It&#x27;s worth noting that a lot of these age limits are a result of COPPA, which is legislation that prohibits companies from tracking people under the age of 14 without parental permission.<p>When this law was first introduced, a site that I used heavily as a minor required me to get a permission form signed and faxed by my parents before they&#x27;d unlock my account -- while I actually got them to do this, it would have been faster and easier to create a new account with a fake age.<p>I think these laws need to be revamped, although because they only affect kids they&#x27;re not really on anyone&#x27;s radar (in the US, the deteriorating and underfunded school system is a more pressing problem). Companies end up tracking kids anyway through their parents, whether it&#x27;s the &quot;35-year-old female using Angry Birds&quot; (actually their mother handing their phone to their kid on a train) or having your parents upload your baby photos to Facebook hours after your birth.