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Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg is willing to alter the site's regulations to permit children under 13 to join, he said recently.
Speaking before the NewSchools Summit in California, Zuckerberg acknowledged that the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act regulates what information websites can gather on children under age 13. He's determined to change this, reported International Business Times.
"That will be a fight we take on at some point," Zuckerberg reportedly said. "My philosophy is that for education you need to start at a really, really young age." The site hasn't yet begun to figure out how kids would use the site at such an age, though he assured those present that the company would take a lot of precautions to make sure that younger kids are safe.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/05/23/facebook-founder-welcomes-kids-13-site/#ixzz1NJ4XQEip
Speaking before the NewSchools Summit in California, Zuckerberg acknowledged that the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act regulates what information websites can gather on children under age 13. He's determined to change this, reported International Business Times.
"That will be a fight we take on at some point," Zuckerberg reportedly said. "My philosophy is that for education you need to start at a really, really young age." The site hasn't yet begun to figure out how kids would use the site at such an age, though he assured those present that the company would take a lot of precautions to make sure that younger kids are safe.
Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/05/23/facebook-founder-welcomes-kids-13-site/#ixzz1NJ4XQEip
Seriously, what is there to study?FACEBOOK has sparked a storm with parents and privacy groups over plans to open the social network to children under 13.
Founder Mark Zuckerberg told an education forum in the US he wants to loosen the age restriction and allow pre-teens to use the site as a study tool.
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