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Facebook Launched Messenger Kids With Parental Control

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Facebook Launched Messenger Kids With Parental Control

Facebook rolled out its Messenger Kids application to 70 new countries, saying it can help children deal with the challenges of distance learning and isolation during the virus lockdowns. The app, which is aimed at children under 13, will also be adding a "supervised friending" feature enabling parents to approve new connections, starting in the United States and gradually rolling out to other countries. "With schools closed and people physically distancing, parents are turning to technology more than ever to help their kids connect with friends and family," Facebook's global head of safety Antigone Davis said in a blog post. "Messenger Kids is a video chat and messaging app that helps kids connect with friends and family in a fun, parent-controlled space. Today, we're starting to...

Facebook Now Lets Kids Add Friends on Messenger Kids

One of the largest social media platforms Facebook has introduced a new feature to its Messenger Kids app which is the under-13 chat application that makes it easier for the children to add their friends on the platform. Under this feature, the connection requests will be sent directly to the parents, who have to accept every contact before they can connect and interact with their kids through the platform. "Parents have to turn on a setting that creates a four-word passphrase that is used to generate these contact requests," stated a report. "Both parents will receive a contact request from their child and both have to approve the request before the kids can begin chatting.” The newly launched feature will enable the kids between the ages of 6 and 13 to exchange photographs, videos a...

Facebook Rolls Out Messenger App For Kids Under 13

Facebook Inc on Monday rolled out Messenger Kids, an app that lets the world’s biggest social media company expand into a so-far untapped market of kids under 13 while also giving parents complete control over what their children see. Facebook normally requires users to be at least 13 years old. The new app gives it a chance to win brand loyalty from younger children at a time when it faces competition for teenagers from other social media platforms such as Snapchat. There already are a handful of other apps that children can use with parental consent, and kids can communicate with each other using texting on cellpones. Facebook said research showed young children were already using technology on a regular basis - but on apps built for teens and adults, raising concern among paren...