Grade B- — Mostly fair (score 73/100)
Washington Post claims a perpetual exclusive license to your posts and can change terms or terminate your account at any time, but allows lawsuits in DC courts.
Perpetual content license, unilateral changes, DC-only courts, no security pledge.
you provide us with a royalty-free, irrevocable, perpetual, worldwide, exclusive, and fully sublicensable license to use, reproduce, modify, adapt, publish, translate, create derivative works from, incorporate into other works, distribute, perform, display, and otherwise exploit such content
By posting anything, you give WaPo a permanent, exclusive, sublicensable right to your content in any form, with no opt-out on account deletion.
We may change the Terms or modify any features of the Services at any time at our sole discretion. ... If you continue to use the Services after changes are posted you will be deemed to have accepted the change.
WaPo can change the terms at any time, at its sole discretion, with no individual notice to you.
The Washington Post may terminate this agreement for any reason at any time. The Washington Post reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to restrict, suspend, or terminate your access to and use of the Services, with or without prior notice.
WaPo can terminate or suspend your account for any reason, with or without prior notice, and key terms survive termination.
You agree to indemnify and hold harmless The Washington Post... from and against all losses, expenses, damages and costs, including reasonable attorneys' fees
You must defend and pay WaPo's costs and damages if a third party sues over your use of the service or your posts.
any disputes, legal action or suit arising out of or in connection with these Terms or your use of the Services must be brought in the state or federal courts located in the District of Columbia
All disputes must be litigated in Washington, DC, regardless of where you live, and you waive any objection to that venue.
IN NO EVENT WILL THE WASHINGTON POST... BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, INDIRECT, SPECIAL, OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES
WaPo disclaims liability for direct, indirect, incidental, consequential, special, and punitive damages from your use of the service.
any disputes, legal action or suit arising out of or in connection with these Terms or your use of the Services must be brought in the state or federal courts
You retain the right to bring a lawsuit against WaPo in court — there is no forced arbitration clause.
Last reviewed 2026-07-26 under rubric v3.5.