Woman, 104, forced to lie about age on Facebook

Facebook is apologizing for a problem that makes a 104-year-old Michigan woman lie about her age on the social media website, the Associated Press reports. Marguerite Joseph’s granddaughter says Facebook won’t let Joseph list her real age. Gail Marlow says when she tries inputting her grandmother’s birth year as 1908, Facebook changes it to 1928. So for the past two years, the Grosse Pointe Shores centenarian has remained 99 — online, anyway…

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