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...
Facebook is in many ways synonymous with Social Gaming, and Facebook users are always trying to find out the latest game to try their hands at. There are new games being added constantly and some become popular while other don't.
It would surprise many to know that women are equally addicted to these games as men. A gamer with the advent of social sites is no more a geek in front of a console but people who are well settled in their jobs and playing social games. Some of the popular games are Mafia Wars, Farmville and Petville. People are willing to pay real currency for virtual points and the revenue to be generated from virtual gaming in the future could be upwards of 10 billion USD.
Social games are not restricted to any one country and come from all countries of the world. And what keeps people coming back to virtual games is the ability to play against their friends who could be scattered across the globe.
Facebook does have a list or directory of these games that is easily accessible to all. A directory where you can go through the complete list of games and choose to play new ones that you had not previously tried before. By accessing this list your can choose between new games, most popular, games recommenced by Facebook, Features by Facebook, Recently Added or Applications your may like. To find this list please click the link here.
It would surprise many to know that women are equally addicted to these games as men. A gamer with the advent of social sites is no more a geek in front of a console but people who are well settled in their jobs and playing social games. Some of the popular games are Mafia Wars, Farmville and Petville. People are willing to pay real currency for virtual points and the revenue to be generated from virtual gaming in the future could be upwards of 10 billion USD.
Social games are not restricted to any one country and come from all countries of the world. And what keeps people coming back to virtual games is the ability to play against their friends who could be scattered across the globe.
Facebook does have a list or directory of these games that is easily accessible to all. A directory where you can go through the complete list of games and choose to play new ones that you had not previously tried before. By accessing this list your can choose between new games, most popular, games recommenced by Facebook, Features by Facebook, Recently Added or Applications your may like. To find this list please click the link here.
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