users must be 13 years old

ultimatehandyman · PR2 Joined: 15 Mar 2007 Posts: 205

When you sign up to join a phpbb forum there is a page that says you have to be 13 years old or above to joint the forum.

Is this a legal requirement and should it be on every phpbb board?

Thanks in advance

chez

dcz · Posted: Tue Sep 04, 2007 9:33 am Post subject: Re: users must be 13 years old

It's just the default, to comply with US laws and COPPA.

So I guess it's not always required depending on where the website is hosted, but, since the US citizen are quite many on the web, and given that many phpBB admin did not alter this bit, it's pretty much a universal standard, it's just "by law" for US based sites.

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ultimatehandyman · PR2 Joined: 15 Mar 2007 Posts: 205

Thanks

amanda123 · Joined: 11 Nov 2007 Posts: 10

we should also allow people below 13 .it as such not fair done to them if they are interested

dcz · Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2007 1:28 pm Post subject: Re: users must be 13 years old

Well, it's a matter of US laws, and actually, I do think that limit should be set for children to start using the web and be involved in a community.

Of course, there must be some young geeks around, interested into coding and SEO, with good points to share, but, it's pretty logical to have their parents to decide about which community they could be involved in.

The COPPA system only makes so users bellow 13 must have their parent's authorisation before they can join. It's not exactly like if they could not at all.

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