Facebook is 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 free app is aimed at kids ...

Most of us can remember growing up and calling friends on the family phone to talk about homework or summer plans. Today, many households don’t even have a landline. Kids may not have their own phones ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS/AP) -- With over 2 billion users, Facebook is already the world's largest social network, but now the company is rolling out a new app to get users into its ecosystem at an earlier ...

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 ...

Messenger Kids gets the slightly better privacy feature as a trade-off for needing approval before starting a conversation. Though paranoid adults can download the app and attach it to their actual ...

Facebook is launching a new chat app for kids, the company announced Monday. The app, called Messenger Kids, allows children to send messages and photos and video chat with specific contacts that have ...

Social distancing doesn’t mean social isolation. It’s important to keep in touch with friends and family, and Messenger from Facebook is here to help. Yes, you need a Facebook account, but it’s ...

MIAMI (CBSMiami) -- More than 100 public health advocates are calling on Facebook to pull the plug on its new Messenger Kids app. Facebook says it created the app to give children a safe way to video ...

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 ...

Meta (formerly Facebook) knows it has to attract younger users Meta (formerly Facebook) knows it has to attract younger users Facebook parent company Meta has launched new activities on its Messenger ...

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 ...

A new report from The Verge details how Facebook’s Messenger Kids application has been failing at its single purpose. The report explains that by using group chats, children were able to enter ...