Quarter of eight-to-12-year-olds on Facebook, MySpace or Bebo

Young UK internet users creating social network profiles despite official age limit, annual Ofcom survey findsA quarter of UK internet users aged eight to 12 had profiles on Facebook, Bebo or MySpace last year, research has found, although the lowest minimum age set on any of the sites is 13.Ofcom's annual Children's Media Literacy Audit for 2009 also had bad news for the music industry, finding that 44% of chidlren between 12 and 15 thought downloading shared copies of films and music for free ...

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