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...
You might find the below video disturbing. The contents of the video show two women in a McDonald's arguing with an employee over a $50 bill, they abuse hiw and slap him before jumping over the counter. Once over the counter the employee takes a metal pole and starts thrashing and beating the women. Turns out the employee who's name is Rayon McIntosh has just been released from jail after serving a 10 years sentence after shooting dead a high-school classmate in 2000. The women, Denise Darbeau, 24, and Rachel Edwards, 24 have been charged with trespassing and disorderly conduct. Rayon McIntosh is being held on $40,000 bail.
The video also known as Fight in McDonald's and McDonald's beating has crossed over 551,265 views in just four days. The video has also made national headlines. The power of private video sharing seen in this video has brought an incident that might have gone unnoticed into the public eye.
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