Health Experts Ask Facebook to Shut Down Messenger Kids
Health Experts Ask Facebook to Shut Down Messenger Kids
Business, Spoken · SpokenLayer
January 31, 20186m 33s
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A coalition of 97 child health advocates sent a letter to Mark Zuckerberg on Tuesday asking him to discontinue Messenger Kids, a new advertising-free Facebook app targeted at 6-to-12-year olds. Advocates say the app likely will undermine healthy childhood development for preschool and elementary-school-aged kids by increasing the amount of time they spend with digital devices.
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