User blog comment:Semanticdrifter/Updates to COPPA/@comment-4839682-20130624191729

Have you looked at the sign up page? It's one of the easiest I've ever seen. It just links to the TOU, and doesn't expressly ask or state that you must be 13 or older. There's not even a checkbox requirement. (The "I agree to the TOU"). This seems extremely... well, negligent on Wikia's part.

Why exactly is this? Seems pretty easy for an underage person to sign up and truly not know of this age requirement. I mean, if we're concerned about children's privacy, shouldn't we do more to make sure the people with accounts are not children?