Facebook has launched Messenger Kids in the United States today. It is a new application that allows the company to address a new market that, by age, can not use the social network. Messenger Kids is full of supposedly fun and stimulating functions like facial recognition and augmented reality filters.
Facebook launches Messenger Kids, a chat app for children with parental control
Facebook says the new application will offer children a “safe area” to communicate with friends and parents. In addition to announcing it with a web page. Loren Cheng, director of product management at Facebook, was in charge of presenting it:
After talking to thousands of parents, associations like National PTA and children’s experts in the United States. We discovered that there is a need for a messaging application that allows children to connect with the people they love. But also with the level of control that the children have. Parents want.
The movement of Facebook makes direct competition to Snap, the application of photos that disappear. That is is quite popular among teenagers.
Messenger Kids is a free application of video calls and messages designed for children to connect with close friends and family from your tablet or phone. It is an extension of a parent’s account.
Children can only connect with contacts approved by parents. That creates a more controlled environment. With this app, group or personal video calls with loved ones are more fun with interactive masks, reactions, and sound effects.
Also, there are no ads or purchases in the application, and the social network says that the child’s information will not be used for advertising purposes. Facebook added that it would not automatically migrate users to this account to Messenger or Facebook when they are old enough.
How to create a Messenger Kids account
The company said it has filtering software and human moderators that run through the information on the platform in search of inappropriate content that they then remove.
So, if we already have a Facebook account, we must follow the configuration process creating an account for your child, where all you have to do is provide a name.
Also, we must add the whitelist of authorized contacts. Messenger Kids users cannot communicate with other people until each person adds to the contact list.
Also, the application comes by keeping in mind the privacy laws. Only parents can add friends or delete messages. Source: The Guardian