The UK government must decide how to respond to a landmark US court verdict finding Meta and YouTube liable in a social media addiction case. With the UK already trialling social media bans for teenagers, the ruling adds pressure for faster regulatory action. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0q90kekw08o #Media #SocialMedia #SocialNews #UK
Donnerstag: US-Provider ohne Filesharing-Haftung, Finnland-Wahl ohne US-Cloud
US-Gericht pro Provider + Finnlands Cloud-Verzicht + Metas KI-Aufrüsten + Plattformen schuldig an Social-Media-Sucht + LeakBase-Betreiber in Haft + #heiseshow
#AmazonWebServices #Cybercrime #DigitaleSouveränität #Energie #Filesharing #hoDaily #Journal #KünstlicheIntelligenz #MetaPlatforms #OnlineSucht #OpenAI #Security #SocialMedia #Urheberrecht #Windows #news
📱A US court has found #Meta and #Google negligent for designing #socialmedia platforms harmful to young people and ordered them to pay damages
Experts from across the country respond to the announcement
Read their commentary here:
https://www.scimex.org/newsfeed/meta-and-google-lose-social-media-addiction-lawsuit-in-the-us

🔁 From our "Digital Crossroads" collection:
The BBC’s new director general is former Google executive Matt Brittin - https://www.niemanlab.org/2026/03/the-bbcs-new-director-general-is-former-google-executive-matt-brittin/?ref=feedle.world
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See other stories like this one here: https://feedle.world/digital-crossroads
#web #internet #socialmedia #blogging
RE: https://mastodon.social/@glynmoody/116291638893125304
"Meta and YouTube have been found liable for deliberately designing addictive products that hooked a young user and led to her being harmed, a jury ruled on Wednesday"
The 2 tech giants are liable to pay damages of $6m to the woman they hooked as a 6 year old girl and lead into depression and self harm
The initial tweet has been removed. #SocialMedia #DigitalFootprint
Strafen für Meta und Google: Schadensersatz wegen Social-Media-Sucht
Es ging um das Suchtpotenzial von Social Media - und eine 20-jährige Klägerin hat Recht bekommen: Ein US-Gericht verurteilte die Konzerne Meta und Google zu Entschädigungen in Millionenhöhe. Das Urteil könnte wegweisend sein. Von Nils Dampz.
🇮🇷 Iran is doing the Lord’ work.
https://x.com/susanabulhawa/status/2036888667252199494
#Donaldtrump #EpsteinClass #IsraelFirst
#imperialism #whitesupremacy
#StraitOfHormuz = #Iran #Sanctions on #warmongers
#news #resistance #activism #protest #sovereignty #freepalestine #Lebanon #socialmedia #mastodon #politics @socialmedia @politics #war #antiimperialism

Legal experts call the verdicts “momentous” and warn they could open the floodgates for thousands of pending lawsuits https://english.mathrubhumi.com/technology/meta-youtube-fined-addictive-design-youth-safety-verdict-w6bozm6q?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #Meta #YouTube #USA #SocialMedia #verdict

I've started a new Instagram page for my blog, for those interested.
https://www.instagram.com/realdtgeek/
#Instagram #socialmedia #media #tech