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it's prolly just to cover themselves if any legal problems arise...

Yeah, cause we all know that when someone under 18 is asked "Are You Over 18" at a website, they always click no.

cool... nobody gives a damn.

So, schools had better ban Google.com, I suppose.

Buried: Don't care.

Until the Google police comes to my house and arrests me, I'll take my chances thanks.

I hope I never have enough time to read the terms of service for google

AltaVista baby!

Who reads ToS agreements?

yep, just a C.Y.A. Hardly Digg worthy.... let alone Digg front-page worthy.

who cares?

You gotta protect yourself first! I'd rather have google that had a limiting TOS than no Google.

So, every child using the internet is doing illegal activities?

Must be a new trend to read the terms...
Is this what happens when you reach the end of the internet?

then why is the Adult Content Filter automatically turned on when you install Google?

Well, I guess I had better stop before I get sued.

I remember back in the AOL days, when my parents would put me in the "teen" category and it would block "some" porn sites via the aol browser, but if you opened up IE you could still look at all the porn your heart could dream of.

Do no evil 2.0.

Who. The. *****. Cares? First an article about Safari's terms of service on the front page and now this? Who diggs this *****?

Uh oh, I better leave the interwebs. Oh wait, nevermind, I have Tor.

This does not bode well for DaxFlame.

The bigger question is why some bored journalist out there actually spent so much time researching this. Who the hell cares? Google doesnt even care to enforce it.

I think I recall a story of Google hiring some kid that was around 16 or 17 I think from last year or the year before. Anyone remember that?

They only put that in there so if they get sued by a douche-bag parent they can point to their ToS and say - see, it's not our fault that your son found porn over our search engine, because he wasn't supposed to be using it anyway. Whether or not this will hold up in court - who knows. They're just covering their asses. I think this story should be buried.

No kids on youtube? We can only dream.

AND STAY OFF GOOGLE....mumble...mumble...durned little brats anyhow...sumbitches need to git their head scarewed on straight before they start playing with sumthin' they don't know nuthin 'bout.

its called CYA (cover your ass); just incase little bobby learns how to blow something up by watching it on google, the parents would be responsible for his actions not google.

this is a very good idea!

Umm... The YouTube Terms of Service says different:
"...In any case, you affirm that you are over the age of 13, as the YouTube Website is not intended for children under 13. If you are under 13 years of age, then please do not use the YouTube Website..."
http://www.youtube.com/t/terms

It's so hyper-protective soccer mommy doesn't try to sue google when she discovers that Johnny typed in "boobs" and Google produced some.

But on YouTube you get those messages to sign in because "This video may not be suitable for minors", Why do you need to confirm your age if youve already created an account? My YouTube account states that im only 16....Some thing is not right here. Does that mean they know people are regularly breaking their terms? (Rhetorical Question)

In accordance with US law...minors under 18 can't enter into a legal agreement. I.E. the Terms of Service

This is pretty standard legal verse. Under most contract law you can't have a contract legally bind with anyone under the age of 18 (with a few exception for necessities). You can enter into a contract with an "infant", however you're taking a huge risk as at any point they can walk away from it. In other words they can walk away from the TOS since they cannot be bound by the contract. This is how I understand it to be in Canada (in terms of contract law) and I would assume most British derived systems.

Ohhhhh well that's why the police are at my front door...

Probably just gives google a legal boost, so if someone says "my child was harmed by the internets from useing google" they can fire back

Back when I was in school, our IT Teacher was always telling us to use Google.

Praise Jesus, let the boycott begin.

Makes sense I guess. You can use Google Images to find anything from elephants to porn.

Blogspam is fail.

This is the user account TOS. You don't have to have an account to use google search and watch youtube videos.

By simply going to those sites you are not accepting this TOS. Also, the TOS in question CLEARLY states that any other TOS you accept for a specific "service" supersedes this TOS. So if this one says, 18, and youtube says 13, its not a contradiction, since the youtube TOS supersedes the one in question.

I wish there was a voting system where we could ban stupid people from the internet,

We need a reform...