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(Relaxnews) - Facebook has started charging UK users to contact celebrities through the social network.

The site has begun charging users up to 11 (12.95 euros) to send messages to celebrites on the social networking site and people outside of their circle of friends, reported several British newspapers including the Guardian and the Independent on Monday, April 8.

According to reports the scheme will still allow users to communicate with friends and friends-of-friends but it will now cost a varying amount to contact others such as celebrities.

According to reports, prices range from 71 pence (0.83) to contact people who are not "friends" or "friends of friends" -- including lesser-known celebrities or at least those with a smaller following on the site, such as BBC journalist Robert Preston -- to 10.68 (12.57 euros) to contact celebrities such as Olympic swimmer Tom Daley.

Reports indicate that while Facebook has confirmed the launch of this scheme among UK users it has not yet decided whether or not it will be rolled out across the social network.

In January Facebook caused a stir by debating charging users up to $100 to contact founder Mark Zuckerberg and trialed a scheme involving Facebook Messages in the USA, charging users $1 to ensure that a message would reach another user's inbox even if the two users were not connected. Copyright (AFP RELAXNEWS), 2013.

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Facebook to start charging users to contact celebrities