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...
Research in motion has now created a new Twitter App for BlackBerry handsets . The client has been tested internally by RIM since February and is now available to the public in it's beta version. The Client allows BlackBerry users to instantly receive and reply to @ messages in real-time. The layout has also been optimized for smaller screens. Links are automatically shortened and so you do not have to visit and third party site. The App can also run in the background allowing users to continue with their normal surfing activities and keep tabs on their Twitter homepage. Currently the client has no support for trending topics but RIM hopes to add this in the coming months. Oh and users can use their BlackBerry cameras to take pictures and share them via the client. Here is the list of things you can do with the BlackBerry Client . • Push Notifications for Direct Messages • Direct Twitter messages are delivered to the users’ BlackBerry application through the use ofBlackBerry® P...