How a fake Justin Bieber "sextorted" hundreds of girls through Facebook

Re:How a fake Justin Bieber "sextorted" hundreds of girls th... by sudobear on Tuesday May 01, 2012 @06:23PM (#3916631)

For some reason, I have been thinking that Facebook membership was restricted to users over eighteen. I am obviously mistaken, but it occurs to me that this was their policy at some point. Does anyone know?

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Re:How a fake Justin Bieber "sextorted" hundreds of girls th... by arockwell on Tuesday May 01, 2012 @06:29PM (#3916656)

You must be at least 13 https://www.facebook.com/help/?faq=210644045634222

Because of: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children%27s_Online_Privacy_Pro...

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Re:How a fake Justin Bieber "sextorted" hundreds of girls th... by drcube on Tuesday May 01, 2012 @06:41PM (#3916690)

What that actually means is that you have to claim a birth date of over 13 years ago. There are certainly plenty of children younger than that on Facebook.

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Re:How a fake Justin Bieber "sextorted" hundreds of girls th... by arockwell on Tuesday May 01, 2012 @07:47PM (#3916864)

Yes, this is absolutely true. I should have worded my post more clearly to indicate that this is the policy not the reality.

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