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Facebook to lift ban on under-13s joining social network site?

Posted on May 20, 2012 by pogowasright.org

Facebook may relax a ban on children under the age of 13 joining its site after finding that many kids, some with their parents’ permission and help, were already using it.

“There is reputable evidence that there are kids under 13 who are lying about their age to get on to Facebook,” Sunday Times quoted Simon Milner, Facebook’s head of policy in Britain as saying.

Read more on Deccan Chronicle.

I think I can already hear Congress scrambling to hold hearings….

Category: OnlineYouth & Schools

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1 thought on “Facebook to lift ban on under-13s joining social network site?”

  1. Anonymous says:
    May 21, 2012 at 6:34 pm

    When will they relax the ban on profiles with no pictures? not everyone wants the whole world + dog knowing what they look like..

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