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Re:Teenagers who read news online may be a criminals, accord... by a_imho on Monday July 31, 2017 @09:30AM (#14891727)
Isn't everyone violating the CFAA [1] already? It is not clear whether a child is being prosecuted for this kind of specific tos violation.

[1]http://blog.erratasec.com/2012/11/you-are-committing-crime-r...

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Re:Teenagers who read news online may be a criminals, accord... by II2II on Monday July 31, 2017 @11:35AM (#14892926)
The point is that one law means that the age restriction is a standard clause in most website's TOS, while another law makes it a felony for minors to access website because of that standard term of service.

The combination of the two laws is what makes it different from violating the TOS due to a clause being inserted at the site owner's own volition.

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