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I teach at the middle school level and I can tell you very few teachers have any awareness of COPPA. They see kids using these apps and services and just assum
by patja 9y ago
I teach at the middle school level and I can tell you very few teachers have any awareness of COPPA. They see kids using these apps and services and just assume it is normal. Parents are checked out or overly-permissive about telling their kids to lie about their birthdate in order to get on FB, Twitter, and Instagram.
When I explain and ask "is it OK to misrepresent yourself in order to deceive someone to give you something that otherwise they would reject as an illegal act" I get blank stares.
- slavik81 9y agoPerhaps it's been implicitly ingrained in them that the answer to your question is "yes." They lie about their age because if they tell the truth, they are discriminated against and marginalized.
- cm2012 9y agoIf I had kids, I would tell them to sign up as 18 years old always. No need to have some arbitrary rules restrict them.
- buttcoinslol 9y ago"is it OK to misrepresent yourself in order to deceive someone to give you something that otherwise they would reject as an illegal act" It depends on the situation, sometimes the answer is yes