Comments on: COPA Is Struck Down

By: detectoare radar

detectoare radar — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 22:21:29 +0000

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In two or tree month I will confirm our results.
Thank You, Regards, Silviu
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By: FrogEngine

FrogEngine — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 16:08:50 +0000

Until we find new ways to protect kids online, the laws need to adjust to making their safety a priority.

By: John Battelle

John Battelle — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 03:18:20 +0000

It’s COPA.I made the change (again)

By: Colin Robb

Colin Robb — Wed, 28 Mar 2007 01:21:39 +0000

Wait a minute, are we talking about COPA or COPPA?

COPA (the Child Online Protection Act of 1998) was to "protect[] minors from harmful sexual material on the internet" by requiring users to provide a credit card number or some other so-called reliable proof of majority.

COPPA (Children's Online Privacy Protection Act) "applies to the online collection of personal information by persons or entities under U.S. jurisdiction from children under 13 years of age."

I understood that COPA had finally been struck down as being unconstitutionally broad. Has COPPA been struck down too?

By: Omar Khan

Omar Khan — Tue, 27 Mar 2007 20:58:45 +0000

John,

It is COPPA, with an extra P for Privacy. I see the many points around which this has been abused, but for those of us who build and run websites for children it did/does help create standards that make the web safe for kids. This is not a trivial issue. With email and marketing forces going crazy, it is I think worthwhile to create environments where kids can go and not be subject to some of the stuff us adults have to sit through.