Google+ Officially Open To Teens

hypnosec writes "Google+ made a landmark move and opened itself to users who are over the age of 13. Google+ did not initially target the younger crowd and kept itself available only for users above the age of 18. While opening up to youngsters over the age of 13 the social network also added improved safety features to keep the younger crowd protected. Now it features more rigid default settings for privacy, but they can be overridden nonetheless. The vice president of product management at Google+, Bradley Horowitz, in a Google+ post stated, 'With Google+, we want to help teens build meaningful connections online. We also want to provide features that foster safety alongside self-expression. Today we're doing both, for everyone who's old enough for a Google Account.'"

Comments

And nothing changes...

[watermark]

Tell a thirteen year old they can't sign up for something they want and you'll see how many of them were born in 1990.

core demographic

[tverbeek]

So they've figured out that grown-ups don't drive the popularity of social networking sites?