# Age requirement for Discourse

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/age-requirement-for-discourse/401602
**Category:** Community Building
**Created:** [April 27, 2026, 11:31am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/age-requirement-for-discourse/401602 "2026-04-27T11:31:58Z")
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### Author: ![HAWK](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/hawk/32/86627_2.png) [@HAWK](https://meta.discourse.org/u/HAWK)
#### Post date: [April 29, 2026, 6:20am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/age-requirement-for-discourse/401602/17 "2026-04-29T06:20:52Z")

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Your’e correct – I should have said UK rather than EU.

For the purposes of the UK OSA, Discourse as a U2U platform is in squarely in scope and therefore anyone running a Discourse site that _may_ have users from the UK sign up must complete the risk assessments.

Similarly there are requirements for the DSA in the EU. People need to ensure they are undertaking the appropriate level of [transparency reporting](https://discourse.org/dsa).

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