To OP: Generally, you're not an admin so you have no authority. However, feel free to bring this matter to the Fandom staff :P
RedIgnite wrote: If you're under 13, you can create an account only if you provided your parent's email and you do not reveal your actual age or anything personal.
We shouldn't encourage underage users to violate COPPA since it's not a good idea to encourage users to do things they shouldn't be doing. Just saying.
C.Syde65 wrote:
RedIgnite wrote: If you're under 13, you can create an account only if you provided your parent's email and you do not reveal your actual age or anything personal.
It’s only legal if they put their parents or guardian’s email and agree to never reveal their actual age (And if they do, then we'll block them until the year in which their 13th birthday arrives).
But COPPA is a piece-of-garbage law that never worked (Many 10, 11, and 12 year olds continue to use social media) so what’s the point in supporting it? AFAIK, I began using social media (But not Wikia) at 11 years of age. Luckily, they can’t ban me now that I’m 22 :P
Even if we discourage pre-teens from violating COPPA, they’re still going to create an account no matter what, it’s impossible to stop them.
RedIgnite wrote:
C.Syde65 wrote:
RedIgnite wrote: If you're under 13, you can create an account only if you provided your parent's email and you do not reveal your actual age or anything personal.
@Redgu
Those social media websites literally don’t enforce that due to certain features that involve privacy and some other things as they do have a age restriction option (optional) if memory serves me correctly.
In any case, I seriously doubt that social media unlike Wikia has any age restriction policies while here it is a bit more clear in Terms of Use in that regard.
If there is any users under the age of 13, I would likely consider the possibility of the parent supervising them in some ways.
The point is, making young people aware of the dangers of the internet. Outrageous analogy time: murders still happen, despite the laws against it.
By the letter of the law, parents can give consent for an under-13 to have their data collected (because that's the crux here). However, it would require such a lengthy verification process that it's just not worth the effort to web sites.
By the letter of the law, parents can give consent for an under-13 to have their data collected (because that's the crux here). However, it would require such a lengthy verification process that it's just not worth the effort to web sites.
Um, no. Parents can simply provide their e-mail for their child's account and the child, if under 13, may never reveal their actual age. EDIT: I was wrong, they have to fill out a form.
I will be closing this thread. Some users here are incredibly misinformed and are just provoking users to lie about their age or to use other/parents' email addresses. By now this thread has just gone to arguing and the original use of the thread has long been passed.
You can not use Fandom if you are under 13 (16 in the EEU) even if your parents consent to you doing so
There is a provision in the US law for this, but as Tupka says, implementing it is not as simple as just getting an email address or filling out a form. So it's not something we do.
I'm going to reclose the thread, as I think it's all been said 🙂 Please see my posts for the official answers to the questions here.