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 feed says things like "Mermaids are real, they are now extinct", " does anyone have Criss Angel's email? I bet he can make this oil disappear!". and so on has generated interest and gathered a large number of followers. The obviously bogus account can be found at @BPGlobalPR while the real BP PR feed can be found at @BP_America which has just about 5, 247 followers. The satirical account launched on the 19th already has 32,568 followers. The fake account mocks the efforts of BP and the founders still remain anonymous. They barely conform to Twitter rules on parody and the real BP has still not asked twitter for their shut down. So the fake account continues to grow and the tweets keep coming. On this Twitter Bio this is what is said " This page exists to get BP's message and mission statement out into the twitterverse!" This logo is also a take on the real BP logo so instead of the green and yellow they have a black and white with an oil spil...