Meta Contests FTC Privacy Accord Change Over Kids Chat App

April 4, 2024, 8:57 PM UTC

Meta Platforms Inc. pushed back on the US Federal Trade Commission’s bid to amend its 2020 privacy settlement, saying that the company voluntarily disclosed two flaws in its kids chat app to the agency and received no complaints from parents.

In filings made public Thursday, Meta said it discovered a bug in its Messenger Kids app in June 2019 that allowed some children to chat with users their parents had not approved. Fewer than 2,000 kids were affected by the bug, which the company said it fixed within 24 hours, Meta said in the filing.

While fixing the bug ...

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