“The children wanted autonomy about this issue and were worried about their parents sharing information about them.” “The parents said, ‘We don’t need rules - we’re fine,’ and the children said, ‘Our parents need rules,’ ” Bahareh Keith, an assistant professor of pediatrics at the University of Florida College of Medicine, told NPR. It also comes at a time when the debate over “sharenting,” the practice of parents sharing huge swaths of their children’s developmental years without their kids’ consent, is starting to play a larger role in what we see online.Īn eye-opening 2016 study showed a deepening chasm between what parents thought was OK to share about their children and what kids were comfortable with.
The app is sure to rile privacy advocates, who say Facebook already has too much of people’s personal data under their control. Facebook launches Messenger Kids app for children under 13 On Monday, the social networking giant rolled out a preview of Messenger Kids, a new app for children ages six to 12.įacebook says the app is intended to make it “easier for kids to safely video chat and message with family and friends when they can’t be together in person.” The Menlo Park, California-based company says they consulted with “thousands of parents, associations like National PTA, and parenting experts” before deciding to create the app, which gives children under age 13 (Facebook’s age limit) a digital playground. With more than 2 billion users, Facebook is one of the most successful tech companies on Earth, and it continues to expand its reach.
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