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Facebook launches parent-controlled Messenger app for kids

By BARBARA ORTUTAY, Associated Press
Published: December 4, 2017, 11:11am

NEW YORK — Facebook is coming for your kids.

The social media giant is launching a messaging app for children to chat with their parents and with friends approved by their parents.

The free app is aimed at kids under 13, who can’t yet have their own accounts under Facebook’s rules, though they often do.

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