'Younger children are simply not ready to have social media accounts,' child advocates and experts tell Facebook, but there are no plans to discontinue Messenger Kids. I'm PCMag's managing editor for ...

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Facebook’s Messenger Kids app—the kind of app you put on your child’s device to ensure they can only talk to approved contacts—had a not-so-helpful bug that allowed strangers to interact with kids.

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Facebook debuted the Messenger Kids over two years ago, with the goal of providing a safe platform for children to stay in touch with friends Initially limited to the United States, the app later ...

It used to be that a child’s only options for personally connecting with Santa in the lead-up to Christmas were to send a handwritten letter to the North Pole or snag a few one-on-one moments at their ...

In a move that likely won't go over well with many child advocates, Facebook is making its controversial Messenger Kids app more widely available. As TechCrunch first reported, the social network ...

Facebook has launched its child-friendly Messenger Kids app on the Google Play Store for users in the United States. Android is the last major mobile platform to have received Messenger Kids, ...

Facebook’s messaging app for families with children, Messenger Kids, is being updated today with new tools and features to give parents more oversight and control over their kids’ chats. Now, parents ...