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post Apr 14 2005, 12:51 PM
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copying my post in Lounge:
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in short, as long as you sign up to a website which required your email / name / any info. its illegal unless your above 13 years old.

for more info: http://www.ftc.gov/ogc/coppa1.htm

So when someone under 13 joins, its considered illegal, and some (paul murphy for eample) become spammers. the last forum i had which was an Invision fourm btw, got taken down because we had people under 13 on it. So i'm just saying, for the love of god add a age verifyer in the sign up page.
 
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post Apr 14 2005, 01:34 PM
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Anyone could lie and make their birthdate different.
 
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post Apr 14 2005, 01:59 PM
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yes but if we dont give that chance to put in there birthday at sign up, its considered our fault / illegal for us. if they lie, they did the illegal act. Therefore they would be in trouble compared to all of us
 
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post Apr 14 2005, 02:06 PM
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he's right... if people lie, it's not your fault. if you dont give them the opportunity to tell the truth, then it is your problem...
 
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post Apr 14 2005, 02:21 PM
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Actually, I agree. Its illegal for anyone under 13 to submit information. Please, we don't want CB to be closed. If the people lie, it would be their faults and CB won't be held accountable. But at least have an age verifyer to show we tried.

Cmon.
 
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post Apr 14 2005, 02:25 PM
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I just lie about my age. Well, I am 12. If the website says that you have to be over 13 to sign up, I lie and put that I'm 15.
 
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post Apr 14 2005, 02:39 PM
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For starters, let me awake my inner conservative and support that this is for the protection of those that might not be fully aware of the decisions that they make. Sure, an 11 year can be smart enough to fill out a form at a secured websites be is able to take accountability for what he's doing?
 
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post Apr 14 2005, 02:44 PM
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i thought about this before. age on computers.

liek when someone gets a new computer the companies should put a date for birthday and whenever they go to any sites they could be blocked cause the computer would tell the website that, that site is blocked. do you know what i mean. people would never consider age being verified during the beginning of installation of internet.
 
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post Apr 14 2005, 04:14 PM
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how would they add an age verifier? the people could just lie. like one time i wanted to sign up for yahoo and they wouldn't let me because i was too young so i just put an older age. so i don't know how they could find out how old the people really were but i find this weird. why would they make it 18 instead of 13? wacko.gif
 
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post Apr 14 2005, 04:21 PM
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making an age verifier is just a 'cover my butt' thing, because with that, it's the kid's fault.
 
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post Apr 14 2005, 05:01 PM
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why is this in debate?
 
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post Apr 15 2005, 12:31 PM
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it used to be in the lounge, and someone said it should be a debate topic so yeah. but for legal reasons. the site needs to have one...
 
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post Apr 15 2005, 03:32 PM
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^ yeah...And would someone important PLEASE read this...
 
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post Apr 15 2005, 05:37 PM
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it's difficult to enforce, but some organizations have required parent permission and verified this through credit card/social security numbers. i remember that my parents refused to reveal those, however, when i wanted to join something online..
 
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post Apr 15 2005, 07:17 PM
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I dont think people can really do anything about kids lying about their age. How would people verify their age? I dont think they can really ask people for a credit card number for parental permission because many people wouldnt want to reveal it. I think the most that someone can do is put a warning for kids under 13 or make a kid-version of the website.
 
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post Apr 17 2005, 04:39 PM
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1. this isn't a debate, it needs to be moved.

2. it doesn't matter if kids can lie about thier age. if you allow kids under 13 to give away information, it's breaking the law.
 
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post Apr 18 2005, 12:29 AM
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i never knew about that rule...o.o

but..nothing can really be done..eh?
 
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post Apr 18 2005, 01:00 AM
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On myspace, over half of the people aren't even 16. You're supposed to be 16+.

Hell, when I first joined cB ( I had other usernames), I was twelve.


I think everyone does it. Should we all go to jail then?

It's stupid. People will lie anyway to get on a forum site/blog site/ whatever.

And it's their own fault for trampling into something they're not supposed to.

It's wrong to close down an internet site for that.
 
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post Apr 19 2005, 06:28 AM
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i totally agree. there should be some limitation to it all...
 
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post Apr 20 2005, 03:58 PM
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Moved to Lounge..this isn't a debate it's a suggestion.
 
