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...
Two teenage girls were arrested after they beat up their classmate and posted the video on YouTube. The video has since been removed at the request of the police. "The girls, ages 12 and 14, attacked their 13-year-old classmate at Benicia Middle School twice because they believed she had been making disparaging comments about them, police Lt. Mike Daley said." In both the incidents it is reported that they had lured the girl into the field telling her that there were some belongings they wanted to return. The victim suffered minor injuries to her head and neck. "the girl then called her mother and both of the suspects were arrested and "booked at Solano County Juvenile Hall." An original post by Sociolatte