Grade D — Sign with caution (score 58/100)
Vox Media forces binding arbitration and class action waivers, claims a perpetual license to user content, and imposes a one-year statute of limitations on all legal claims.
Forced arbitration, class waiver, perpetual license, and short claim window.
YOU AGREE THAT DISPUTES UNDER THESE TERMS WILL BE RESOLVED BY BINDING, INDIVIDUAL ARBITRATION AND YOU WAIVE YOUR RIGHT TO PARTICIPATE IN A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT OR CLASS-WIDE ARBITRATION.
You are forced into private arbitration and cannot join class action lawsuits.
you grant... to us... an irrevocable, perpetual, non-exclusive, sub-licensable, royalty-free and fully-paid, license... throughout the universe to use, distribute, syndicate, license, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, publicly perform, create derivate works and publicly display your User Submissions
Vox Media claims a permanent, global license to use your content for any purpose without paying you.
any claim or cause of action arising out of or related to use of the Services or these Terms must be filed within one (1) year after such claim or cause of action arose or be forever barred.
You have a very short window to sue the company before your right to do so expires.
We may terminate your membership or suspend your access to all or part of the Services, without notice, if you violate these Terms
The company can terminate your account without prior warning.
We may, in our sole and absolute discretion, change these Terms from time to time. We may notify you of any changes by any reasonable means... Your continued use of the Services following notice of any such changes shall indicate your acknowledgement of such changes
The company can change the terms at any time, and your continued use counts as acceptance.
You can request to disable your account at any time, for any reason, by emailing us here with the subject “Close My Account”.
You have a clear, albeit manual, method to request account deletion.
Last reviewed 2026-07-27 under rubric v3.5.