Teenagers and young people are reportedly ditching Facebook in force because of their older family members.

New research out of the United States reveals younger people are ditching the social media platform because Nan and Pop are using it too.

2GB’s technology expert Charlie Brown tells Ben Fordham he’s not surprised.

“That 16-25 age group, they were the first to use Facebook so it makes sense that they’d be the first to leave it.

“It’s been described to me as the nightclub.

“All the kids want to go there because the cool kids go there. It becomes decidedly uncool at the nightclub when Mum and Dad show up.”

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