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...
This sheet brings some clarity to people interested in driving traffic to their own sites. With all the investment going into creating social media campaigns this sheet tries to explain which sites are best used to drive traffic to your site. Twitter, Facebook and YouTube seem to be the best performing ones and maybe the best investment to launch your social media campaign in. YouTube is actually phenomenal in driving targeted traffic to your website and once a video goes viral there is no limit to the amount of Traffic you receive. But the top three best places to launch your marketing campaign seems to be Twitter, Facebook and YouTube. Chart Sheet Prepared by Steven Finch An original post by Sociolatte