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Mark Zuckerberg says Facebook wants your children

5/21/2012

Facebook's appetite for new users knows no bounds. The social media giant already has 900 million active subscribers, but CEO Mark Zuckerberg thinks it's time the company lifted its ban on child users (the current minimum age is 13), saying young people can learn from social networking sites. "Because of the restrictions, we haven't even begun this learning process." Zuckerberg said. "If they're lifted then we'd start to learn what works. We'd take a lot of precautions to make sure that they [younger kids] are safe." The 28-year-old billionaire conceded that allowing kids to join Facebook could draw plenty of criticism but added, "That will be a fight we take on at some point."

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