Terms of Service on Social Media Platforms
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A Terms of Service agreement is an agreement between a user and a website about what terms the user must agree to in order to use the website. All social media sites require users to sign a Terms of Service agreement to create an account. [1]. Studies have found that few users actually read the agreements and may not understand what they are agreeing to in exchange for signing [2]. This has caused some jurisdictions to create regulations restricting what can appear in terms of service agreements and how much control users have regarding their privacy. For example, laws such as the Digital Millenium Copyright ACT (DMCA) regulate that data cannot be collected from minors under the age of 13 and that terms of service agreements must be written in language that is easy to understand. Despite this, many of these agreements allow control over the users' accounts and authorize use of users' personal data for profit, creating controversy. [3]