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 has always been the question on many online publishers minds. Google makes 97% of its revenue from online Ads and there are keywords that pay up to $55 per click. Also know as CPC rates ( Cost per click) some categories are really high with advertisers willing to pay hugh amounts to make sure they appear in results and searches and their Ads get clicked. The program that runs these ads on Google is know as Adwords. You may be wondering why are advertisers willing to pay so much to get their ads seen. For one the competition is that fierce and on the other hand the rewards are also great. All-in-all this is great business. The study that turned up these findings was conducted by WorldStream.com an online advertising company that wanted to dig deeper into the question of where is Google making it's money. The top 5 keywords happen to be Insurance, Loans, Mortgage, Attorney and Lawyer. You can read more about this study and findings by clicking here . Please click image to exp...