Google+ opens up to teenagers

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Google on Thursday opened up Google+ to teenagers, just days after loosening the rules about using real names on the social network.

Google on Thursday opened up Google+ to teenagers, just days after loosening the rules about using real names on the social network.

... vice president for product management Bradley Horowitz announced on Google+ that users could now be as young as 13.

Facebook, the world's leading social network with more than 800 million members, also has an age limit of 13.

... "With Google+, we want to help teens build meaningful connections online," he said in a post on his Google+ account. "We also want to provide features that foster safety alongside self-expression." ...

Google+ organizes online connections into circles such as friends and family and one of the safety features is a reminder to a teen whether they really want share a post publicly outside of their circles.