5 Reasons Why Kids Under 13 Shouldn’t Be On Facebook

The minimum age for Facebook users is 13, but that rule is often ignored, despite many arguments in its favor. The Center for Digital Democracy became the latest group to back the age limit.

The minimum age for Facebook users is 13, but that rule is often ignored, despite many arguments in its favor. The Center for Digital Democracy became the latest group to back the age limit.

The CDD offered five reasons why Facebook is not suitable for children under 13:

  1. Children would become part of one of the Internet’s most expansive personal data-collection and profiling platforms.
  2. Children would be exposed to a new generation of highly persuasive and manipulative digital marketing practices.
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