Kids Under 13 Should Use Facebook, Zuckerberg Says
Facebook's current age minimum doesn't appear to be working -- 7.5 million kids under 13 are using the site anyway. So the company wants to figure out how to let them on to the social network in a way that's honest and compliant with the law.
Facebook’s current age minimum doesn’t appear to be working — 7.5 million kids under 13 are using the site anyway, and 5 million of them are 11 or younger.
So the company’s Chief Executive Officer thinks this rule needs to change at some point.
Mark Zuckerberg brought this up during a NewSchools Summit in Burlingame, Calif. earlier in the week.
He explained that Facebook’s age minimum to the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act. COPPA doesn’t allow websites that gather data about users to sign on members under the age of 13.
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