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Big Tech's Day of Reckoning: What the Meta and Google Verdicts Really Mean

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...
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Vampire Wars YouTube Contest


Zynga Vampire Wars has just announced a new Vampire Wars YouTube contest and a chance to win 500 favor points. Please find below the rules from the official release of the contest.




Got love for Vampire Wars? Want to Win 500 Favor Points? Here’s your chance to show everyone your passion for the game.

Re-enact your favorite mainstream media Vampire Movie, TV Show or Vampire Character. Your video can take any format: animation, slideshow, live action or any combination. It must be about Vampires or something in the Vampire Genre.

Zynga reps will chose a grand prize winner who will win 500 Favor Points. The second runner up will get 250 Favor Points and the third runner up will receive 125 Favor Points.

Make a video and email your awesome work to vwcommunity@zynga.com by Sunday, July, 18, 2010 @ 11:59 PM pacific standard time GMT-8

If you don’t have a Youtube account, don’t worry. Just go to www.youtube.com and click on “Create Account” on the top right of the screen. Creating an account is easy and fast!

HAVE FUN!

GOOD LUCK!

WHAT:
- Re-enact your favorite mainstream media Vampire Movie, TV Show or Vampire Character. Your video can take any format: animation, slideshow, live action or any combination. It must be about Vampires or something in the Vampire Genre.

WHEN:
- Now until Sunday July 18, 2010 @ 11:59 PM GMT-8
- Vampire Wars will subscribe to video finalists
- winners will be emailed for verification
- winners will also be announced within one week after the contest closes
- winners will be announced on the forums

RULES:
- video needs to be longer than 30 seconds, but less than 2 minutes
- you must have a Youtube account: www.youtube.com
- videos cannot contain nudity, profanity, racial slurs, illegal activity, etc.
- ownership of materials and content submitted in this contest will be transferred, owned, licensed by Zynga
- by entering the contest, you accept and agree to Zynga’s Terms of Servicehttp://www.zynga.com/about/terms-of-service.php

HOW TO SUBMIT:
- email to : vwcommunity@zynga.com
- the subject of your email entry must be: Vampire Wars Youtube Contest
- provide your full name
- provide your Facebook link to your profile
- submit a link to the video
- all entries must be loaded before Sunday July, 18, 2010 @ 11:59 PM pacific standard time GMT-8

GOOD LUCK!

and

GAME ON!
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