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

[GommeInc]

I don't use facebook so I wouldn't know what they have or have not implemented. However if they have already implemented restrictions for minors and their security settings are already fully private, so people can't just find them with just a name then that is fantastic, the government do not need to get involved.

Ah, this might explain why you seem so hostile towards it when the settings and services are already there

[Catchy]

I don't use facebook so I wouldn't know what they have or have not implemented. However if they have already implemented restrictions for minors and their security settings are already fully private, so people can't just find them with just a name then that is fantastic, the government do not need to get involved.

So you've just jumped into this debate without actually knowing nothing about Facebook privacy settings yourself? Wow.

[Deeb]

@Catchy I jumped into the debate with knowledge of privacy settings that I knew when I did use it, so I do still have knowledge just not of recent updates. Also, as I said I was opposed more to all social networking sites as a whole, not just Facebook.

[Cerys]

It's way too easy to get past age restrictions, anyway!

Like as far as I'm aware, habbos age limit is somewhere near 13? Well, I joined when I was 8/9.
But if they did have a way to successfully inforce age restrictions, an age limit of 19 for facebook would be way too old. They'd lose loads of facebook users, and therefore money.
It would be a bad move to make.

[Mollie]

I don't think it should be banned for under 18s, no. Many teens that are on facebook primarily use it for socialising, creating events for people to join and generally keeping up to date with friends.

I suppose it's ultimately up to the parents whether or not they want their children on facebook, but I don't see why facebook should be for 18s and over only. People would just lie about their age to get access to it.
If facebook was for over 18s only in the first place, people would find an alternative such as myspace or they would stick on the older sites such as bebo, which will have grown dramatically if it wasn't for facebook.

So no, I don't think it should be banned for people under 18. My opinion may be bias though, as I am a facebook user under 18 and I am on it often.

[Milarz]

I'd say 13 & under should be banned. No way 18 & under.