Facebook launched Messenger Kids in 2017, with the promise that parents would have strict control over their children's activity on the app. Unlike Facebook's other services, the app is open to ...

Back in the day, if you wanted to send someone a message, you hopped on an AOL or MSN chat and endured the nails-on-chalkboard wail of your dial-up connection as you for it to retrieve messages.

Meta just made it a little bit safer for young teens to use Facebook and Messenger. Instagram accounts also get an update.