Facebook lifts restriction on teen users sharing with public

By Alexei Oreskovic SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc removed a restriction for users under 18 that previously limited who could see their online postings from photos to musings on the world-wide social network. The No.1 online social network said that teenagers would now be able to manually alter the setting and share information with the public. Until now, a teenager's postings on Facebook were only viewable to their friends, and to the friends of their friends. However, Facebook said on Wednesday the default setting when teens do share information on the 1. ...

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