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'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 ...

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 ...

Facebook today is rolling out an updated version of its Messenger Kids app with the goal of making it easier for kids to interact with their friends and family, navigate the app and personalize their ...

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 ...

NEW YORK (CBSDFW.COM/AP) - Is Facebook coming for your kids? The social media giant is launching a messaging app for children to chat with their parents and with friends approved by their parents. The ...

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, ...

The app is like training wheels for social media. It's sort of like training wheels for social media. That's a pretty accurate way of explaining what Facebook's app -- Messenger Kids -- is. It's ...

Facebook launched a Messenger app just for kids this past December, but it was only available on iOS. Now the app is available on Amazon's app store for Fire tablets as well. While it might not help ...

Soon after everyone barricaded themselves at home in March, Cheryl Franklin’s Facebook started to ping. Again, again and again. She had begun allowing her son Jacob, 7, to use Messenger Kids, a ...

They say the app could harm kids' health, encourages more screen time. — -- Several parents and advocates are pleading with Facebook to reconsider its Messenger Kids app, which began a preview ...

The slings and arrows of outrage keep flying at Facebook. Today a coalition of child health advocates has published an open letter addressing CEO Mark Zuckerberg and calling for the company to shutter ...