<s>
Messenger	B-Protocol
Kids	I-Protocol
is	O
a	O
messaging	B-Application
app	I-Application
and	O
platform	O
released	O
by	O
Meta	O
Platforms	O
in	O
December	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
platform	O
is	O
designed	O
for	O
a	O
young	O
audience	O
as	O
a	O
safer	O
alternative	O
to	O
the	O
Messenger	B-Protocol
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
initially	O
launched	O
for	O
iPad	B-Device
tablets	O
with	O
the	O
iOS	B-Application
operating	O
system	O
in	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
only	O
,	O
though	O
later	O
support	O
for	O
iPhone	O
and	O
Android	B-Application
devices	O
was	O
added	O
and	O
it	O
was	O
rolled	O
out	O
in	O
Canada	O
,	O
Peru	O
,	O
and	O
Mexico	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
are	O
no	O
in-app	O
purchases	O
nor	O
advertisements	O
,	O
and	O
thus	O
also	O
no	O
data	O
collection	O
for	O
advertising	O
purposes	O
,	O
children	O
's	O
accounts	O
are	O
not	O
visible	O
in	O
search	O
on	O
Facebook	B-Application
,	O
and	O
the	O
child	O
's	O
account	O
does	O
not	O
automatically	O
migrate	O
to	O
a	O
full	O
Facebook	B-Application
account	O
once	O
the	O
child	O
has	O
a	O
birthyear	O
of	O
and	O
turns	O
13	O
years	O
old	O
(	O
the	O
minimum	O
age	O
for	O
Facebook	B-Application
registration	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
features	O
augmented	B-General_Concept
reality	I-General_Concept
filters	O
and	O
lenses	O
,	O
along	O
with	O
games	O
and	O
educational	O
content	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
the	O
app	O
was	O
certified	O
by	O
the	O
Children	O
's	O
Online	O
Privacy	O
Protection	O
Act	O
(	O
COPPA	O
)	O
,	O
it	O
received	O
significant	O
criticism	O
and	O
concern	O
,	O
primarily	O
due	O
to	O
it	O
collecting	O
the	O
contents	O
of	O
messages	O
and	O
photos	O
sent	O
by	O
minors	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
for	O
trying	O
to	O
get	O
people	O
hooked	O
into	O
the	B-Application
Facebook	I-Application
experience	O
at	O
a	O
very	O
young	O
age	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
UK	O
's	O
Secretary	O
of	O
Health	O
Jeremy	O
Hunt	O
publicly	O
criticized	O
the	O
initiative	O
,	O
tweeting	B-Application
that	O
the	O
company	O
should	O
"	O
stay	O
away	O
from	O
my	O
kids	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
Facebook	B-Application
told	O
me	O
they	O
would	O
come	O
back	O
with	O
ideas	O
to	O
PREVENT	O
underage	O
use	O
of	O
their	O
product	O
,	O
but	O
instead	O
they	O
are	O
actively	O
targeting	O
younger	O
children	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
