GamesBeat Next's on-demand library is now live! Start catching up on the 30+ sessions you might have missed. Watch Now In December 2017, Facebook launched Messenger Kids, a child-friendly alternative ...

Facebook Messenger Kids, the free chat app designed specifically for your little ones, on Wednesday expanded its reach to more than 70 new markets and added a number of helpful new features. It’s now ...

BALTIMORE (WJZ) -- Facebook says it wants children to be able to take a time out from its Messenger Kids app. On Friday, the company introduced "sleep mode" for its chat app designed specifically for ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Parents can easily see how much time their teen is spending on Messenger. Parents can easily see how much time ...

The app was supposed to serve as a “fun, safer solution” for kids online. Report: Messenger Kids advocates were Facebook-funded A growing chorus of academics, parents, and technologists has been ...

SANTA CLARA -- U.S. regulators say Facebook misled parents and failed to protect the privacy of children using its Messenger Kids app, including misrepresenting the access it provided to app ...

Child development advocates are calling on Facebook to discontinue its new Messenger Kids app, which is targeted at 6 to 12 year olds. On Tuesday, more than a dozen organizations and about 100 health ...

In my family, technology marks the passage of time. Each new era begins around Christmas, when the children start demanding the latest, coolest gadgets. With my oldest children, that first big request ...

This photo shows the Facebook's Messenger Kids application on an iPhone in New York, Feb. 16, 2018. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, file) U.S. regulators say Facebook misled parents and failed to protect the ...

WASHINGTON — U.S. regulators say Facebook misled parents and failed to protect the privacy of children using its Messenger Kids app, including misrepresenting the access it provided to app developers ...