Should Facebook be banned for under 18s? [ENDS 08/04/2012]

[geo]

No, I don't think Facebook should be banned for this who are under 18. It would be too late to enforce that rule now, anyway.

There's already an age limit on Facebook (I'm sure it was 13+ ?) and, well, that didn't exactly go down very well. People can put what they want on Facebook, at the end of the day it'll be them getting in trouble for what they do. It would be nice to have some sort of rules or maybe if the report button actually worked, then it would be a lot better.

I know longer use Facebook because I'm sick of seeing all this pointless banter and ********** on it, but when I did use it, I found that it was a great way to start off conversation in real life. You'd see something on Facebook and then you'd use that information to talk to your friends. I used it for so much, not only was I up to date with what was going on in my local area, but I could arrange things easily with my friends.

Like @Bethie said, if their parents don't want them to be on Facebook, then it should be their job to stop them going on it.

[Paige.]

The thing is kids are getting smart these days, deleting history. And most parent don't even know they have them. (I would of given u rep but i have to wait 19:34 hours.)

Indeed kids are smart these days which is why there isn't much point in banning them from Facebook because as me and @Catchy mentioned earlier, they would probably find a way to swerve the actions taken to prevent them from accessing Facebook. It is also true that some parents don't even realise that they have Facebook but it is still down to them to ensure the safety of their child and if anything did happen to their child, may it rest on their head.

[Aiden]

Indeed kids are smart these days which is why there isn't much point in banning them from Facebook because as me and @Catchy mentioned earlier, they would probably find a way to swerve the actions taken to prevent them from accessing Facebook. It is also true that some parents don't even realise that they have Facebook but it is still down to them to ensure the safety of their child and if anything did happen to their child, may it rest on their head.

I know but you could be the most caring and best mother or father in the world but still not know about it...

[Paige.]

Me & @FlyingJesus would both agree that this would be a terrible idea. Facebook is a great source of... gossip.

haha I agree

No, I don't think Facebook should be banned for this who are under 18. It would be too late to enforce that rule now, anyway.

There's already an age limit on Facebook (I'm sure it was 13+ ?) and, well, that didn't exactly go down very well. People can put what they want on Facebook, at the end of the day it'll be them getting in trouble for what they do. It would be nice to have some sort of rules or maybe if the report button actually worked, then it would be a lot better.

I know longer use Facebook because I'm sick of seeing all this pointless banter and ********** on it, but when I did use it, I found that it was a great way to start off conversation in real life. You'd see something on Facebook and then you'd use that information to talk to your friends. I used it for so much, not only was I up to date with what was going on in my local area, but I could arrange things easily with my friends.

Like @Bethie said, if their parents don't want them to be on Facebook, then it should be their job to stop them going on it.

As you've proved in the part that I've outlined in bold, if users find they don't enjoy Facebook for whatever reason, may it be bullying or pointless arguments, they can just stop using Facebook and deactivate their account. There is no need to moan about cyber bullying on Facebook because the victims should just leave the site? Yes I know there are other sites they could use to target the victim on but why don't they just block the bullies. I would've said stop using the sites but it's not fair that the bullies would've stopped them from using and enjoying the social networking sites.
Also I'm sure I made the point that parents should be held responsible for their child's safety

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I know but you could be the most caring and best mother or father in the world but still not know about it...

I know but what I'm trying to say is that it's their job to make sure they know their child is safe and this includes the internet. They should know what their child goes on and go to all lengths to find out and ensure that their child is safe.

[geo]

haha I agree



As you've proved in the part that I've outlined in bold, if users find they don't enjoy Facebook for whatever reason, may it be bullying or pointless arguments, they can just stop using Facebook and deactivate their account. There is no need to moan about cyber bullying on Facebook because the victims should just leave the site? Yes I know there are other sites they could use to target the victim on but why don't they just block the bullies. I would've said stop using the sites but it's not fair that the bullies would've stopped them from using and enjoying the social networking sites.
Also I'm sure I made the point that parents should be held responsible for their child's safety

---------- Post added 25-03-2012 at 08:59 PM ----------



I know but what I'm trying to say is that it's their job to make sure they know their child is safe and this includes the internet. They should know what their child goes on and go to all lengths to find out and ensure that their child is safe.

As much as I'd love to deactivate my account, I do sometimes have to use Facebook for organising when I'm meeting up with friends.

It's a shame though, there are many reasons I'd think it would be good to ban children from Facebook but it wouldn't work and some people aren't immature like the rest. I know many people will live to regret what they're posted on Facebook, haha.

[Paige.]

As much as I'd love to deactivate my account, I do sometimes have to use Facebook for organising when I'm meeting up with friends.

It's a shame though, there are many reasons I'd think it would be good to ban children from Facebook but it wouldn't work and some people aren't immature like the rest. I know many people will live to regret what they're posted on Facebook, haha.

Yeah, there are many advantages to using Facebook
I agree and yeah it wouldn't work cause people would just swerve the actions taken place as said earlier and also like you said, some people aren't immature like the rest and they do use Facebook nicely and treat users with respect so it wouldn't really be fair on them Same haha and I regret some of the things I've posted on there so I tend to not post anything anymore, I just occasionally go on it to see what the latest gossip it

[Deeb]

I think all the safety features that you can turn on with facebook now, should be forced for Children. Their profile should not be allowed to be made public and they need to accept you before you can see anything.

[DeejayMachoo]

I don't think there should be an 18 age limit on facebook, Then people could do the lottery before they could register to facebook?

But i do think facebook need to enforce there current rule of i believe 12+ (may be mistaken), But cousin who clearly isnt 12, (his 8) is on facebook. I think I didn't even have a playstation when i was 7, he has a laptop, a ps3, a 360 a mobile phone. I think in a whole we need to treat kids more like kids until there old enough to understand the world.

So 12 is a good age if 12 actually meant 12. Age ranges need to be enforced on a whole. I mean Isn't habbo's age 11? I knew many people under 11 back in the day I played habbo.

-Matt

[Catchy]

I don't think there should be an 18 age limit on facebook, Then people could do the lottery before they could register to facebook?

But i do think facebook need to enforce there current rule of i believe 12+ (may be mistaken), But cousin who clearly isnt 12, (his 8) is on facebook. I think I didn't even have a playstation when i was 7, he has a laptop, a ps3, a 360 a mobile phone. I think in a whole we need to treat kids more like kids until there old enough to understand the world.

So 12 is a good age if 12 actually meant 12. Age ranges need to be enforced on a whole. I mean Isn't habbo's age 11? I knew many people under 11 back in the day I played habbo.

-Matt

Thing is it's sort of impossible to enforce them on a whole, there's always going to be underage people on sites such as Facebook and Habbo. The only thing I could think of to actually stop it would be "Upon registration a copy of your identification is needed" but that would never happen because for one it would take far too long and two I think companies such as Habbo and Facebook are full on aware that younger people use their services but just turn a blind eye.

Saying that however I do remember when people used to be perm banned on Habbo back in the day if they admitted they were underage.

[GommeInc]

No, waste of money to over-regulate a non-problem. Provided the parents of the user keeps an eye on their usage and privacy is promoted in the household and at school, like it should be in this day and age, there should be little call for concern like there is at the moment. Facebook has pretty good privacy and security controls for users who register under certain ages, and that's all that can be done. There's no point creating laws or getting Facebook to restrict access to certain ages when it can easily be avoided.