Under 13!

Yoongi_8_my_MCND

I know someone on discord who is younger then 13. SHe is more mature then some of the older server people. Is it ok for her to be on discord? I know the TOS of discord, but she is a lot more mature. I don't know what to do. Help anyone?

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  • NTPinheiro

    Unfortunately not. Im no admin, but the reaon Discord does this is to abide by COPPA standards. Sorry!

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  • Dark_S

    This rule is likely to comply with COPPA, which was passed by congress in 1998. If they're handling users under 13, they have to do stuff like specially single them out and allow parents access to their files and posts, and the ability to delete them. They also have to delete information posted therein the moment it's out of use. That includes:

    • First and last name;
    • A home or other physical address including street name and name of a city or town;
    • Online contact information;
    • A screen or user name that functions as online contact information;
    • A telephone number;
    • A social security number;
    • A persistent identifier that can be used to recognize a user over time and across different websites or online services;
    • A photograph, video, or audio file, where such file contains a child’s image or voice;
    • Geolocation information sufficient to identify street name and name of a city or town; or
    • Information concerning the child or the parents of that child that the operator collects online from the child and combines with an identifier described above.

      Discord servers are in the USA, and therefore have to comply with USA laws. It doesn't matter where you are personally accessing them from. Also if you read the information they have to wipe, it includes usernames. Can you imagine a special Discord for under 13-year-olds with no username? No way to identify them? No. Because the service operates on people sharing usernames to maintain a connection. Discord's main service, it's very existence, cannot operate without a username to share with other people. You can't have an under 13 Discord without being constantly anonymous, with no friend's list or chatrooms that maintain your posts with a username/icon with every message you send being recorded for your parents to read and delete. That undermines the entire point of Discord. Sorry kids.
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