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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...

playfish launches new Facebook game 'My Empire'

playfish has quietly and without much fanfare launched a new Facebook game called My Empire. Here you are the empire in a Roman Setting. Guess you'd be able to change theme settings as the game grows. From Roman to Ancient Greek etc. Here you are the Emperor and need to build an entire empire all your own. You are king and collect taxes and look after your people. Pretty interesting and please   Click here to play now .  This is the description provided on their Facebook page. The sunlight stings your eyes as you lead a handful of the emperor's best men and women up the beach onto the island. Your footprints in the hot sands may be washed away at high tide but the mark you stamp on history will be forever. This is your island now. Your people march up the beach ready to do your bidding, setting to work building the rock solid foundations of the finest city the world has ever seen. The untouched soil is rich with gems and precious metals ready to be mined. Growing numbers of wor...