Criticisms
COPPA is highly controversial, and has been criticized as ineffective and potentially unconstitutional by many people. They say it attacks children's rights to freedom of speech, and self-expression. Google has also been criticized by some of these people as a supporter of COPPA because of its "biased" terms of service on YouTube and its "heavy handed" ways of enforcing the law. According to Google's Privacy Policy, children under 13 aren't allowed to use any Google services, including Gmail. Many impromptu rebellions have been organized as a way to protest this law.
Mark Zuckerberg, co-founder and CEO of Facebook, has expressed opposition to COPPA and stated "That will be a fight we take on at some point. My philosophy is that for education you need to start at a really, really young age."
Read more about this topic: Children's Online Privacy Protection Act
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