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Michelle Obama forbids her daughters to use Facebook

First Lady Michelle Obama does not allow her daughters to use Facebook, Kazakhstan Today reports.

Almaty. February 10. Kazakhstan Today - First Lady Michelle Obama does not allow her daughters to use Facebook, Kazakhstan Today reports.

First Lady Michelle Obama found plenty of non-Facebook friends hailing her choice to keep daughters Malia and Sasha off the social network, NYDailyNews reported.

Mrs Obama would not say whether her concerns were guided by a general wariness toward Facebook, which has more 600 million members worldwide, or simply protectiveness for her high profile family, news.com informed.

Both of her daughters attend the ritzy Sidwell Friends private school in Washington, DC, long the home for the children of the capital's elite.

Appearing on the Today show, ostensibly to discuss her push for better school nutrition and her Let's Move campaign, Mrs Obama instead ran into a string of questions about her family life and child rearing.

"I'm not a big fan of young kids having Facebook," the first lady said curtly. "It's not something they need. It's not necessary."

Parents of city schoolkids cited bullying, peer pressure and pedophiles Wednesday as reasons to block their children from joining the estimated 500 million users worldwide.

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