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February 14, 2018 04:05 pm
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/SJI_eYIPW08/messenger-kids-advocates-were-facebook-funded
Messenger Kids Advocates Were Facebook-Funded
Fast Company: Facebook unveiled this kid-friendly version of its signature messaging service in December, while the YouTube Kids scandal was in full swing. Messenger Kids, Facebook said, had been designed to serve as a "fun, safer solution" for family communications. It would be available for children as young as 6, the company said. To forestall criticism, Facebook asserted that the app had been developed alongside thousands of parents and a dozen expert advisors. But it looks like many of those outside experts were funded with Facebook dollars. According to Wired, "At least seven members of Facebook 13-person advisory board have some kind of financial tie to the company." Those advisors include the National PTA, Blue Star Families, Connect Safely, and the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence.Read more of this story at Slashdot.
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