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To expect Facebook to enforce it's own rules?

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CHC74 · 30/09/2011 12:52

Facebook has an age limit. It's 13. In theory, nobody under the age of 13 should be able to have an account, and yet there are millions of primary school kids using the website, being exposed to pages promoting hate speech, illegal activities, anorexia as a glamorous lifestyle etc etc etc as well as the risk of coming into contact with predators.

Parents try and stop their kids from signing up, but they use friends computers, mobile phones and other 'net connected devices to go against their parents wishes.

Is it unreasonable to expect Facebook to put in place some measure of age verification to ensure that under 13's don't get to use their site? Should they be forced to do so?

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CHC74 · 05/10/2011 14:40

@Bramshott - Yes they do and I applaud you for introducing your child to social networking through sites such as Moshi Monsters and for teaching her about the basic tenets of Internet safety.

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CHC74 · 13/10/2011 16:12

Another interesting piece here:
www.widepr.com/press_release/23755/facebook_game_encourages_and_rewards_underage_cybersex.html

Internet safety consultant Charles Conway accuses popular Facebook game "The Sims Social" of rewarding kids for engaging in underage "cybersex".

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Lizmundo · 26/10/2011 16:21

Hi guys, please take a look at this BBC Article :) www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-wales-12921831

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