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Facebook To Consider Allowing 13 Year Olds To Join Network

By: WSAW Staff
Updated: Wed 8:18 AM, Jun 06, 2012

Facebook is really going after the next generation.

Now they're announcing they may soon let kids younger than 13 join the social network.

It's a move that has kids cheering and parents adding one more thing to their list of worries.

Facebook says if it happens, they will let parents link their own accounts to their children’s'. They would also be able to control friend requests and third party apps.

Parenting experts fear it may not be enough, though, to keep kids safe in an evolving online environment.


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