Children actually were not allowed to use the site.
By that logic you could say the same thing about every single porn site.
By that logic you could say the same thing about every single porn site.
According to the BBC, it was only after “Alice” filed the lawsuit that they added a checkbox saying you had to be 18+.
Children 13+ were formally allowed to use the site with parental permission until after the lawsuit at issue was filed, but even that restriction was just, I think, a pro-forma fine print footer notice to provide CYA against COPPA requirements on sites that were directed at kids under 13.