Facebook on Monday announced a brand new app for iPhone and iPad that's targeting children. The Messenger Kids app should be used by those children who are too young to actually have a full Facebook ...

“Messenger Kids” is a child-friendly version of the company’s immensely popular chat app, complete with a suite of parental controls. Its aim is to offer chat and video features to a younger group of ...

Facebook has launched a new messenger service aimed at kids. Messenger Kids is touted as a "standalone child-friendly Messenger app with parental controls baked right in." Kids do not have to have ...

Facebook’s new Messenger Kids app hits the Google Play Store today. The app gives children a Messenger profile that is heavily controlled by their parents. It has been available on the Apple App Store ...

Messenger Kids gets the slightly better privacy feature as a trade-off for needing approval before starting a conversation. Though paranoid adults can download the app and attach it to their actual ...

The social media giant is launching a messaging app for children to chat with their parents and with friends approved by their parents. The free app is aimed at kids under 13, who can’t yet have their ...

BOSTON -- Child development experts and advocates are urging Facebook to pull the plug on its new messaging app aimed at kids. A group letter sent Tuesday to CEO Mark Zuckerberg argues that younger ...

Some parents say the app helps their kids connect with family and friends. But inappropriate content has slipped through the cracks. Queenie Wong was a senior writer for CNET News, focusing on social ...

A messaging app for kids ages 6 to 12 to chat with friends and family A messaging app for kids ages 6 to 12 to chat with friends and family is a Senior Producer on Decoder. Previously, he reported on ...