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...
Ivy Bean the world's older social networker has died at the age of 104. She embraced Facebook at the ripe old age of 102 and has since become a sensation around Social Networking sites. She has 56,566 followers on Twitter and counts Peter Andre among her star followers. During her Star Twitter career she was also invited to meet the Prime Minister, Gordon Browne at 10, Downing Street. She tweeted that she used the private toilet in Mr Brown's study. She is now on the Trending at No.1 on Twitter and this comes as no surprise to anyone. Tweeps are offering their condolences and sharing news about her death. The Manager of the care-home where Ivy has been in for the last few weeks since she became unwell. Came on her Twitter account to announce the sad news. "Hello all of ivys twitter friend by now you will have heard about our daer friend she i cannot explain how we are all feeling here ivy passed away peacefully at 12.08 this morning Im sorry it took me so long to tell you...