Twitter has long required that users must be over 13 years old to use the service. Twitter has long required that users must be over 13 years old to use the service. Twitter notified Yun that “in order to create a Twitter account, you must be at least 13 years old” and “you don’t meet these age requirements”, according to notifications from the microblogging site shared by the journalist on a new Twitter account. Twitter cannot legally keep content on its platform that was created by someone under the age of 13, but at the same time it cannot separate content created before age 13 and after, according to the company. So the microblogging site opted to suspend users whose provided date of birth indicates they were under the age of 13 when they signed up.

Source: Indian Express May 31, 2018 11:48 UTC