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Re:Google+ opens to teens, launches youth safety features by jrockway on Thursday January 26, 2012 @02:00PM (#3515423)
It's a legal wording of an implicit social contract. When Google says, "you can't use our service if you are under 18", they mean, "you can't blame us for showing your kid porn".

It's the same reason illegal drugs are illegal. When you overdose, the government doesn't have to spend any money investigating why you got contaminated drugs.

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Re:Google+ opens to teens, launches youth safety features by batista on Thursday January 26, 2012 @02:36PM (#3515581)
Actually, that's not the case at all.

Illegal drugs are huge money makers for lots of people, countries and organizations (both selling them AND fighting against them).

Although, the initial historical reason they got illegal in the first places is because of some moral-style campaigns and a lot of ill-informed medical opinions (along with a few correct ones).

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Re:Google+ opens to teens, launches youth safety features by DanBC on Thursday January 26, 2012 @04:16PM (#3516039)
Please ignore drug related thread de-railings. Thank you.
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