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...
In addition to the option of importing your contacts for Gmail and Windows Live Hotmail users on Yahoo Mail can now import their contacts from Facebook. All Yahoo services can use this feature so If you are on Yahoo Sports and would like to share something with an old high school buddy you can do that easily with your old school contacts imported from Facebook. How to import your Facebook contacts to Yahoo Mail Just go to the import contacts in Yahoo Mail and select Facebook. In addition to importing contacts from Facebook you can now also import contacts from other services. Yahoo seems to becoming nice to all Social Networking sites on the web. Screenshots on how to import contacts are added below Next, enter your Facebook username and password in the Facebook login window that opens. After you click login, we will authorize your account and begin importing, which may take a minute or two depending on your Internet speed and how many Facebook friends you have. That’s it! Your Faceb...