Kids and Social Networking: What’s New, What’s Now, What’s Next? — iKeepSafe

Kids and Social Networking: What’s New, What’s Now, What’s Next? — iKeepSafe

As I was reading this article..my jaw also dropped when she mentioned that 50% of a kindergarten class were on facebook. So I went and check facebook's rights of use policy



Registration and Account Security
Facebook users provide their real names and information, and we need your help to keep it that way. Here are some commitments you make to us relating to registering and maintaining the security of your account:

1. You will not provide any false personal information on Facebook, or create an account for anyone other than yourself without permission.
2. You will not create more than one personal profile.
3. If we disable your account, you will not create another one without our permission.
4. You will not use your personal profile for your own commercial gain (such as selling your status update to an advertiser).
5. You will not use Facebook if you are under 13.
6. You will not use Facebook if you are a convicted sex offender.
7. You will keep your contact information accurate and up-to-date.
8. You will not share your password, (or in the case of developers, your secret key), let anyone else access your account, or do anything else that might jeopardize the security of your account.
9. You will not transfer your account (including any page or application you administer) to anyone without first getting our written permission.
10. If you select a username for your account we reserve the right to remove or reclaim it if we believe appropriate (such as when a trademark owner complains about a username that does not closely relate to a user's actual name).

and right there number 5 "You will not use Facebook if you are under 13." I guess no one is checking in on this one. But how can you tell? People lie all the time on social network sites. Maybe the age limit needs to be higher and then require a credit card or drivers license for age verification. I actually think that maybe a good idea, but good ideas very rarely get looked at.

I myself have looked at twitter once and only because a professional development workshop where he had us sign up for an account. I have not been back to it since. I don't know why but I don't like it. I did like facebook, I say did like because it has been getting out of hand with it's updates etc. But I like having the photo albums to share with my family and Friends and I must admit am addicted to farmville :) I have a myspace account too, but have seen that slowly going to back to musicians for which it was originally created. There are so many more social networking sites out there that it is almost impossible to keep up with them all. Which I have to admit I have been slacking at and need to get caught up with so that I better educate my students.