Facebook lifts restrictions to let teenagers share their posts with ANYONE on the internet Teenagers can now make posts public - making them visible to anyone Posts by users aged 13 to 17 can also now be followed by strangers Site made the changes because teens are among the savviest of users Default privacy is being changed from Friends of Friends to Friends Young users will also be warned about what posting publicly means By VICTORIA WOOLLASTON PUBLISHED: 10:17 GMT, 17 October 2013 | UPDATED: 10:33 GMT, 18 October 2013 48 shares 58 View comments If any parent was ever in two minds about letting their teenager use Facebook, their reservations may be about to increase as Facebook has allowed young people make posts public. This means anyone on the social network will be able to see the posts, click through to the young users profile and see any other publicly shared information. By adding this option to users aged between 13 and 17 it also means they can let strangers follow their public posts. Read more: dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2464169/Facebook-lets-teens-make-posts-public-followed-ANYONE.html#ixzz2iL9nf6tL Follow us: @MailOnline on Twitter | DailyMail on Facebook
Posted on: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 07:43:29 +0000
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