.
If a social media platform removed your content, suspended your account, or violated your rights, you may have legal options under state and federal law.
Need help understanding your rights or resolving a platform dispute?