Drinking, gambling and… searching?

It seems the list of proscribed activities for the younger set is longer than you thought. A sharp-eyed blogger at CNET spotted last week that Google’s official terms of service explicitly bar anyone under the age of 18 from using any of its services. That’s right: no hanging out on Orkut, no peeping at YouTube, and definitely no searching for someone else’s homework to cut and paste.

So it’s a relief to hear that Google’s lawyers have finally decided to loosen up a bit. From a response just in:

The language regarding the age restriction is an acknowledgment by Google that, in most jurisdictions, an agreement with a minor may not be legally enforceable. Google intends to modify its terms of service to clarify that users under the age of 18 are welcome to use Google’s services, subject to certain limitations based on each specific service.

Get back to it, kids.

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