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Meta Launches Pledge Planets on Messenger Kids


Thu 20 Jan 2022 | 10:53 PM
Omnia Ahmed

Meta launched new activities on its Messenger Kids platform aimed at teaching internet etiquette to children, The Verge reported on Thursday.

Erik Michael Weitzman, director of product management at Messenger Kids, said the new activities will “help kids learn how to use the internet safely and practice making healthy decisions online.”

Pledge Planets is based on the tenets of the Messenger Kids Pledge: be kind, be respectful, be safe and have fun, Weitzman pointed out in a blog post.

The first episode titled “Be Kind” includes two games that will help kids “learn and practice how to act with kindness,” the company says:

Rough Reviews: Players must help the owner read through the reviews and match the correct online response to each one. This game teaches kids to recognize kind and unkind behavior and become familiar with tools like blocking and reporting.

Order Up: Players build a sandwich order by selecting the emojis that best respond to the customer’s mood. This game teaches kids how to read people’s emotions online.

In order to launch the Pledge Planets adventure, click on the "Explore tab" in Messenger Kids and select "Pledge Planets". Meta first introduced Messenger Kids in 2017.