Overview

• On July 1, WeTransfer’s terms granted a perpetual, royalty-free, sublicensable license to use user uploads for machine learning and content moderation.
• Creative professionals and other users vocally promised to abandon the service over fears that private files could train AI models.
• A spokesperson told BBC News that WeTransfer does not use or sell customer uploads for any AI processing, insisting the language was meant to anticipate content moderation tools.
• Between July 15 and 16, the company amended its TOS by removing all references to machine learning and simplifying its license to operate, develop and improve the service.
• The revised terms confirm users retain full ownership and intellectual property rights to their content, underscoring the role of public backlash in shaping tech policy clarity.