Even though the legal age for kids to open an account on most social networks is 13, a law that caused a certain amount of kerfuffle when google launched google+, the reality is that most kids are up and running on the social network of their choice by the time they’re 11.
The fourth Digital Diaries report, by internet security company AVG, has found that in the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, UK and France a majority of parents with eleven year olds say their kids are accessing mainstream social networks. By the time kids are 13, most have reached digital adulthood.
