Facebook misled parents and failed to protect children’s privacy – US regulator

(Dominic Lipinski/PA)

US regulators have said Facebook misled parents and failed to protect the privacy of children using its Messenger Kids app, including misrepresenting the access it provided to app developers to private user data.

As a result, the Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday proposed sweeping changes to a 2020 privacy order with Facebook — now called Meta — which would prohibit it from profiting from data it collects on users under 18. This would include data collected through its virtual reality products.