That’s the reason (incorrectly) why would Facebook have minimum age requirements, according to the parents in the peer review of the study, “why do parents help their kids lie to Facebook about old age: unintended consequences ‘ children’s Online Privacy Protection Act ‘ (available from FirstMonday.org).
One response to “because it included The old polled 1,007 (all with children aged 10-13), only two are referenced the correct answer: “privacy.” More specifically, the children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA). Passed by the U.s. Congress in 1998 (practical Internet Paleozoic era), COPPA requires commercial websites to obtain parental consent before collecting personal info each user under the age of 13. Facebook and other popular social networks to avoid costly, cumbersome restrictions on COPPA’s with the only limit the age of the user. Thirteen years later, the parents know little about the restrictions the Government intended to protect the privacy of their children, and many allow their children to lie about their age to join Facebook, while losing the protection intended by the Government.