Thank you for your reply! It is our job to monitor our children, but in the USA they protect children, which is why they have COPPA. And since Steemit was created in the USA, therefore, they must adhere to the laws of the USA.
According to the rules, she won't be able to access her account until she reaches 13...
Well, that's just silly. If we have created our account anonymously (without showing proof of ID), how exactly are they to know WHEN she turns 13?
exactly !!👍
Good point
That I am not sure...but we did write on the description of her post she was 8(now turning nine)...just so that when people interacted with her they would know she was a child...We have always been thruthful and upfront, and I guess that is what hurt us at the end...i guess it's best to lie :(
This is all a bunch of crap. I put a comment in this same thread about my thoughts on it. If the parent is in control of the account and the one doing ALL the posting, then I don't see how COPPA applies to it. Kids can't open a bank account, but I opened one for my son with my wife and I as the "surragate owners" until he is of age. This is no different.
How did they know she was under 13 to begin with? Did I miss that?
@aboutyourbiz it was written in the description of her name.
full transparency, novel concept
I don't know whether to LOL or cry...is that a good or a bad comment? :)
i guess it's sarcastic that you were so honest and got burned when many people cheat and succeed.
That was my thought exactly! So what does that tell you? If we don't find out you are ok...but if you are honest you will be punished!? So moral: Don't be upront about certain things...
actually i think it's more if they don't find out they're ok. they were concerned with the US law. if they know they have to do something
This whole thing is ridiculous. If the parent is the surrogate account owner, and the parent is the one accessing the account, typing, and creating the posts, then COPPA should not apply to that account. COPPA is meant to enforce that "children themselves" are not directly accessing a website that distributes personal information.
I made that clear on the intro post for the account I will manage for my son until he is older. I am making the posts, he tells me what he wants to say and I am typing it. He will never be on the website by himself.
That is awful that the account you manage for your daughter innocent artwork was locked out, and yet Steemit is filled with crap porn posts of images just stolen off the internet and blasted all over the place here. Simply unfair.