Children young as seven ‘addicted to social networking’


Around 50% of seven to 12-year-olds use Facebook, Twitter and other social networking sites every day, according to a survey by consumer analysts Mintel, the Huffington Post reports. For one million of these youngsters joining Facebook is viewed as a “rite of passage” and “an absolute must-have” according to the researchers. Only 5% of the youngsters surveyed didn’t use the site. Peer pressure persuades kids where they go online, as nearly two-thirds of seven to twelve year-olds choose how to communicate depending on what sites their friends visit. Twitter and Club Penguin rate the most highly after Facebook, though only 9% use Disney’s ‘social community’ every day…

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