User blog comment:Aj732/PROTEST/@comment-26035847-20150805223202

I pretty much completely agree with Ozuz. It's just... against the law technically. It's all in COPPA, which you can read more about here: http://www.coppa.org/coppa.htm So while I'm sure many users are very saddened of the loss of their friend's accounts, there's not much you can do... and I feel like it was the right thing to have happened to be honest.

I did take a role in them being banned, because I was in a Wiki chat when they revealed their age and banned at least one of them for violation of the Wiki rules... however Gamer felt it neccessary to take it a step further and report them to have their accounts disabled.

As already stated, while I feel like this was the right choice, I feel like Gamer went about it the wrong way. If he actually had the intention of doing it for their own safety (which is pretty much what COPPA was made for) then he would've just reported them and left it be... but instead he went to their Wiki, stalked their forums and petitions, and even posted extremely explicit comments on a petition that a user had created for his friends. (not to mention the people viewing it were young children, and the ill intents of the comments were just disgusting) I would provide a screenshot but... yeaaah... contains a LOT of language...

In short, I feel like this should've been done. COPPA was issued to protect minors on the internet, and what we've seen the past few days is just it in action. I know it's very sad, but you can't exactly protest the law like that and succeed... and even though I'm not one for revenge, I do also feel like Gamer should be put under some kind of punishment, because that kind of behaviour was completely uncalled for.

I'm so sorry this had to happen to your accounts... and I think the most we can do now is wait anxiously for the day of their return.