In the span of just 48 hours this week, two separate juries in two different US states delivered verdicts that could reshape the entire social media industry — not because of the dollar amounts involved, but because of what those verdicts legally establish for the first time. On Tuesday, March 24, a jury in Santa Fe, New Mexico ordered Meta to pay $375 million for failing to protect children from sexual exploitation on Facebook and Instagram. Less than 24 hours later, on Wednesday, March 25, a jury in Los Angeles found both Meta and Google (YouTube) liable for engineering addiction in young users — finding them negligent in the design of their platforms and awarding a further $6 million in damages. Two days. Two states. Two juries. Both pointing at the same conclusion: that Big Tech can no longer hide behind the legal shields it has relied on for nearly three decades. This is the story of what happened, why it matters far beyond the headline numbers, and what comes next for the s...
A newspaper of the Chinese communist party published an article accusing the US of mounting a "Hacker Brigade in China". And says that are using YouTube and Twitter to apparently wage online warfare. They also said they do not need lessons from the united states.
With Google threatening to pull out of China and the US government backing them up and asking China not to censor results on the web. This seem to be fast developing into a war of words.
More of all this will come to light once President Obama gives his state of the union address and how and if he does address the issue of internet in China.
With Google threatening to pull out of China and the US government backing them up and asking China not to censor results on the web. This seem to be fast developing into a war of words.
More of all this will come to light once President Obama gives his state of the union address and how and if he does address the issue of internet in China.
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