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Big Tech's Day of Reckoning: What the Meta and Google Verdicts Really Mean

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...

How to send a personal message on Google+

If this is the first time you're sending a direct message or private message on Google+ , you might need some help to get started. Sending a direct message or private message is important and it very popular on other sites like Twitter and Facebook. On Twitter you can send a DM or direct message only to people, whom you're connected with. Facebook however let's you send a personal message to anyone -- unless they have disabled it on their profile. On Google+ you can send a message to people in your circles, people you are connected with and people who you're connected with. On Google+ you can message anyone you want and there is a really simply way of doing it. Yes you can send a message to a celebrity on Google+ -- you can send a message to anyone using the service, actor, actress, writer, photographer and just about anyone. How to send a message to anyone on Google+ 1. Login to Google+ 2. In your Google+ stream, the box that says 'Share what's new', start ...

How to delete a Google+ Circle

Now that you have started having fun using Google+ . One of the first thing you might have done was to create circles. Circles are a ring of people you group together to follow updates from and to share stuff with. A circle is usually based around a common interest like 'Politics' 'Sports' etc. You can create any number of circles you want and delete any number of circles. There are many reasons why +ers would want to delete a circle. Change of interest perhaps, the circle is no more adding any value in terms of updates and inputs. There are various reasons for wanting to delete a circle. So here's how to delete a circle on Google+. How to delete a Google Plus circle 1. login to Google+ 2. Click on the circles icon found on the left hand corner 3. A list of your circles pop-up on the bottom half of the page 4. Click on the circle you want to delete 5. A list of all circle members pops-up on the top half of the page 6. Hover over the circle now and you get three opti...

How to edit your Google+ business page

Google+ have opened up the use of business and brand pages. Which has come as boon for many small businesses who would like to put this new source of social media traffic to good use. Setting up your Google+ page is easy and fun to do and can be accomplished in three easy steps. We have already written about setting up a Google+ business page which can be found here .  Once you setup and create your Google+ page you will then need to edit it and start adding stuff. Works like any other business page and you can start reposting stuff from your Website and blog. how to edit your Google+ page 1. Login to Google+ 2. Beside your photo and name you will find a drop-down menu with the number of pages you have created. 3. Use the drop-down to select the page you would like to update Note: When in page editing mode you are now not your profile but using Google+ as a page. So once you finish editing and updating your page. You will need to follow the above mentioned process and choose your Googl...