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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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 ...

Facebook is basically always in the news for some privacy concern or another. In one such case, they—rightfully so—caught a lot of flak last summer when its Messenger Kids app inadvertently allowed ...