Why parents help their children lie to Facebook about age: Unintended consequences of the 'Children's Online Privacy Protection Act'

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Volumn 16, Issue 11, 2011, Pages

  Boyd, Danah ^a   Hargittai, Eszter ^b   Schultz, Jason ^c   Palfrey, John ^d  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d HARVARD LAW SCHOOL   (United States)

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