Childhood development experts have debated for years about how much time, for example, children should be allowed to watch TV or interact with computers and tablets.
The move marks the latest in a long-running debate about how quickly children are exposed to technology and internet culture. It was addressed to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, himself the parent of two children under the age of five. The letter was signed by 19 other organizations, including the ACLU, Parents Across America and the Badass Teachers Association, as well as dozens of individual experts on children. "Younger children are simply not ready to have social media accounts," Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood, a Boston-based nonprofit advocacy group, said Tuesday in a letter. Now a group of child advocates is sounding an alarm about Messenger Kids, saying young people should be shielded from these types of services until they're older. But since then, the company has created an app called "Messenger Kids," designed to let children communicate with people approved by their parents. Even Facebook had rules against children under the age of 13 joining more than 2 billion other people around the world who logged on to the service each month.
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