Child development experts and advocates are urging Facebook to pull the plug on its new messaging app aimed at kids. Facebook launched the free Messenger Kids app in December, pitching it as a way for children to chat with family members and parent-approved friends. “Messenger Kids is not responding to a need – it is creating one,” the letter states. Sean Parker, Facebook’s first president, said late last year that the social media platform exploits “vulnerability in human psychology” to addict users. But App Annie, an app analytics firm, said Messenger Kids has been downloaded about 80,000 times on iOS since it launched on Dec. 4.

Source: Egypt Independent January 30, 2018 05:03 UTC