That Facebook friend might be 10 years old, and other troubling news
May 16, 2011
Of the 20 million minors who actively used Facebook in the past year, 7.5 million - or more than one-third - were younger than 13 and not supposed to be able to use the site, according to a new Consumer Report study.
A new Consumer Reort survey unearthed several disturbing findings about children and Facebook:
- Of the 20 million minors who actively used Facebook in the past year, 7.5 million - or more than one-third - were younger than 13 and not supposed to be able to use the site.
- Among young users, more than 5 million were 10 and under, and their accounts were largely unsupervised by their parents.
- One million children were harassed, threatened, or subjected to other forms of cyberbullying on the site in the past year.
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