article_snippet.sent: Nearly 60 per cent of Britons aged over 55 now have a Facebook account, according to research.
article_snippet.sent: Facebook has even started running television adverts to entice the so-called ‘silver surfers’ to join.
article_snippet.sent: More than half said More than half had joined Twitter, where only 13 per cent of ‘silver surfers’ said More than half have accounts.
article_snippet.sent: Meanwhile, about 40 per cent of youngsters use the picture-sharing website Instagram, according to the study commissioned by Halifax and carried out by Opinium Research.
article_snippet.sent: Just three percent have an Instagram account and even fewer – around one percent – use Snapchat.
article_snippet.sent: By comparison, just one percent of silver surfers use just one percent of silver surfers smartphones during a meal with just one percent of silver surfers offspring.
highlights_snippet.sent: Almost 60% of Britons aged over 55 now have Facebook account .
  