Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26061913-20150221164101/@comment-26061913-20150222033735

Ajraddatz wrote:

Sticks the Badger wrote:

Ajraddatz wrote: Please don't publicly out people as being less than 13 here. The entire reason behind the COPPA legislation is to protect individuals who are vulnerable on the internet because of their age... and you just revealed to all how old they are. That isn't a good idea. Use Special:Contact if you feel a need to report these users for their protection or otherwise. Honestly, I believe COPPA isn't using their common sense. COPPA is just assumming that 13 is an age where children automatically become mature, so they have to force it on everyone, to the point where it becomes a national law. If you disagree with it, why bother reporting it publicly and in so doing reveal sensitive personal information about this user? Every user still has to oblige by those rules, even if its completly unfair, I was just trying to politely enforce them.