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...
With one and a half day to go before the Indian Premier League cricket matches in India start. YouTube has announced that they will be broadcasting the matches live. The IPL channel on YouTube can be found at www.youtube.com/ipl. The official site for the iplt20 has all the excitement. This is great news for fans of the ipl and T20 matches. The Indian Premier League features the faster version of the game that generates high excitement. Matches that used to last for a full 50 overs now last for only 20 and each Indian Team has a number of foreign players that have been bought at an auction. For foreign players it is a huge source of income and popularity as all cricketing nations tune in for the games that a fast paced, quick and full of energy. An original post by Sociolatte