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...
On Wednesday, Activision Blizzard announced that its mega-hit video game, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 had crossed the billion-dollar mark, after just two months on store shelves--and the entertainment industry's single-day sales record.
"Call of Duty:Modern Warfare 2 has exceeded our expectations and shattered theatrical box
office and video game records," said Robert Kotick, CEO of Activision Blizzard. "There are only
a handful of entertainment properties that have ever reached the $1 billion mark, which
illustrates the power of the Call of Duty franchise and mass appeal of this game."
This comes close on the Heals of Avatar crossing the $1 billion mark. The Game has also hit the No.1 spot in the UK.
With people watching their purse strings so carefully it is an achievement that a video game company has crossed the billion dollar mark
"Call of Duty:Modern Warfare 2 has exceeded our expectations and shattered theatrical box
office and video game records," said Robert Kotick, CEO of Activision Blizzard. "There are only
a handful of entertainment properties that have ever reached the $1 billion mark, which
illustrates the power of the Call of Duty franchise and mass appeal of this game."
This comes close on the Heals of Avatar crossing the $1 billion mark. The Game has also hit the No.1 spot in the UK.
With people watching their purse strings so carefully it is an achievement that a video game company has crossed the billion dollar mark
Comments
Post a Comment