FTC fines Xanga.com for violating kids privacy

[mzkhadir]

MSNBC

 

[BriGy86]

I find this stupid, the kids shouldn't have been lieing about their age

 

[waggy]

now they will have to have a CC to sign up now.

 

[Corporate Thug]

Originally posted by: BriGy86
I find this stupid, the kids shouldn't have been lieing about their age

there is a lot of things that kids shouldnt be doing and therefore others have to take precautions because its obvious they will do it anyway

 

[everman]

Originally posted by: BriGy86
I find this stupid, the kids shouldn't have been lieing about their age

The problem is that they did not lie about their age:

allegedly permitted creation of 1.7 million accounts by users who submitted birthdays indicating they were under 13.

It would have been fine if they lied about being older than 13, the problem is that they didn't, and xanga allowed them to sign up.

 

[intogamer]

They should bump it down to 8 or something cause 9 year olds have xangas now

 

[randay]

roflmao, I hope myspace is next on the list.

 

[MillionaireNextDoor]

So answering the age question as whatever really didn't do anything at all.