Report: Facebook Testing Technologies To Allow Children Under 13, With Parental Controls
According to published reports, Facebook is testing technology aimed at scrapping its oft-ignored minimum age of 13 and allowing younger kids to join the social network, albeit with parental supervision.
According to published reports, Facebook is testing technology aimed at scrapping its oft-ignored minimum age of 13 and allowing younger kids to join the social network, albeit with parental supervision.
The Wall Street Journal said Facebook is testing options including linking children’s accounts to those of their parents, and parental controls that would allow parents to approve friends and applications before their kids could gain access to them.
Facebook said in a statement to the Journal:
Recent reports have highlighted just how difficult it is to enforce age restrictions on the Internet, especially when parents want their children to access online content and services.
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