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I mean, according to the original article from techcrunch pointing out this issue there was a consent form minors had to get signed.


Click here to pinky-swear you asked your parents.


The BBC are reporting they signed up as a 14-year-old and there is no parental consent sought


Facebook officially prohibits users younger than 13, mainly because US law has a lot of special requirements for children under that age ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Children%27s_Online_Privacy_Pr... ). I’m sure the app doesn’t have any special age-based code because if someone has a Facebook account, they’ve already told Facebook they’re 13 or older.



fair enough.




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