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...
Yeah, that's right. Reddit got some funding in September 2014 and they promised to give back to the Reddit community. Now that's being true to the people who helped them grow. Something that other networks don't seem to know how to do. Networks like Facebook and Twitter make a lot of money but don't seem to want to give back to be communities and people that helped them grow. It's time large companies decide how to give back to the very people who helped them grow. Reddit on the other hand is now looking into how their notes will fit into government regulations and what all can be done with their notes. Large networks we believe; even if they don't give back should provide opportunities for motorization, just the way Google and YouTube does. You can read more about Reddit notes here.
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