Messenger Kids won't have any ads, nor will the data from the app be ported over to Facebook proper, so that, let's say, parents see ads for toys or other things their kids are talking about.

Photo: Melissa Shaw Facebook Messenger Kids launches in Canada and Peru today and has generated controversy since it became available in the U.S. in December, 2017. Facebook product management ...

Facebook's new Messenger Kids app is receiving heavy criticism from experts for being potentially harmful to young children. The messaging platform, aimed at children aged four to 12, launched in ...

The app, called Messenger Kids, allows kids under the age of 13 to send texts, videos and photos; they can draw on the pictures they send and add stickers. The app, which launches Monday in the U ...

The app also taps into concerns parents have about their children being exposed to bullying, and inappropriate content on the internet. Kik, a messaging app that was popular with children and ...

Facebook has begun rolling out a ‘Sleep Mode’ feature to Messenger Kids, offering parents greater control over their children’s social media use. With sleep mode, parents can set a designated time for ...

The app doesn’t give kids separate Facebook or Messenger accounts. Rather, it works as an extension of a parent’s account, and parents get controls, such as the ability to decide with whom ...

Facebook's Messenger Kids app is heading outside the U.S. to Canada and Peru. As part of the expansion, the social networking giant said Friday that it would also debut Spanish and French language ...

Facebook has improved parental controls for its messaging app for children under 13, which is called Messenger Kids. The app now lets parents view their child’s recent contacts and chat history.

On one hand, Messenger Kids allows parents to approve whom their children converse with on the app. But on the other, Harrell, a teacher, worries about cyberbullying and other dangers that lurk ...

Facebook Inc acknowledged a flaw in its Messenger Kids app, weeks after two U.S. senators raised privacy concerns about the application, and said that it spoke to the U.S. Federal Trade Commission ...