Woman, 104, forced to lie about age on Facebook
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GROSSE POINTE SHORES, Mich. (AP) — Facebook is apologizing for a problem that makes a 104-year-old Michigan woman lie about her age on the social media website.

Marguerite Joseph's granddaughter says Facebook won't let Joseph list her real age.

Gail Marlow says when she tries inputting her grandmother's birth year as 1908, Facebook changes it to 1928. So for the past two years, the Grosse Pointe Shores centenarian has remained 99 — online, anyway.

Joseph is legally blind and can't hear well, but Marlow reads and responds to all her Facebook messages.

Marlow tells WDIV-TV (http://bit.ly/Y7HQM2 ) she'd "love to see" Joseph's real age posted and chalks it up to "a glitch in the system."

Facebook spokesman Andrew Noyes told The Associated Press on Wednesday that it's working to fix a problem limiting used of pre-1910 birthdates.

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Information from: WDIV-TV, http://www.clickondetroit.com

Copyright 2013 The Associated Press.
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February 20, 2013
Not only will Facebook not allow a person to display their age properly, they won't allow people to use their real last names. My real last name is Snowball and Facebook told me I could not use a nickname. I emailed them several times, but I have never received a response from them.
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