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- Meta is preparing to open its app 'Horizon Worlds' to teens as early as this month.
- Senators Ed Markey and Richard Blumenthal are calling on the company to halt plans for the app's release.
- Meta, which has struggled to find users for its fledgling virtual reality Metaverse, is looking to tap into a younger base.
Two Democratic Senators are pressuring Meta to halt plans to open the Metaverse to teenagers by lowering the age limit to its "Horizon Worlds" app, criticizing the company's past handling of youth data and privacy.