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...
US internet Giant Google was fined by a French count for copyright infringement. Google was fined for digitizing books without prior approval from publishers. The court ruled that Google violated French copyright laws and was asked to pay $14,300 a day until it removes excerpts of French books from it's online database.
Google was also ordered to pay $430,000 in damages and interest to French Publisher La Martiniere which brought the case on behalf of a group of French publishers. Google's attorney said the they would appeal.
Books that are in Google's database with the consent of publishers will still be searchable in their database even in France.
Google was also ordered to pay $430,000 in damages and interest to French Publisher La Martiniere which brought the case on behalf of a group of French publishers. Google's attorney said the they would appeal.
Books that are in Google's database with the consent of publishers will still be searchable in their database even in France.
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