Should 11-year-olds join Facebook?

http://www.cnn.com/2012/06/04/tech/social-media/facebook-minors/index.html?eref=mrss_igoogle_cnn

Should young children be able to use Facebook?

And if so, under what conditions?

Those are the questions bloggers and Twitter users are batting around the Internet on Monday following a news report saying Facebook is looking into ways it could let kids under the age of 13 use the site with parental consent.

Currently, Facebook bans children younger than 13.

Data from Microsoft Research and Consumer Reports, however, show that many kids use the site anyway, often with their parents' knowledge. A 2011 Consumer Reports survey found 7.5 million people younger than 13 use the site; nearly a third of 11-year-olds and more than half of 12-year-olds use Facebook with their parents' knowledge, according to a 1,007-person survey supported by Microsoft Research.

**Opinion**

I don't care for CNN. However, I do care for this story. And, no - for various reasons, I don't think that young children should be able to use Facebook.