Overview
- The update takes effect on Jan. 15, 2026, formally bringing prompts, outputs and data obtained or created through X into the platform’s definition of user Content.
- Users grant X a worldwide, royalty-free, sublicensable license to use that material for any purpose, including analyzing it and training machine-learning and AI models, with no additional compensation.
- A new misuse clause targets AI circumvention by citing jailbreaking, prompt engineering and injection, and the document adds EU/UK language on enforcement against content deemed harmful or unsafe with UK Online Safety Act redress steps.
- X retains strict limits on automated access, barring crawling or scraping without written consent and setting liquidated damages at $15,000 per 1,000,000 posts accessed in 24 hours, including when violations are induced or knowingly facilitated.
- Disputes must proceed in Tarrant County, Texas, under one-year federal and two-year state claim windows, with a class-action waiver and a $100 liability cap, provisions that critics say deter litigation and independent research.