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In other words, “officially,” these services are for teens and adults, which is one reason it’s disturbing that younger children sneak in. But, because these services are all about sharing, it’s nearly impossible to operate without collecting personal information. The act requires children younger than 13 to have verifiable parental consent before they can disclose personal information to a commercial service. One of the main reasons social media and messaging services try to block children under 13 is to comply with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act. I haven’t seen recent research showing how many pre-teens are using Instagram, Snapcat, Facebook Messenger, Kik and other apps aimed at teens and adults, but I suspect the numbers are into the millions. Later that year, a research team led by danah boyd (she spells her name all lowercase) found that 95 percent of the parents whose 10-year-olds were on Facebook knew about it, and 78 percent of them helped their kids sign up. In 2011, Consumer Reports released research saying that 7.5 million children under 13 were using Facebook in violation of the company’s terms of service that require all users to be 13 or older. This post first appeared in the San Jose Mercury News