Facebook and under age 13 children

Several parents stopped by to voice their concerns about their children under 13 using Facebook.

The Facebook terms of service dictate that members be at least 13  years old to set up an account. A recent Consumer Reports survey indicates that as many as 7.5 million Facebook users are  under 13, and 5 million of those kids are under 10. Either they, or their
parents, simply lied about their age to set up the account.

Facebook requires individuals to be at least 13 years old before they can create an account. Providing false information to create an account is always a violation of Facebook's Statement of Rights and Responsibilities. This includes accounts registered on the behalf of under 13 year old children by older parties.

“A million kids were bullied on Facebook in the last year," Jeff Fox, technology editor at Consumer Reports, told FoxNews.com upon the release of the study. "A 10-year-old is not well-equipped to deal with those things.”

"What's even more troubling was the finding from our survey that indicated that a majority of parents of kids 10 and under seemed largely unconcerned by their
children's use of the site."

If your underage child (child under the age of 13) has created an account on Facebook, you can show them how to delete their account by having them log into their account and following this link.