Should kids be allowed on Facebook?

[Full Tilt Boogie]

Should kids be allowed on Facebook?

Mark Zuckerberg wants to open up his social-networking website to children under 13 – but is that such a good idea? Two parents take up the debate

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/may/25/should-children-be-allowed-on-facebook

Your thoughts?

[Politesse]

I wouldn't recommend it. But of course, there are already many children with Facebook accounts. The bullying argument is nonsense, and suggests that this "mom" has no fucking idea what her childrens' lives are like when they aren't in the house, or for that matter when they are on the internet.

[MattShizzle]

Not really a good idea.

[Bane]

Maybe they'll make a positive contribution to the site, unlike some older users who repost Faux News shite all the time.

[Here Rests A Cemetery]

The Facebook community is already braindead.

Might as well.

[Goodchild]

My 12 and 14-year olds both have Facebook accounts, though it's my daughter (12) that mostly uses it. And she really only uses it to play the games, chat with me across the house lol, and occasionally make a post about some song she likes.

I'd really say it all depends on the kids themselves whether they should be allowed on Facebook or not.

[FremenSquid]

Like anything else, it's really up to the parent to monitor their child's activity. I've always thought it's a good idea when parents make accounts so they can friend their child and watch what they're up to.

[Jesus]

absolutely not

[BioBeing]

My son, 11, has one. Most of his friends do too. It's no different from another online forum, really. Only rules we add are no photos and no friending people you don't know irl.

[Stephen]

Should kids be allowed on Facebook?

Mark Zuckerberg wants to open up his social-networking website to children under 13 – but is that such a good idea? Two parents take up the debate

http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/may/25/should-children-be-allowed-on-facebook

Your thoughts?

Mark Zuckerberg wants to open facebook to under 13 year olds so he can make even more money with targeted ads. That demographic (children) is worth a fortune.

That is all.

[Notta]

Kids are clueless when it comes to internet privacy. Parents should monitor their children's online activities. Problem is that most of them don't.

Remember this internet drama?

Jessi Slaughter (http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/jessi-slaughter)

She posted a video where she said she would 'pop a Glock and make a brain slushie' on her 'haters.'

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Her video caught the attention of 4-chan and she became the target of internet trolls, causing her father to claim he was contacting the 'internet police.' She was 11 when she started her entire drama.

Anonymous soon found out all of her personal information (phone number, address, Twitter, etc.) From here, the attacks escalated. The trolls managed to get her email by sending her friend requests on Facebook with unusual names like “I.P. Freely.” Despite this, Jessi continued, making a Tumblr account, posting pictures to continue taunting the trolls.

Children simply do not have the mental capacity to think through the consequences of many of their actions. Her parents are typical where they want to trust their child, yet are completely unaware as to what that child may be doing or what her friends may be doing.

Jessi's mother did not believe that Jessi had made her videos until Jessi's GRANDMOTHER found them on You Tube and called her adult daughter to talk about them.

Bullying and harassment on Facebook is rampant among children and teens. Hell, even Bristol and Willow Palin engaged in it when one of Bristol's friends made a slightly disparaging comment about Sarah Palin's reality TV show, ending with homophobic and racist comments to people, all viewable to anyone at all. You would have thought that the children of a highly public figure would (1) have been told repeatedly about talking in public, and (2) have been more closely monitored by their parents.

I think Facebook should be reserved for those 18 and older, who are legally responsible for their own decisions, because I cannot trust most parents to do what is right and WATCH OVER their own children and protect them -- at least in cyberspace.

[Berthold]

As I dimly recall how I was under 13...

Some caution is to be recommended. :D

[Full Tilt Boogie]

Speaking of allowing kids on Facebook - a salient lesson here, I think...


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[David B]

Speaking of allowing kids on Facebook - a salient lesson here, I think...




Point well made, i think.

David

[Stephen]

Speaking of allowing kids on Facebook - a salient lesson here, I think...


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OMG.

LEAVE CHRIS CROCKER ALONE.

LEAVE HER ALONEEEEEEEEE

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