03-09-2011, 02:45 PM
The minimum age for someone to be able to open a facebook account is 13 years old... this complies with a law that prohibits collecting/soliciting personal info online from kids younger than 13.
What do you think of this rule for facebook (and other social media sites)? Personally I think 13 is an okay age for it, but there are people who want to the minimum age raised and I can see where their coming from. The kind of information kids slip onto facebook without a second thought... pics, locations, addresses, personal conversations... can make them targets for cyber criminals who prey on the naivete of the young. What do you guys think?
What do you think of this rule for facebook (and other social media sites)? Personally I think 13 is an okay age for it, but there are people who want to the minimum age raised and I can see where their coming from. The kind of information kids slip onto facebook without a second thought... pics, locations, addresses, personal conversations... can make them targets for cyber criminals who prey on the naivete of the young. What do you guys think?
PS. If you can, try your hand at giving some of the others a bit of feedback. If you already have, thanks, can you do some more?