Nearly six in 10 children in Great Britain have joined a social network by the age of 10, though most such networks prohibit someone from joining until age 13.

According to a survey by KnowTheNet, a British online safety organization, more than half of these children lied about their age to get a Facebook account.

In addition, the survey found that children often were perpetrators and targets of unwanted online hijinks. About 21 percent said they’d posted negative comments, 26 percent said they’d actually taken over someone else’s account to post, and 43 percent said they’d exchanged messages with strangers. (MediaPost)

Paul Asay has covered religion for The Washington Post, Christianity Today, Beliefnet.com and The (Colorado Springs) Gazette. He writes about culture for Plugged In and wrote the Batman book God on the Streets of Gotham (Tyndale). He lives in Colorado Springs with wife Wendy and his two children. Follow him on Twitter.