Introducing Messenger Kids

Re:Introducing Messenger Kids by christilut on Monday December 04, 2017 @08:46AM (#15843717)

Another brick in the walled garden of the Facebook internet of the future.

Now even kids below the age of 13 will have a Facebook account, setup by their parents who are already on Facebook anyway and enticed by exactly what they want to hear ("More Fun For Kids, More Control For Parents") thanks to the marketing team.

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Re:Introducing Messenger Kids by Freak_NL on Monday December 04, 2017 @09:00AM (#15843821)

> Now even kids below the age of 13 will have a Facebook account

They already had, they were just lying about their age. Anecdata: all of my colleagues with children let their child create a Facebook and Whatsapp account (that one is really big here in the Netherlands) at age 10, because not doing so means having your kid be the one child in class without it (with all the bullying and ostracization that implies).

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Re:Introducing Messenger Kids by Cthulhu_ on Monday December 04, 2017 @09:27AM (#15844001)

This comment needs to be higher; kids will get on messenger apps regardless. The previous generation used MSN Messenger and such.

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