Antigone Davis, Facebook's global head of safety, describes the app as 'technology on training wheels'
Facebook Messenger Kids has been giving parents and their children a supervised channel of communication since 2017, letting kids chat freely with friends and loved ones.
Messenger Kids announced a new parent dashboard on Tuesday, meaning some of the features that parents were previously able to access on their child’s device are now available to view in one place in a more streamlined manner on devices of their own. Madhavan and Antigone Davis, Facebook’s global head of safety, tell PEOPLE that the upgrades emerged from continued talks with parents and their children about how to improve the Messenger Kids experience, which Davis says resembles “technology on training wheels.
“This happens with kids. They’re like, ‘I don’t want to be this kid’s friend anymore. I’m blocking you,’” says Madhavan. “Or in some cases, if the child is feeling like, ‘I don’t feel comfortable with this conversation or this person is not being nice to me,’ they can block that person and the parent gets that view in terms of who their child has blocked through the app, or unblocked.”
South Africa Latest News, South Africa Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg gets engagedFacebook Inc Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg on Monday announced her eng...
Read more »
Brian McKnight Says Kobe Song Will Be on His Final AlbumMcKnight says his new song will be featured on his likely final album ever.
Read more »
Yes, that was DJ Khaled wearing Alex Rodriguez's face (seriously) while robbing Jennifer LopezHard Rock Super Bowl spot features DJ Khaled wearing Alex Rodriguez's face (seriously) while robbing Jennifer Lopez
Read more »
I Tried to Put My Kids on a Strict Snack Schedule For a Month, and Here's What I LearnedThree rules to help parents give kids healthy snacks at designated times that won't ruin their appetite for dinner.
Read more »
9 killed, including 3 kids, at video game arcade in Mexico9 killed, including 3 kids, at video game arcade in Mexico on Monday.
Read more »
Mediapro Studio Hires Orange Entertainment for Global ExpansionSpain's Mediapro Studio, which is backing new projects by Woody Allen and Jaume Collet-Serra, has tapped global consultancy group Orange Entertainment to help pick new international features to co-finance and produce. Details:
Read more »