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The minimum age restriction establishes a categorical bar on use by minors under 16, which has implications for account eligibility and potential liability for underage use.
Interpretive note: The second item in what_this_means ('you represent that you are at least 16') is a reasonable restatement of the user-side effect of the prohibition, but the excerpt does not contain an explicit representation clause; this is noted here and not stated in reader-facing prose as a separate right or obligation.
Users who are under 16 years old are not permitted to use Substack.
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"you may not and must not use Substack if you are under 16 years old.— Excerpt from Substack's Substack Terms of Use
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The minimum age restriction establishes a categorical bar on use by minors under 16, which has implications for account eligibility and potential liability for underage use.
Users who are under 16 years old are not permitted to use Substack.
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