I now understand why there’s a limit, but this is straight up false
COPPA prevents websites from collecting information on children younger than 13 without parental permission, not criminalize children for using said sites
However, websites do usually have in their TOS an age restriction which technically can be enforced by law, but that’s not COPPA
Do you realize that’s not a thing in a big part of the world? USA is not the only country, sir.
Also this.
I understand that very much however most countries have a similar law in place. Also the understanding that the Internet is a vast space that can pretty much do anything could possibly be a damaging thing for younger kids to see. This might sound a bit vain coming from a now adult. However, I believe that if I were to have kids the restraint for using social media would be a bit higher because of the things I have seen even at such a young age. You also have to remember this is a form it is not regulated to the same extent as Roblox with tag systems, auto moderation, etc. Therefore anything can be said or posted until a real person a.k.a. moderation steps in to remove the contents. (I’m using the voice phone thing to write this so somethings might be miss spelt.)
This is not always the case. My account is 13+ (age verified) and still will export a web.roblox.com link if exported on mobile. Although it seems it depends on what I’m exporting. For games it’s ro.blox.com and for groups it’s web.roblox.com
Theoretically, they wouldn’t be breaking the law and it would be the platforms fault. Just as an example of a social media platform that allows (well did since it got discontinued) under 13 users to use it was Nintendo’s Miiverse platform.
A bit off topic, but quite a lot of us send messages between each other.
In quite a lot of countries it is a thing. I’m not entirely sure, but GDPR might be able to prevent under 13s from giving consent.
This is an article from the Independent Commissioners Office (UK), that states that children in the UK (and many other countries probably, including US) can only give consent when they are aged 13 or over. If they are under the age of 13, permission needs to be granted by a parent or guardian.
It doesn’t prevent underage people from having an account, it prevents them from making an account by themselves. Children are allowed to have accounts as long as their parents give consent