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Survey: 7.5 million Facebook users below minimum age

A survey published in the June issue of Consumer Reports found that "of the 20 million minors who actively use Facebook," 7.5 million were younger than 13 and more than five million were younger than 10. Facebook's terms of service require that users be at least 13.

The problem is that Facebook and virtually all other social-networking sites rely on information provided by the user. Although Facebook has systems designed to try to catch people who lie about their age, they are far from perfect. And the problem isn't easy to fix.