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Appendix 17 Readability of ToUs/ToSs

Where do ToU/ToS appear Registration
When ToU/ToS
UGC platforms registration or upload necessary for
bind users webpage
sign-in page page access?
buried at the bottom
Twitter by access with 10 other registration no yes
hyperlinks
buried at the
Flickr by access bottom with 3 other registration no no
hyperlinks
Sina Weibo by use no registration no no
Smartphone: no
downloading PC: at the bottom
WeChat no no no
the software with 4 other
hyperlinks
Smartphone &PC:
Tik Tok downloading deeply hidden in no no no
the setting bar
Smartphone: deeply
hidden in the setting
bar
Kwai registered users no no no
PC: at the bottom
with 4 other
hyperlinks
buried at the bottom Registration &
IMDb by access with more than 15 sign in every no no
other hyperlinks time
Smartphone &PC:
Facebook by access deeply hidden in registration no yes
the setting bar
Smartphone &PC:
Pinterest by access deeply hidden in registration no no
the setting bar
buried at the left
side of the page
Myspace
by access with 4 other registration no no
hyperlinks without
bold font
buried at the left
side of the page
Craigslist by access registration no no
with 12 other
hyperlinks
buried at the bottom
of the webpage with
Dianping by access the other hyperlink registration no no
“intellectual
property statement”