Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-45571174-20200917215136/@comment-43594177-20200919070621

Andrewds1021 wrote: COPPA exists on Fandom because it is the law. The same is true of GDPR and CCPA. Compliance with these pieces of legislation is not optional. If Fandom does not comply, they can face serious penalties from multiple countries. But that's US law, isn't it? I think only the US would need to penalize noncompliant corporations if their laws are being disobeyed.

(Anyway, COPPA exists to keep underage user's info safe, among other aspects. You might know just how easy it is to be attacked by trolls, vandals and spammers as a kid, and kids aren't very good at dealing with that sort of harassment. FANDOM faces the same penalties and liability for punishments as any other business, even though it spans worldwide.)

That's all I can think of for this thread's reply.

Signing off,

Commuter (talk)  07:06, September 19, 2020 (UTC)