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...
Anonymous are at it again with the threat to shutdown and kill Facebook. The hacktervist group have always said that they distrusted Facebook privacy policies and were against it. The group had previously threatened the same thing but nothing happened. This time they have posted a new video on YouTube with their threats rejuvenated and their operation against Facebook is being called "#Operation Fawkes Virus'. This comes soon after Facebook have acknowledged that the service has been hacked and yes images of violence and porn have been posted on users profiles. This has led to a lot of embarrassing moments for many of Facebook's users. In the video Anonymous says that 'Your beloved social network has recently become a place of sex, violence, anarchy and chaos'. 'And yes we will kill Facebook for real'. You can check out Anonymous on Twitter here.
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