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Re:Why Are Creators Paying for TikTok’s Mistake? by ramchip on Tuesday March 26, 2019 @04:51AM (#19490145)
> Children would then have to ignore the terms and lie to the date of birth screen (fraud) to gain access

Out of curiosity - is that really fraud? It doesn’t sound like it hurts the company.

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Re:Why Are Creators Paying for TikTok’s Mistake? by londons_explore on Tuesday March 26, 2019 @05:05AM (#19490206)
Falsifying information to trick a company into doing something illegal (collecting data on a minor) for personal gain (ability to use service) sounds like fraud to me.
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Re:Why Are Creators Paying for TikTok’s Mistake? by oarsinsync on Tuesday March 26, 2019 @06:30AM (#19490553)
If you're considered too young to have the right judgement to vote, drink, die for your country or be married off (excepting the US states that still allow marriage from age 12[0]), you should also be too young to be held liable for fraud.

[0]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_marriage_in_the_United_...

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Re:Why Are Creators Paying for TikTok’s Mistake? by pbhjpbhj on Tuesday March 26, 2019 @06:44AM (#19490613)
Isn't that the point, you pass off the legal liability to the user who can't be held liable and so bypass the need to restrict your service to over-13s.
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Re:Why Are Creators Paying for TikTok’s Mistake? by throwaway2048 on Tuesday March 26, 2019 @10:15AM (#19492021)
lying isn't the same thing as fraud.
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