Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-45571174-20200917215136/@comment-43594177-20200921210834

Elder Pleasure wrote: Well, that’s a topic for a different discussion.

Staff, if you’re willing, please close this with the final answer. I agree - it's tiring to constantly have to argue about this law that was put up to protect kids (who can find loopholes, assisted by their parents). I am neutral on it, because kids deserve to be protected, yet they shouldn't be barred from EVERYTHING (even IP-editing. No-one knows who you are as an IP, because it changes.)

The law is simply rendered useless if no additional measures are put in to verify accounts (which would most likely be in the form of annoying phone calls, from FANDOM offices globally asking about the account. Or, submitting ID copies which would be deleted later. I can't think of any other additional security verification measures yet.)

Commuter (talk)  21:08, September 21, 2020 (UTC)

P.S. I think I understand what's going on with this argument. Kids' info has to be removed for the sake of their protection. (But how does FANDOM get that from an IP? Cookies are usually enabled on any website, and the ads are quite useless. Or course, from the ToU, underage kids can't register, thus preventing them from being taken advantage of on FANDOM, in the form of collecting personal information and the email address, etc.)