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 Cleb King of Twitter is about to be dethroned, Ashton Kutcher with 4,899,986 followers is fast losing his place on Twitter. Kutcher who beat CNN to the first person with a million followers is loosing his most converted place to the queen of candy pop Britney Spears who has already amassed 4,890,851 on Twitter. If her follower count continues to grow at this past she would have beaten Kutcher in about a fortnight. Looks like Britney's charisma is back in full swing. [Photos from their respective Twitter Account] An original post by Sociolatte