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

[AlexHenry]

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.

100% agree with this.

[MotorStefan95]

I don't think it should be banned. Under 18s should have different security settings to over 18s which they can't change until they are 18. I do think that under 13s should not be on it though. A lot of them don't understand what it is actually for and click every link on the website. (I'm not saying everyone under 13 does this but a lot of them do).

[-:Undertaker:-]

It should be up to Facebook, nobody else.

[Ellz]

under 18s have extra protection on their accounts anyway don't they? If they were to ban under 18s they would lose most of their users.

[Deeb]

It should be up to Facebook, nobody else.

I disagree, the majority of companies don take child safety before profit. There should be restrictions to all social networking sites

[Paige.]

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.

I agree as I made this point earlier.

I don't think it should be banned. Under 18s should have different security settings to over 18s which they can't change until they are 18. I do think that under 13s should not be on it though. A lot of them don't understand what it is actually for and click every link on the website. (I'm not saying everyone under 13 does this but a lot of them do).

I don't think Facebook should be banned for children under the age of 18 because there is already an age limit, and although many children lie about their age to gain access to using Facebook, I think that if there was no age limit and it was not advertised people would be more inclined to put their real age. Once anyone under the age of 18 joins Facebook I think fixed security options should be put in place that they are not allowed to change them until they reach the age of 18. Also once someone creates a Facebook account then realises they can't use some of the features because they are under the age, they cannot log out and make a new account with an older age because Facebook should log IPs to stop the chance of people lying about their age.

Also how can you categorize under 13s and say this? Where is your evidence to support your statement that a lot of under 13s don't understand what Facebook is for and click every link on it? My brother is 11 years of age and understands Facebook and what it is for and certainly does not click every link. I don't understand how this could be a viable reason to think that under 13s shouldn't be allowed to use Facebook anyway:L

[Jssy]

Nope, regardless people younger than the age you are supposed to be, to be on facebook WILL join. Easy to use security settings and extra measures are always in practice but I think if anything every time they change the layout they should show under 18's where the security settings are etc because I honestly couldn't find a thing when I switched to timeline layout.

[Paige.]

Nope, regardless people younger than the age you are supposed to be, to be on facebook WILL join. Easy to use security settings and extra measures are always in practice but I think if anything every time they change the layout they should show under 18's where the security settings are etc because I honestly couldn't find a thing when I switched to timeline layout.

I agree because they may feel more inclined to put their security settings on and I had the same problem when I switched to timeline layout and it took me a while to actually find the security settings page and other under 18s may have given up and not bothered as they didn't have easy access and thought it was a waste of their time. Also I think it should be easier to block someone because for inexperienced Facebook users it may be more challenging if they have no clue where to find the block button.

[-:Undertaker:-]

I disagree, the majority of companies don take child safety before profit. There should be restrictions to all social networking sites

If you don't like it then in a free society you have two choices, either you can;

a) if you have children ban them yourself and raise your children and nobody elses.
b) set up your own company or join an online site which has rules which you like.

Otherwise, i'm afraid it's really none of your business or that of the government.

[Deeb]

If you don't like it then in a free society you have two choices, either you can;

a) if you have children ban them yourself and raise your children and nobody elses.
b) set up your own company or join an online site which has rules which you like.

Otherwise, i'm afraid it's really none of your business or that of the government.

The government and sites like this should take responsibility too. Everybody should take steps to safeguard our children!