Facebook has now expanded its messaging app targeted at children named Messenger Kids to more than 70 countries including India. The app was initially launched back in 2017 in the US as a tool to help children stay in touch with friends and family.
Facebook says all these new features are developed in collaboration with its Youth Advisors including Safer Internet Day creator Janice Richardson and Agent of Change Foundation chairman Wayne Chau. We will have to wait to see if these new features would silence the controversies surrounding the app put forth by health experts urging Facebook to shut down the app as children are being exposed to social media at a young age.
