Facebook Messenger Kids app flaw allowed group chats with unapproved contacts

In the most recent days, Facebook has sent notices to parents of kids who use the Facebook Messenger Kids app. The notice outlined a "technical error" that allowed kids to join group chats with other approved contacts and their approved contacts. Basically, Messenger Kids inadvertently allowed kids to communicate with non-approved contacts through the group chat feature. Facebook quietly notified parents but has not addressed the issue publicly. We found a technical error that allowed [CHILD]'s friend [FRIEND] to create a group chat with [FRIEND]'s parent-approved friends. We...

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