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Summary Zuckerberg confirmed that Facebook is not opening for children under 13.
Mark Zuckerberg confirmed that Facebook is not working on opening up the worlds biggest social network to children under the age of 13 in the short term.Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg said that it is just not top of the list of things for them to figure out right now. He said that the company would look into the matter in future but they do not plan to work on it at the moment. Facebook operates policies around the world not to register children under a certain age. The age varies by country but is typically around 13. Facebook is expected to generate roughly $4 billion in advertising revenue in 2011, up from $1.86 billion a year earlier. Zuckerberg played down the role his social network had played in revolutions that have rocked countries from Tunisia to Egypt to Libya and said that it is not Facebook but internet evolution which has caused the Arab world to revolt. Millions of users in the Middle East have used Facebook and Twitter to organize protests in recent months.
