It was not designed to protect children from viewing particular types of content wherever they might go online.Ī possible reading is that letting kids buy specific pride color items is too close to 'asking' kids about their gender/identity/orientation, i.e. The American Federal Trade Commission’s website even states thatĬOPPA is meant to give parents control over the online collection, use, or disclosure of personal information from children. However, I can find no sources or precedents of that law actively dictating anything about LGBTQIA+ content.
Although COPPA is a US law and Star Stable Entertainment is a Swedish company, businesses with customers in the US still need to comply with these regulations. UPDATE 2: Star Stable claims that the mention of LGBTQIA+ people and Pride Month were removed in order to comply with COPPA law.
