You must be at least 13 years old to create a Hugging Face account — children under 13 are prohibited from using the platform.
Children under 13 are prohibited from creating accounts, but the Terms do not describe any technical age verification mechanism — parents should be aware that enforcement appears to rely solely on contractual representation rather than active verification.
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Compare across platforms →The age-13 minimum aligns with U.S. COPPA requirements but relies on user self-attestation with no verification mechanism described, creating regulatory exposure if children under 13 access the platform.
(1) REGULATORY FRAMEWORK: This provision directly implicates COPPA (Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, 15 U.S.C. §6501 et seq.) and its implementing regulations (16 C.F.R. Part 312), enforced by the FTC. COPPA requires operators of websites directed to children, or with actual knowledge of child users, to obtain verifiable parental consent before collecting personal information from users under 13. The EU's GDPR Article 8 sets the digital consent age at 16 (or lower by member state, minimum 13) for information society services, requiring verifiable parental consent below that threshold. (2)
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