Thread:3primetime3/@comment-25407271-20170328031249/@comment-25407271-20170329015825

"Oh Nusdan we need to care about the kids who are below 13 on the internet even if they are not allowed to be here because they are under terms of use!"

Alright. You were always too weak to ever argument yourself without going full-sentiment.

I am very sorry, but I do not care about those kids and I will keep using profanity until I am purposely using it to offend people. Kids themselves joining the place are already breaking a rule which legally warns them that they might find harmful material as stated by the COPPA agreement, which seems to be your only stand-point. So, allow me to explain myself as to why I disagree with what you are saying.

Let me begin with the definition of COPPA, an act you are bringing into discussion when your defense stands on under-13 years old groups.

COPPA: The act, effective April 21, 2000, applies to the online collection of personal information by persons or entities under U.S. jurisdiction from children under 13 years of age. It details what a website operator must include in a privacy policy, when and how to seek verifiable consent from a parent or guardian, and what responsibilities an operator has to protect children's privacy and safety online including restrictions on the marketing to those under 13. Followed by:

COPPA: While children under 13 can legally give out personal information with their parents' permission, many websites – particularly social media sites — disallow underage children from using their services altogether due to the cost and work involved in complying with the law. Thereafter, those under-13 you mention are liable to find whatever offends them and very-likely puts them in a risky situation (emotionally and physically, as you say: it would be bad if they saw words that they shouldn't hear in real life.), and they have agreed for such. Our compliance to inform the beholders of each account has been given through Wikia's terms of use, something required for the COPPA agreements to proceed as stated in:


 * Websites and services that target children as a secondary audience may differentiate among users, and are required to provide notice and obtain parental consent only for those users who identify themselves as being younger than 13.

Which Wikia did in their ToU and the kids accepted when creating an account as stated below:

Wikia's Terms of Use: In any case, you confirm that you are over the age of 13, and acknowledge that the Service is not intended for children under 13 years of age. You may not use the Service and may not accept the Terms of Use if you by law are barred from using the Service or accepting the Terms of Use.

This means that if they are not above 13 and still joined the website, they are aware that they are in a place they should not be at, but accept the consequences of staying. Furthermore, Wikia is entitled to use the COPPA agreement as specificed by the Wikipedia article that implies that any webpage hosted on the U.S territory has to comply with the act:

COPPA, International scope: While COPPA is an American law, the Federal Trade Commission has made it clear that the requirements of COPPA will apply to foreign-operated web sites if such sites "are directed to children in the U.S. or knowingly collect information from children in the U.S. There is more.

I seem to have forgotten that nowhere it is mentioned that the act includes no-profanity accord written on it as stated by media commoners and general experts, which they find as a flaw and allow websites to proceed the acceptance of such conduct unless destructive and purposely harmful and requires local leaders to take actions against such behaviour:

COPPA, Criticisms: The law has also many safety flaws. For example, it does not protect kids from predatory advertising,[35] it does not prevent kids from accessing pornography or lying about their age,[1] and it doesn't ensure a totally safe environment online.

Your point is invalid and I am not willing to accept sentimental thoughts either. Come back at me with something that makes sense in the form of an argument to discuss with factual topics and then we will see how it turns. Cheers.