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...
The new movie has now been released and has pulled in 9 million on it's first day. Considering that the movie is about the world's largest social network and it's founder, there has been a lot of interest and speculation. It was only expected that the movie would generate a lot of buzz and interest and has started to do well at the box office. even though there are no karate kicks and hot action but a movie about nerds trying to sue each other for big money with a lot of betrayal and a whole lot of dialogs and typing. The social network is getting a lot eye balls and footfalls.
Check out the original site created for the movie here.
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