Meta Loses Landmark Case as Courts Turn Toward Protecting Children Online
A California jury on Wednesday found that Meta and Google’s YouTube were to blame for the depression and anxiety of a woman who compulsively used social media as a small child. Meta has suffered a major courtroom defeat in a case that could redefine how governments regulate social media and Continue Reading
Graham Linehan on Trial Over Alleged Harassment of Transgender Campaigner
Graham Linehan, the Irish comedy writer behind Father Ted and The IT Crowd, has gone on trial in London accused of harassing a transgender teenager and damaging her phone during a confrontation at a public event. The 57-year-old appeared at Westminster magistrates’ court on Thursday, where prosecutors alleged he targeted Continue Reading
Stephen Fry on 21st Century Firsts
Stephen Fry, comedian author and broadcaster and a self confessed ‘technology lover’ looks back over the last 20 years at the firsts since the 21st Century began in the year 2000. Here we see a collection of firsts including the invention of Bluetooth and SatNav (including the first voice); the Continue Reading
Don’t Blame Social Media?
What happens when you mix Law with Social Media? This two part documentary shown in the UK on C4 Real Lives, and on Channel 5 from Hey Buddy Films. Here is a compendium of misjudgement and poorly thought out decisions that brought attention and often public humiliation. Many people break Continue Reading
