User blog comment:Semanticdrifter/Updates to COPPA/@comment-11029488-20130701223358/@comment-1277243-20130701224159

No it's not illegal, it's against Wikia's Terms of Use (ToU). Federal law would still permit children under 13 to use Wikia if Wiki implemented some changes. Those changes would make absolutely no sense on a wiki.

In other words, it's not illegal for a 13 year old to make an account, it's illegal for Wikia to (knowingly) allow them.