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The age restriction operates as a gating mechanism for service access, establishing a baseline eligibility criterion that aligns with regulatory frameworks governing online services and digital consent. The provision creates an account creation prerequisite that applies uniformly to all individual users.
Users seeking to create an account must satisfy the stated age requirement of 13 years or qualify as a registered legal entity. Individuals below age 13 cannot establish accounts under the terms as written, and account creation is contingent upon meeting this eligibility criterion.
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"In order to create an Account for yourself or for your Organization on our Website, you must be a natural person of at least age 13, or a legal entity duly registered.— Excerpt from Hugging Face's Hugging Face Terms of Service
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The age restriction operates as a gating mechanism for service access, establishing a baseline eligibility criterion that aligns with regulatory frameworks governing online services and digital consent. The provision creates an account creation prerequisite that applies uniformly to all individual users.
Users seeking to create an account must satisfy the stated age requirement of 13 years or qualify as a registered legal entity. Individuals below age 13 cannot establish accounts under the terms as written, and account creation is contingent upon meeting this eligibility criterion.
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