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Making Your Young Teen Safe on Facebook. Now your tween is a Teen, they fall into the Facebook guidelines of 13, as the minimum age to operate a Facebook account.  Many teens see joining Facebook as a passage into adulthood. Parents see it a little differently. So how do you ensure they can use it safely? Even for an adult, Facebook’s privacy …

My Facebook Got Hacked! Thousands of people lose access to their social networking sites or email boxes with the most common being Facebook. The common term most people use is ‘hacked’. But in the majority of cases their password has simply been guessed. Passwords are seen by some as a hassle. As such, they are often weak and easily guessed. …

Why Are Kids Leaving Facebook? Whether you know it or not, Facebook is losing its appeal with teens. Just as parents start to understand what Facebook is all about, and create a profile of their own to keep an eye on their children’s activities, children have decided that it’s no longer cool to be on a social networking site where …

Want to Disable Facebook Facial Recognition? Facebook is acquiring facial recognition firm Face.com, for an estimated $60 million. Facebook already uses Face.com’s facial recognition technology to help it put a name to faces in photos uploaded to the social network. Now, with the acquisition of Face.com, the technology is coming in house. So what does Facebook facial recognition actually do? …

Facebook Scams: What You Need To Know. Facebook usage in New Zealand has grown to over 2 million users, for which most are active on the site daily. With the ability to communicate to many people quickly, advertise social events and connect with new groups, Facebook has become a lucrative platform for criminals to ply their trade. The scams are …

Children and Social Networking Ten Must-Know Tips for Parents. Social networking is a huge part of all of our lives these days. In New Zealand, there are over 2 million users on Facebook alone. It may be to connect with old friends, keep in touch with existing friends or promoting a business, but social networking sites prove valuable.Whether it’s Twitter, …

Are Facebook Games Addictive? You bet they are! What’s more important to understand is that they can cost you money too! Even more interesting is many of the top 10 games on Facebook are created by the same company. They obviously have the right recipe don’t they! Let’s take a closer look. Farmville With nearly 62 million active monthly users …

Underage Users on Facebook. Some of us may not realise that Facebook has an age restriction when going through the process of creating a profile.  Part of that process asked for your age.  If the user is under 13 years old, Facebook will not allow the profile to be created.  The minimum age is 13. Yet this is easily bypassed, by changing the …

Kids Give False Information to get on Facebook. With the eminent demise of Bebo (www.bebo.com) , children are creating profiles on Facebook at a younger age.  Facebook requires a user to be at least 13 years of age but children are giving false information about their age to allow them to create a profile. In some instances, children as young …

How To Manage Your Kids on Facebook. Given that the popularity of Bebo is on the downward trend, and that in a few years it may be gone forever, Facebook is ever more popular. Unfortunately, this popularity is resulting in younger members. A user should be 13 years of age at least, to create a Facebook account. Yet children are getting around this by …