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by Liquidor 2558 days ago
From the Terms: "You must be 13 years or over to create a Milkshake account. If you are under 18 years of age, you will need the permission of a parent or legal guardian (who is at least 18 years of age) to create a Milkshake account."

Seeing that Instagram only requires the age of 13, I wonder if teens will actually bother with permission from their parents/guardians to use Milkshake. Or is this something that will only be enforced after being revealed as under 18? And why 18?
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Thinkx220 2558 days ago
I think the terms of service is probably just written that way to avoid liability.
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HNLurker2 2558 days ago
>Seeing that Instagram only requires the age of 13,

That sounds wrong though

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zrobotics 2558 days ago
It isn't though. For children under 13, COPPA [0] imposes additional requirements,so most sites have similar terms in their policies. From Instagram's terms of use [1], "You must be at least 13 years old".

[0] https://www.socalinternetlawyer.com/legal-requirements-socia...

[1]https://help.instagram.com/478745558852511/

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Liquidor 2558 days ago
> >Seeing that Instagram only requires the age of 13,

> That sounds wrong though

In what way?

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