Advocacy Group To Facebook: Don't Track Kids
As Facebook considers letting kids younger than 13 create accounts, the Center for Digital Democracy sent a letter to Co-Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, pleading for the social network to not collect youngsters' personal information if they are allowed to join.
As Facebook considers letting kids younger than 13 create accounts, the Center for Digital Democracy sent a letter to Co-Founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, pleading for the social network to not collect youngsters’ personal information if they are allowed to join.
The letter, co-signed by several similar watchdog and privacy protection groups, cites a Wall Street Journal article that discusses Facebook developing parent-friendly options for allowing pre-teens onto the website. The letter pleads with Zuckerberg, saying that if Facebook does decide to open the site up to those under 13, that it come with proper controls so kids aren’t taken advantage of.
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