Extra protections for minors
There are extra protections for minors. For example, some of the privacy
settings can be set to Everyone, which, for adults, means anyone with access
to the Internet. But for minors, Everyone has a different meaning: Only the
child’s Friends, Friends of Friends and people in any verified school or work
networks they have joined on Facebook. That means that, even if they wanted
to, they couldn’t use Facebook to share information to the entire world,
regardless of how they configure their privacy settings. Of course, there is
always the possibility that someone they do share with (such as a schoolmate)
could copy or forward the information to another person or another site
outside Facebook. If a child lies about his or her age and claims to be over 18,
these protections won’t be in place. That’s why it’s very important that
children not lie about their date of birth when signing up for Facebook.
The only exceptions to Facebook’s restrictive definition of Everyone where
minors are concerned are in Search for me on Facebook and Send me friend
requests. In those cases, everyone really does mean everyone but, again,
teens can configure more restrictive access.
There are extra protections for minors. For example, some of the privacy
settings can be set to Everyone, which, for adults, means anyone with access
to the Internet. But for minors, Everyone has a different meaning: Only the
child’s Friends, Friends of Friends and people in any verified school or work
networks they have joined on Facebook. That means that, even if they wanted
to, they couldn’t use Facebook to share information to the entire world,
regardless of how they configure their privacy settings. Of course, there is
always the possibility that someone they do share with (such as a schoolmate)
could copy or forward the information to another person or another site
outside Facebook. If a child lies about his or her age and claims to be over 18,
these protections won’t be in place. That’s why it’s very important that
children not lie about their date of birth when signing up for Facebook.
The only exceptions to Facebook’s restrictive definition of Everyone where
minors are concerned are in Search for me on Facebook and Send me friend
requests. In those cases, everyone really does mean everyone but, again,
teens can configure more restrictive access.
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