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post Apr 20 2005, 04:05 PM
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QUOTE(xxcrazyjewxx @ Apr 14 2005, 1:34 PM)
Anyone could lie and make their birthdate different.
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like me
 
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post Apr 20 2005, 04:09 PM
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Aren't there like, 9 year olds on this site?

And aren't most of the people in createblog like, 13-14? i don't really like the 12 and younger kids like paul murphy. a lot of them are spammers and don't know what the heck they're doing.
 
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post Apr 20 2005, 04:55 PM
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Aren't there like, 9 year olds on this site?

And aren't most of the people in createblog like, 13-14? i don't really like the 12 and younger kids like paul murphy. a lot of them are spammers and don't know what the  heck they're doing.
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I thought the youngest was 11...or 10. Man, you know how much the internet affects young kids? It's called the media. Kids younger than 13 should stay away from the internet unless it's for hw. But, some parents don't even have parental controls...or choose not to set it up.
 
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post Apr 20 2005, 04:57 PM
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I think most of us older members will agree: children </3
 
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post Apr 20 2005, 05:26 PM
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Anyone could lie and make their birthdate different.
i did that when i wasn't 13 yet..i don't have to anymore!!! yayers! laugh.gif

i agree though. kids who're under 13 should go online unless they truely have to. internet and TV affects them so much these days, it's kinda scary.. _unsure.gif
 
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post Apr 20 2005, 06:14 PM
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even i've lied about my age when i joined cB at the age of 12.
but...... i matured from my immaturity.
 
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post Apr 22 2005, 12:26 PM
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yupyup age verifieer...wouldnt want diz place to close hahaha...
 
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before i was 13, i used to just fake a irthdate so i could be in. but im 13 now, yay!
 
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post Apr 23 2005, 02:10 AM
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I know there are quite an amount of people on CB who aren't 13 yet.
I'm not one of them.

There is a same problem on xanga... it says you need to be 13 to join, but a lot of people aren't of the age yet. _dry.gif
 
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post Apr 23 2005, 02:32 AM
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I joined a while ago.. I dont even remember if we had a age or not.. blah.. but i joined xanga illeagally then. _unsure.gif a lot of people did.
 
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post Apr 23 2005, 02:48 AM
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1. you can act better then your age and people cant tell much.
2. cB should have 8th grade history and science questions to see if that person is legal to use the website. Not only that, you should already know the answer to the question.
 
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post Apr 23 2005, 02:49 AM
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^ that wouldn't work well.. some kids are smarter than others.. and they could search up the answers.. couldn't they?
 
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post Apr 23 2005, 02:50 AM
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QUOTE(aznxboredxperson @ Apr 23 2005, 3:48 PM)
1. you can act better then your age and people cant tell much.
2. cB should have 8th grade history and science questions to see if that person is legal to use the website. Not only that, you should already know the answer to the question.
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For #2, I don't think it would be fair to those not living in the US because people learn different things in different places. Plus, there are smart kids who know everything.
 
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2. cB should have 8th grade history and science questions to see if that person is legal to use the website. Not only that, you should already know the answer to the question.
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That is a lame suggestion...remember we don't live in same countries, like niez cho said, people live in different countries and learn different things.
I used to be a mod on an invision forum and it got shut down because a boy was 12 years old...i still think cB should have an age verifier, even though people lie, it covers our butt...we wouldn't be held responsible for whatever...
 
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post Apr 24 2005, 08:34 PM
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QUOTE(MarchHare2UrAlice @ Apr 14 2005, 2:06 PM)
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he's right... if people lie, it's not your fault. if you dont give them the opportunity to tell the truth, then it is your problem...
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Exactly.... you can't possibly be sure of everyone's age
 
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post Apr 24 2005, 08:38 PM
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That's actually a good idea. You would have to be 14-whatever to sign up for stuff. Cool. =]
 
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post Apr 24 2005, 08:47 PM
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QUOTE(xxcrazyjewxx @ Apr 14 2005, 2:34 PM)
Anyone could lie and make their birthdate different.
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Too true...plus nowadays younger kids are getting exposed to computers so its easier for them.
 
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post Apr 24 2005, 09:17 PM
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So the bunch of 12 and under kids we have on here are able to get arrested because we're on a website? Hm. I guess that works for a lot of you. I'm probably ultra annoying to a lot of people on this site. It's really not my intent, though.
 
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