You must be at least 13 years old to use Midjourney; if you are a minor who can access the service in your country but cannot legally consent to terms yourself, a parent or guardian must agree on your behalf and is responsible for your activity.
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The agreement sets a minimum age of 13 and defers to each country's digital consent age, but relies on self-attestation for compliance; parents who permit minors to use the service accept contractual liability for the minor's activity.
Interpretive note: The adequacy of self-attestation for age verification under COPPA, GDPR, and the UK Children's Code depends on regulatory interpretation and whether the service is considered directed to minors.
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The terms make parents or guardians who permit minor children to use Midjourney contractually responsible for the minor's compliance with all terms, including content obligations and potential indemnification exposure.
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YOU MUST BE AND HEREBY AFFIRM THAT YOU ARE AN ADULT OF THE LEGAL AGE OF MAJORITY IN YOUR COUNTRY OR STATE OF RESIDENCE. If you are under the legal age of majority, your parent or legal guardian must consent to this agreement.
The Service is not directed to children under the age of 16. If you are under the age of 16, you may only use the Service with the involvement and consent of a parent or guardian. If you are a parent or guardian and you are aware that your child has provided us with personal information without your...
The Service is not directed to children under the age of 13. If you are under 13 years of age, please do not use or access the Service at any time or in any manner. If we learn that personally identifiable information has been collected on the Service from persons under 13 years of age and without v...
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"By accessing the Services, You confirm that You are at least 13 years old and meet the minimum age of digital consent in Your country. If You are old enough to access the Services in Your country, but not old enough to have authority to consent to our terms, Your parent or guardian must agree to our terms on Your behalf. Please ask Your parent or guardian to read these terms with You. If You are a parent or legal guardian, and You allow Your teenager to use the Services, then these terms also apply to You and You are responsible for Your teenager's activity on the Services.— Excerpt from Midjourney's Midjourney Terms of Service
REGULATORY LANDSCAPE: This provision engages COPPA (Children's Online Privacy Protection Act) for US users under 13, which imposes specific parental consent and data handling obligations on operators of online services directed to or knowingly collecting data from children. The EU's GDPR sets varying digital consent ages by member state (typically 13-16), and the UK Children's Code (Age Appropriate Design Code) imposes additional obligations for services likely to be accessed by minors. The FTC is the primary US enforcement authority for COPPA. The provision's reliance on self-attestation for age verification may be insufficient under COPPA and UK Children's Code standards. GOVERNANCE EXPOSURE: Medium. The agreement acknowledges minor users and establishes parental responsibility, but does not describe any technical age verification mechanism beyond self-attestation. Given that the service generates AI images and videos based on user prompts, the adequacy of age gating is a regulatory exposure area under COPPA and the UK Children's Code. JURISDICTION FLAGS: EU member states with digital consent ages above 13 (e.g., Germany at 16, France at 15) create heightened compliance exposure. The UK Children's Code requires services likely to be accessed by children to implement age-appropriate design standards beyond self-attestation. California's Age-Appropriate Design Code Act (AADC) may impose additional obligations for users under 18. CONTRACT AND VENDOR IMPLICATIONS: Organizations deploying Midjourney in educational or family contexts should assess whether the platform's age verification mechanisms satisfy applicable regulatory standards. Enterprise customers should not assume that Midjourney's self-attestation model satisfies their own COPPA or GDPR obligations if they operate in sectors serving minors. COMPLIANCE CONSIDERATIONS: Legal teams should assess whether Midjourney's age verification approach is adequate under COPPA for US deployments and under GDPR and the UK Children's Code for European deployments. Organizations that may expose minors to the service should conduct their own risk assessment independent of Midjourney's self-attestation mechanism.
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The agreement sets a minimum age of 13 and defers to each country's digital consent age, but relies on self-attestation for compliance; parents who permit minors to use the service accept contractual liability for the minor's activity.
The terms make parents or guardians who permit minor children to use Midjourney contractually responsible for the minor's compliance with all terms, including content obligations and potential indemnification exposure.
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