![]() Facebook would not comment publicly on why it didn’t include Common Sense earlier in the process. ![]() Facebook didn’t invite prominent critics, such as the nonprofit Common Sense Media, to advise it on Messenger Kids until the process was nearly over. “We sometimes provide funding to cover programmatic or logistics expenses, to make sure our work together can have the most impact,” Facebook said in a statement, adding that many of the organizations and people who advised on Messenger Kids do not receive financial support of any kind.īut for a company under pressure from many sides – Congress, regulators, advocates for online privacy and mental health – even the appearance of impropriety can hurt. ![]() One advisory group, the Family Online Safety Institute, has a Facebook executive on its board, along with execs from Disney, Comcast and Google. Facebook confirmed this and said it hasn’t hidden donations to these individuals and groups – although it hasn’t publicized them, either.įacebook’s donations to groups like the National PTA (the official name for the Parent Teacher Association) typically covered logistics costs or sponsored activities like anti-bullying programs or events such as parent roundtables. But a Wired report this week pointed out that more than half of this safety advisory board had financial ties to the company. ![]()
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