On Wednesday, a Los Angeles jury ordered Meta and YouTube to pay $3 million in damages to a young woman who successfully argued that the companies’ social media apps were designed to addict children. Meta will pay the majority of the fine, 70 percent, while YouTube-owner Google is on the hook for 30 percent, the ..
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A jury has been deliberating for more than a week in that case, and though they’ve reached a decision on liability, they’re currently deadlocked on the amount of financial damages to award. On Monday, they confirmed to a judge that they can’t reach consensus for one of the defendants, a Los Angeles NBC affiliate reported, ..
Every few years, someone declares that Facebook is dead. And then 3 billion people log in anyway. When it comes to social media platforms, Facebook is as crowded as they come. The social network currently has 3 billion active users — so almost a third of the world’s population has a Facebook account they use ..
Paid advertising on social media can be incredibly powerful if you’re battling to reach the right audience — especially when you need to tap into very specific demographics. Which is where Facebook really shines. With over 3 billion monthly active users, it’s no surprise that Facebook is the go-to social media platform for running ads. ..
“The nature and content of the Defendants’ communications with these technology companies” is “critical for determining whether they crossed the line from governmental cajoling to unconstitutional coercion,” EFF’s complaint said. EFF Senior Staff Attorney Mario Trujillo told Ars that the EFF is confident it can win the fight to expose government demands, but like most ..
However, Kuhl ruled that platforms will have the opportunity to counter experts’ opinions at trial, while reminding social media companies that “ultimately, the critical question of causation is one that must be determined by the jury.” Only one expert’s testimony was excluded, Social Media Victims Law Center noted, a licensed clinical psychologist deemed unqualified. “Testimony ..
For Meta, the renewed fight comes at a time when most tech companies are walking tightropes to avoid any possible retaliation from Trump, not just social platforms. After defeating the FTC last fall, Meta’s chief legal officer, Jennifer Newstead, didn’t dunk on the FTC but coolly celebrated the ruling for recognizing that “Meta faces fierce ..
Remember the early days of Facebook, around 2006, when posts appeared in (mostly) chronological order when you opened the platform? Well, things look a bit different 20 years later. Facebook began as a place to share updates and photos with friends and family, putting the ‘social’ in social media. Today, it has evolved into a ..
Other factors stemmed from social changes, the judge suggested, describing the fourth factor as a trend where Meta app users started feeling “increasingly bored by their friends’ posts.” “Longtime users’ friend lists” start fresh, but over time, they “become an often-outdated archive of people they once knew: a casual friend from college, a long-ago friend ..
One of the most common questions creators and brands ask: “Is my engagement rate good?” The answer depends on your follower count. A 5% engagement rate looks very different for a neighborhood café with 500 fans than for a news publisher with half a million. That’s why we analyzed 52 million Facebook posts across 213,000 ..
