That’s because of a federal law, the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act, known as Coppa, which requires services aimed at children to obtain verifiable parental consent before collecting, using or disclosing personal information from a child under 13 - like photos, videos, voice recordings, location, contact information and names. TikTok Nears Deal with U.S.: The Biden administration and the Chinese-owned video app have drafted a preliminary agreement to resolve national security concerns over the platform, but hurdles remain over the terms.īut only a handful of messaging and social apps - like Kudos, a photo-sharing app - are designed for younger children to use with parental permission and supervision.Hiring Freezes : Amazon is halting corporate hiring in its retail business for the rest of the year, joining Meta as the latest tech companies to pull back amid the economic uncertainty.A Deal for Twitter? : In a surprise move, Elon Musk has offered to acquire Twitter at his original price of $44 billion, which could bring to an end the acrimonious legal fight between the billionaire and the company.Inside Meta’s Struggles : After a rocky year, employees at Meta are expressing skepticism, confusion and frustration over Mark Zuckerberg’s vision for the metaverse.“They need their personal time to process all the social interaction and learn to grow into mature people.” Quirion, 39, whose three children are between ages 3 and 9. “I’m an avid social media user, but I don’t feel my kids need more social interaction,” said Mr. On one side are parents like Matt Quirion of Washington, who said Facebook’s snaking its way into his children’s lives at an early age would most likely do more harm than good. In doing so, Facebook immediately reignited a furious debate about how young is too young for children to use mobile apps and how parents should deal with the steady creep of technology into family life, especially as some fight to reduce the amount of time their sons and daughters spend in front of screens. It is a bet that the app can introduce a new generation of users to the Silicon Valley giant’s ever-expanding social media universe. SAN FRANCISCO - Few big technology companies have dared to create online products for boys and girls ages 13 and under.īut on Monday, Facebook introduced an app, called Messenger Kids, that is targeted at that age group and asks parents to give their approval so children can message, add filters and doodle on photos they send to one another.
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