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Re:Never connect to ProtonMail using Chrome by mschuster91 on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @05:58AM (#18492990)
> I don't entirely understand where exactly this applies, i.e. why you can create accounts on some sites without giving your age.

That law is called COPPA ("Children Online Privacy Protection Act"). It applies to sites dedicated to children (as per https://www.ftc.gov/tips-advice/business-center/guidance/com...). As Google uses one and the same account for all its services including YouTube, all Google accounts are potentially "dedicated to children" (YouTube IIRC has even a special section for videos suitable even for toddlers).

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Re:Never connect to ProtonMail using Chrome by hadrien01 on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @09:04AM (#18493817)
You need to be at least 13 to use Google or YouTube, so they don't have to respect the intricacies of COPPA.
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Re:Never connect to ProtonMail using Chrome by Buge on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @06:06PM (#18498699)
The very action of enforcing the "need to be at least 13" is respecting what COPPA demands.
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Re:Never connect to ProtonMail using Chrome by plasticchris on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @10:01AM (#18494220)
Interesting. There are many children who watch youtube that are younger than this. At the pediatric dentist they even had it playing on overhead TVs while they worked.

Are they really making a product that caters to very young children while claiming for legal purposes no children can use it?

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Re:Never connect to ProtonMail using Chrome by zrobotics on Tuesday November 20, 2018 @10:35AM (#18494543)
No,children can use YouTube. However, the TOS prohibits them from making an account. A parent can set up an account, or they can use it without logging in.
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