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...
A girl aged 13 meets man aged 19 on Facebook and decide to meet the same day. He arrives at her home and stays on for two days hiding in her closet. Her mother had was surprised to find the person in her daughters closet. "The girl allegedly told authorities she had sex with the man in her bedroom and then hid him in her closet, where her mother discovered him hiding early Monday, police said." The age of consent in Michigan is 16. The man has been arrested and is awaiting possible criminal sexual conduct charges. An original post by Sociolatte