Facebook Tests Tools to Curb Kids' In-Game Purchases

Feb. 24 (Bloomberg) -- Facebook Inc. may make it harder for kids to spend money while playing online games, a step that might head off U.S. regulation of sales of game add-ons, one of the software industry’s fastest-growing revenue streams. Facebook’s social network, the world’s largest, is testing tools that put a check on children’s buying of trinkets such as virtual weapons that can be added to online games. Bloomberg's Gigi Stone reports. (Source: Bloomberg)