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...
The Winter Holiday Design-a-Stocking Contest is on. Get ready to see a lot of Xmas themed contests on PetVille and other Zynga games on Facebook. Christmas is already in the air and you can now feel it on the games you play. The Rules: One design entry per person. You may submit up to 3 images of your single design in a single post. You must post your entry to this thread. Please see this guide on how to post images . You can submit your designs as a digital image that you created using paint or other design program, a scanned or digital photo of a home made stocking or even ASCII art. The submitted design must be owned and created by you. "Borrowing" other people's designs is grounds for disqualification. Copywritten characters are NOT allowed under any circumstances. Disqualified entries may be removed from the submission thread. No insulting or making negative comments about other contest entries, this will not be allowed and may result in the disqualification...