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...
comScore has just released it's finding on November 2009 traffic and reports that facebook has surpassed the 100 million unique visitors mark in the US alone. making it the fourth largest internet site. Below we have attached the image from comScore graph depicting this trend.
Facebook over the last year has more than doubled it's US audience. It would be interesting to note what changes their newly launched privacy policy will have on their ratings. Also the new integrating with Twitter in which user updates from Facebook will be published on Twitter
Facebook over the last year has more than doubled it's US audience. It would be interesting to note what changes their newly launched privacy policy will have on their ratings. Also the new integrating with Twitter in which user updates from Facebook will be published on Twitter
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