Grade F — Predatory terms (score 54/100)
Gizmodo's updated terms include mandatory arbitration, a perpetual license to user content, and a liability cap of $50, while failing to provide direct notice for future term modifications.
Forced arbitration, perpetual content license, and unilateral term changes.
You hereby agree to resolve all disputes through binding individual arbitration, which means that you waive any right to have those disputes decided by a judge or jury, and that you waive your right to participate in class actions.
Users are forced into private arbitration and stripped of the right to participate in class action lawsuits.
By posting any Content on the Sites, however, you expressly grant... to GIZMODO a royalty-free, sublicensable, transferable, perpetual, irrevocable, non-exclusive, worldwide license to use... all such Content.
The company claims a permanent, non-revocable right to use your content for any commercial purpose.
Whenever we change our Terms, we will post those changes to this Terms of Service page... By continuing to use the Sites, you agree and accept the changes.
The company does not commit to notifying you of changes; you are expected to check the page yourself, and continued use constitutes acceptance.
THE TOTAL LIABILITY OF GIZMODO... IS LIMITED TO THE GREATER OF FIFTY DOLLARS (USD$50) OR THE AMOUNT YOU PAID US TO USE THE APPLICABLE SITE(S).
The company limits its total liability to $50, which is effectively zero for free users.
Last reviewed 2026-08-26 under rubric v3.5.