Facebook is rolling out Messenger Kids, its controversial chat app for those under 13, to countries outside of the US, as reported by CNET. The app has been widely criticized by advocacy groups that claim it is “harmful to children and teens.” Messenger Kids will be coming to Peru and Canada, and, for the first time, it will also be available in Spanish and French.
Introduced last December, Messenger Kids allows parents to manage a child’s profile through their Facebook account and have control over who the child can contact. It contains no ads or in-app purchases, and it does not require a child use their real name. It skews toward letting kids video and text chat while offering kid-appropriate stickers, masks, and filters to decorate...
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