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 Twitter and Facebook tabs can be found in the My Community channel on the Xbox live's dashboard. "With the Facebook add-on, Xbox Live gamers can sync their gamertags with their social-networking accounts, as well as share photos and in-game screenshots. Friend updates will also be viewable through the Xbox Live dashboard" When Microsoft added social networking functionality to all Gold-Level subscribers except those under the age of 18. Today Microsoft announced that those parental controls have gone in all other countries except the US. The US launch is scheduled for Dec 15th The parental controls will now allow parents to approve children access between the ages 13 - 18 "The update went live today in the EU and everywhere except for the United States where it will go live on the 15th. Minors must use the auto log in option for each app, or risk being prompted to ask for parental permission each time they want to use the apps." An original post by Sociol...