Facebook TEENS EXPOSED to entire WORLD

That's not the point though. The point is making it more difficult for criminals to create a list of teens on Facebook. Teens can make fake profiles all the want, with whacky names and DOBs, no one is stopping them. But that does stop pedobear from Liking them.

It looks Facebook is struggling to get attention and "monetize" users...

... and that means it's well past its peak. Now it's on the obsolensce road, and in a couple of years it will be bankrupt.

And this move is very silly - it will just worry competent parents who allowed their children to open a profile with the correct data and thought there was at least minimal protection. This way they will just fear more about their children using Facebook - sure, there are other silly sites, maybe being a little less silly could help - or not?

If you would not be happy pinning the information, with your photo, name, and address, to a tree in your local high street, you should not be putting it on Facebook!

Well I guess it's all right...

...as long as they're nude.

Stand by for the Daily Mail to start another campaign to censor the internet because of this.

Whilst slightly off topic...

FB does have a couple of good points... "Rack of the day" for example - actually contains many a nice point.

Zuck: Time to reign in

Facebook has a terrible dilemma. Doing things that increase the number of group-group connections increases the value of the network radically. To some extent, if they don't stay on top of this by widening their reach, they become vulnerable to being overtaken by another network.

I have a notion that they are in a position to cool it a bit, by at least offering proper privacy options and guarantees that they will do their best to make sure that there is no gratuitous data leakage. What they would lose in terms of gaining new weak connections they could make up by strengthening existing connections.

Meantime, I am astonished that monetization has been so clumsy. The big win for Facebook is that it has a ton of real data about its users both in terms of demographics and in terms of observed behavior. What it should be doing now is creating targeted content to further refine their knowledge of users and creating purchasing opportunities that make sense. They should buy or partner with some companies that produce some best of breed products that people buy already and use this to research how to *predict* when people will want to buy.

If you knew enough, you would present stuff for purchase when people want to buy it and not present it otherwise. You would also present for purchase things that have a good probability of gaining customer satisfaction to support the development of trust.

If facebook could make it so you have ready access to purchasing power and present things you want at the time you wish to buy, it would generate enormous sales.

I am no fan of Amazon, but I buy things there from time to time because it is easy and I can generally trust them to sell something at a fair price and deliver it quickly in good condition. A few things I have bought there because it was not easily available anywhere else that I could trust.

Luckily

I sure hope Facebook is dead and gone by the time my 2 year old is old enough to care. Sure hope I get to dodge that bullet.

If a teen posts a nude picture and shares it publicly, would Facebook then be responsible for distribution of child pornography?

but...

the teens I know all lie about their age to register on facebook in the first place.

It's horrible!

Facebook is horrible! Even the name of it suggests that it was named by a remote primitive tribe with a limited command of English.

My nephew (in a less savvy moment) decided to invite a small group of friends to a party via FB conversation. Within minutes news had leaked and many many more folk he didn't even know had joined and added yet more folk to the conversation. There was no obvious way to control this or evict those that weren't invited by the originator. He had no control over it and at a glance nor did I (although I wasn't really trying, rather thinking a valuable lesson was being learned by said nephew.) The party was cancelled. Nephew is >16 btw.

So, given that a fairly tech savvy (but not on this occasion) kid can get tripped up so easily... what's the outlook for younger kids? I know parents should look out for 'em but it can be a tricky ask when they're teenagers, they might sometimes be influenced by peers and even use other wi-fi access.

I wouldn't touch FB with your shitty stick, let alone my own. I can't think of an analog to it when I was growing up - apart from having my teenage diary posted on billboards around my home town and a small demon with a tape recorder on my shoulder making sure nothing I said was forgettable by storing the tapes at the local library for all to borrow. Ick!

I know some folk find it useful for keeping in touch, sharing photos, etc. if it works for you, fill yer boots I say! :)

SD

Does anyone know?

Aren't there laws on both sides of the pond that expressly protect the privacy of minors/underaged and if so, isn't this a major violation?

(sorry, to tired to look it myself right now)

"Sensor the internet" ... "Reign in"

Do you guys have to keep posting at a certain rate in order to maintain your gold badges? I wonder because you'd do well to wait 2 miniutes before posting and then re-read for typos.

“and whether it comes to civic engagement, activism, or their thoughts on a new movie, they want to be heard,”

Bollocks this is about advertising revenue and marketing and anyone who thinks otherwise is a fool.

Social Networks that offer privacy

Here is a list of social networking sites that offer privacy:

Ravetree (new, and my favorite)

EveryMe (good privacy, minimal features)

SnapChat (most popular, mobile)

when it comes to civic engagement, activism...

in America? Not outside the free speech zones, buddy!

Hello there

Child... this is Cyberperv

Cyberperv... meet Child

K Imma go do some click fraud, ahem increase advertising revenue, don't anyone get taken advantage of by anyone.