“We tell our kids about good touch and bad touch. We warn them against talking to strangers...."
These are social codes. But do they apply in virtual world....???
Social networking sites have blurred the boundaries between social and private...They treat everyone as the Consumer...
Facebook has restricted access to children under the age of 13 as per the US law, Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA)....!!
But it Indian Context it is slight different...The age of majority....according to the Indian Majority Act is 18 years...Anyone below this age is unable to enter into any kind of contract...!!!
But the fact is that infact COPPA is still not considered....under-13 children continue to create Facebook accounts by lying about their ages while completing the application form.
Of the 20 million minors who actively used Facebook, at least 5.6 million were younger than 13...!!
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