Even though Facebook requires users to be at least 13 years old,
there are 7.5. million users under that age, most of them not
yet 10, according to projections from a "State of the Net"
survey conducted by Consumer Reports. The survey, published in
the June issue of Consumer Reports, also found that the accounts
of these minors were largely unsupervised by their parents,
exposing them to online predators and bullies. "Despite
Facebook's age requirements, many kids are using the site who
shouldn't be," Jeff Fox, technology editor for Consumer Reports,
said in a release. "What's even more troubling was the finding
from our survey that indicated that a majority of parents of
kids 10 and under seemed largely unconcerned by their children's
use of the site." Indeed, the survey found that one million
children were exposed to online bullying through Facebook in the
past year. Use of the site also exposed more than five million
U.S. households to virus infections, identity theft and other
types of abuse. To guard aga