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The clause creates a gatekeeping mechanism based on age compliance, establishing Anthropic's operational requirement that account holders satisfy age-of-majority or local digital consent standards before accessing the service.
Users who do not meet the specified age threshold are ineligible to create or maintain an account under these terms. The requirement applies based on the user's location, with local consent laws potentially establishing a higher minimum than 18 years.
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The Meta Products are not directed to children. Access to or use of Meta Products by anyone under the age of 13 is not allowed. If you are based in the EU, you must be at least 16 years old, or the minimum age in your country if it is higher than 16, to use or access Meta Products, unless your count...
The End User Services are only for your personal use. You must not, and must not allow others to: Use the End User Services for a commercial or business purpose or in any way other than your own personal purposes;
The Netflix service and any content accessed through it are for your personal, non-commercial use only and may not be shared with anyone outside of your household, unless, in countries where this feature is available, you purchased an Extra Member Account.
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The clause creates a gatekeeping mechanism based on age compliance, establishing Anthropic's operational requirement that account holders satisfy age-of-majority or local digital consent standards before accessing the service.
Users who do not meet the specified age threshold are ineligible to create or maintain an account under these terms. The requirement applies based on the user's location, with local consent laws potentially establishing a higher minimum than 18 years.
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