How Young is too Young for Facebook?

Social networking sites such as Twitter, Myspace, Facebook, etc. are increasingly appearing in society. Such a system allows people to communicate with each other, find acquaintances, plan events, and share travel photographs. Teenagers have been using these services for more than 10 years, but recently attention has been paid to infants and young children taking part in social networking sites. Based on the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) in 1998, websites containing information on people under the age of 13 must obtain parental consent to allow a child to use the website not.

Is the age of social media too small? Young people are too young to become regular users of smartphones. Parents are losing control over the trend of mobile addiction. Facebook still requires more control. But do we want kids to be controlled by digital incentives, and are they healthy for their social development of their growing brain and (heart) colleagues?

How does the consumer technology industry respond to these changes? It passes under. Facebook recently launched Messenger Kids, a social media application targeted at a 5 year old child. This means that a harmful compelling design means to nurture a young child, this is the declaration of the art director Messenger Kids, Shiu Pei Luu. This concept reflects how social networks and other consumer technology companies are not involved in the needs of increasingly problematic generations. The most interesting thing for young children is not to be attracted to social media by phone or tablet, but to spend time with family, play outside, have creative games and other important development experiences.

Facebook wants this app to add a new generation of users to the social media empire. But this standalone application quickly repeatedly raised the argument - too young as children are too young to start using mobile apps and social media. People are also asking whether there is a motivation to develop new applications on Facebook. Creating accounts on all social media platforms requires a minimum of 13 years old, but it is confidential for children to create social media accounts before reaching that age. According to Ofcom media and parents' media usage and attitude reports, 46% of 11 years old, 51% of 12 years old, and 28% of 10 years old have a social media profile. It is not a secret that many social media platforms are used as a means of bullying and exploitation. Messenger Kids hopes to completely offset these threats by including specific measures in new applications.