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 Spat between Nokia and Apple has just moved to a new level the International Trade Commission (ITC) in the US. Nokia has said that Apple infringes virtually in all its patents with respect to Mobile phones, Portable music players and computer sold. Nokia is now asking the ITC to do something about it. Nokia has sued Apple in October over 10 patents the said the company had infringed upon. Apple in reply counter sued them over 13 patent infringements and also anti-competitive charges. If Nokia prevails it could be a real dampener for Apple as the US ITC could ask them to stop importing their toys from China. Where all Apple products these days are made. Normally what happens in cases like these is that both companies would come to a compromise and allow each other to use the other's patents to a large extent. Nokia is going ahead with it's complaint even after bing counter sued by Apple saying that the counter suit did not change anything fundamental in it's own course. ...