Messenger Kids has a major update, significantly increasing parental controls

Messenger Kids is a messaging app launched by Facebook in late 2017. This is basically a children's version of the regular Messenger app. However, it allows parents to have control over who can talk to their children. At the same time there are no ads, no in-app purchases, and in particular it fully meets the provisions of the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act.

Messenger Kids has recently been updated with some relatively necessary features, giving parents more strict control. These are options that allow parents to see and control more deeply the way their children use this messaging app. The new options are now accessible through the Parent Dashboard in the main Facebook application.

Now, parents will be able to see more details about who their children are texting, whether to make video calls with them and even a list of their children. have blocked or stopped blocking in the application.

Not only that, there is also a feature that allows parents to manage the photo sharing diary that their child has recently sent and received (with the option to delete and report if the image is not accordingly) and can remove them if needed.

Because of providing parents with such 'harsh' parental controls, Messenger Kids has faced the strong scrutiny of many global social organizations since its inception. launched in December 2017. Main questions were raised about Facebook's motivation to provide a product aimed at children, and some child support groups even called for the app to be closed. this.

Last year, Messenger Kids got into a big scandal when Facebook acknowledged the presence of a flaw that allowed children to engage in group chats with people who were not approved by their parents - breaking into a feature Core security of the application.