Replicate requires users to be 18 or older, but allows under-18 users if a parent consents — and that parent then becomes fully legally responsible for everything the minor does on the platform.
If your child under 18 uses Replicate with your consent, you become legally liable for all their activity on the platform — including any content they generate or upload — as if you were the user yourself.
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Compare across platforms →Rather than prohibiting minors outright, Replicate shifts liability to parents for underage users, which creates COPPA compliance questions and may expose parents to unexpected legal responsibility for AI-generated content their child creates.
(1) REGULATORY FRAMEWORK: This provision directly engages COPPA (Children's Online Privacy Protection Act, 15 U.S.C. §6501 et seq. and 16 CFR Part 312), which imposes strict obligations on operators collecting personal information from children under 13. The provision's parental consent mechanism does not appear to meet COPPA's verifiable parental consent requirements. For users aged 13-17, state laws including California's Age-Appropriate Design Code Act (AB 2273, Cal. Civ. Code §1798.99.28 et seq.) and the UK Age Appropriate Design Code impose additional obligations. The FTC is the primary federal enforcement authority for COPPA. (2)
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