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Facebook and Instagram has announced that it will start locking account of it’s users who are under-aged. An official of Facebook confirmed to Techcrunch that it is changing it’s policy and will begin it’s crackdown of accounts its moderators believe to be owned by under-aged kids. The minimum age for a user to be allowed to join Facebook or Instagram is 13 years, however it has been discovered that millions children from the ages of 7-12 already have active Facebook and Instagram accounts.



A lot of children actually lie about their age while creating their Facebook account and this has made it difficult for the social media giant to identify them but this time around Facebook is planning to use their pictures. It’s former policy was to close down the accounts only if it was reported to them that the account belongs to an under-aged child but now it has amended that policy and will no longer wait for it to be reported.



Facebook says if an account is blocked as a result of the age been below the minimum of 13, the owner will have to prove that he/she is 13 years of age before the account will be unblocked. This will be done by your ID card but the problem is that Facebook doesn’t do any form of verification during signup. While Facebook is loosing a lot of teenagers and youths, Instagram is still very much popular among the youth.Facebook currently prohibits children under the age of 13 from using the network so they will not be exposed to graphic contents or adverts for alcohol, cigarettes, gambling, sports betting and so on.



This will also enable them to comply with the Child Online Privacy Act. Meanwhile Facebook has created a Messenger Kids App for under aged children and its available in some countries outside the US. The company says it will roll out the Messenger Kids App globally in the near future.

SOURCE:https://techcapon.com/epitome-of-luxury-say-hello-to-the-all-new-2019-mercedez-benz-g-wagon/

and u will start seeing small small girls with Bigger Age

Hope they remember to close the account of underaged adults too

What about adults that behave like children

All this celebrity children that have Instagram accounts. It's a good thing jare..

Finally

chai dis is funny

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this is good, but outside Nigeria.
A typical Nigerian won't use his/her real age
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Very good step to take.

What of those with 104years

Nice one. Wish Nairaland can adopt this system too. So Many shoprite, just rite generation kids causing nuisance here

small girl with big God update will stop....

What if they increase their age,,,

Back then instagram use to be the most useless app on my phone... I deleted it instantly..... That's were a lot of people especially girls display and advertise stupidity.... Some olosho go post videos dey roll eyes and twist mouth like dull baby..

Shooooooor
Can't work here in 9ja
Naija pikin go add age and use older pics

Will they close ashad khaleeds account?

pLEASE can someone tell Mr. Seun to replicate?

Let them linked up with communication control agency of any prospective applicants country, but some adult while registering fb did not accept their actual age until it was increased .

Some are managed by their mums o. Especially kids of celebrities

Gud development

after d damage ha7 been done.....?

I think lala should do likewise. Some children are disturbing us here nowadays like qouting a long topic and just coment nice one, figthing on ftc, abusive word etc or betterstil give them limit to what they can do...

Let them deceive theirselves.... Mtcheeew

barallanee:
Let them deceive theirselves.... Mtcheeew

My account is in trouble

It should be 16 and above

Nairaland needs to do the same.

nice development
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This won't go down well for some celebrities that open accounts for their children. And their followers are adults, some even take them as their role models

Bad news for those that have turned Instagram into their family house