Facebook now 'willing to cause actual harm to children'
A coalition of consumer-interest and privacy organizations has written to Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg for a second time demanding the company’s “Messenger Kids” program be shuttered along with its “child-targeted operations.”
Documents that have come to light as a result of a lawsuit over Facebook’s business practices show something very troubling, they write.
“The documents appear to demonstrate that Facebook is willing to cause actual harm to children and families in its quest for profit,” the new letter tells Zuckerberg.
“As such, Facebook is unfit to make any platform or product for children, especially one like Messenger Kids, which gives Facebook unfettered access to kids’ relationships, conversations, and private moments with friends and family.”
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