Final answer:
FERPA is falsely attributed as a privacy act protecting online users under 13; the correct act for this is COPPA, which allows parents to control their children's online information. Thde statement in the question is false.
Step-by-step explanation:
The statement that FERPA is a privacy act that protects users online under the age of 13 is false. The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) is a federal law that protects the privacy of student education records, and applies to all schools that receive funds under an applicable program of the U.S. Department of Education.
The law you're referring to is the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), which permits parents to control what information websites can collect about their children, and is specifically designed to protect the online privacy of children under the age of 13.