Facebook Apologizes for Forcing 104-Year-Old to Lie About Age

By Rosa Golijan, NBC News

Credit: Family Photo Via WDIV.com

104-year-old Marguerite Joseph in an undated family photo. Joseph uses Facebook with help from Gail Marlow, her granddaughter.

February 21, 2013 Updated Feb 21, 2013 at 9:23 PM PDT

For the last few years, 104-year-old Marguerite Joseph has been claiming that she's 99-years-old online. "I was actually born on April 19, 1908," she explains on her Facebook profile, "but Facebook wouldn't let me enter in a date that goes back that far."

TODAY has covered Facebook users over the age of 99 and their Facebook profiles displayed their correct dates of birth, so we asked the social network why Joseph isn't allowed to be honest about her age.

"We've recently discovered an issue whereby some Facebook users may be unable to enter a birthday before 1910," a Facebook spokesperson told us. "We are working on a fix for this and we apologize for the inconvenience."

This odd and specific quirk means that Lee Stern and Florence Detlor — who are 102- and 101-years-old, respectively — are able to enter their actual dates of birth on Facebook while 104-year-old Joseph isn't.

There is much more to this story from NBC News, to read about it CLICK HERE.

To submit a comment on this article, your email address is required. We respect your privacy and your email will not be visible to others nor will it be added to any email lists.