The Tech Reckoning: Are social media giants finally facing accountability? Two landmark verdicts are challenging Big Tech’s long-standing claim that social media is safe for kids. A California jury found YouTube and Meta liable for designing addictive features that harm young users. Meanwhile, a New Mexico jury ruled Meta failed to protect children from predators. President of the Cyber Civil Rights Initiative, Dr. Mary Anne Frank's weighs in, “It’s not just about these verdicts, it’s about the public perception of these companies and it’s about potential regulation by the government."

Two historic verdicts may signal a shift in holding social media companies accountable. @hartmannreport.com argues if Meta moderated its site, "Mark Zuckerberg might go from being worth hundreds of billions to only tens of billions of dollars...but we'd have a much safer environment" #Velshi

The Tech Reckoning: Are social media giants finally facing accountability? Two landmark verdicts are challenging Big Tech’s long-standing claim that social media is safe for kids. A California jury found YouTube and Meta liable for designing addictive features that harm young users. Meanwhile, a New Mexico jury ruled Meta failed to protect children from predators. President of the Cyber Civil Rights Initiative, Dr. Mary Anne Frank's weighs in, “It’s not just about these verdicts, it’s about the public perception of these companies and it’s about potential regulation by the government."

Two historic verdicts may signal a shift in holding social media companies accountable. @hartmannreport.com argues if Meta moderated its site, "Mark Zuckerberg might go from being worth hundreds of billions to only tens of billions of dollars...but we'd have a much safer environment" #Velshi

Lived in Oz as a teenager

There was minor grumbling about having to vote but they didn't object

#Velshi #MandatoryVoting

Here's a thing

Who's more motivated to keep their voting rights - who is going to be aware

Don't see Republicans being aware enough to register

With luck they'll shoot themselves in the foot over democracy in the heart

I'm a hopeful fool

#Velshi

There were a lot of people signing up to vote yesterday at the #NoKings protests.
Under the SAVE act, you wouldn't be allowed to do that.

Yet another reason trump and the 'publicans are pushing that act to pass.
#velshi

Doesn't anti-DEI violate the civil rights act

Make Republicans defend anti-DEI

#velshi

Collective punishment is what the Nazis did

Israel is as bad or maybe worse

They didn't learn #NeverAgain- they learned how to do it

#Velshi

N'yahu's expansion into Lebanon sounds a lot like Putin's expansion into Ukraine.
#velshi

More than 1000 people have been murdered, not killed, in Lebanon

Israel deserves no benefit of the doubt

They are an apartheid, genocidal govt that never should have been given stolen land and expected to share

They just want more

Antisemitism is being used as a weapon and a shield
#Velshi

Black helicopters.
Paramilitary police force.
Massive surveillance.
Sorry Stuart. The 'publicans aren't just fine with it. They're the ones actually doing it!
#velshi

#SundaySentence #velshi
Mercedes Lackey
Steadfast

Messages shared in Anchorage yesterday at No Kings. One official message, one rogue. #Velshi #Rachelmaddow @maddow.bsky.social #indivisible #NoKings3.0

Celebrating my nerdiness as @hartmannreport.com talks about CompuServe. I was one of those moderators (the LitForum) for another forum owner. I coordinated up to three book clubs a month. Bliss. #Velshi

Both parties, local, state, and national need to be pushed

They are choosing not to change the laws, or push for enforcement

They say people that try to influence them, the lobbyists, won't allow it

But they are people being lobbied

We need media, like @velshi.com, to point this out
#velshi

I’m sure the president of the cyber civil rights know what computer was. #velshi

And what about the algorithm?? #velshi

True that

Making 14 year old mother of 2 yr old - hence 11 when impregnated - not mentioned in article - accountable & not her parents - who may well be responsible for initial pregnancy and certainly allowed it to continue - very dangerous for the child

It's wrong but the child needs help
#Velshi

@velshi.com

We're all aware of and protesting the horrific corruption

We've been begging you, as our business guy, to cover it weekly

You and yours are a serious part of showing it to and holding the powers that be to account

#Velshi

@velshi.com 's story about anti-trust corruption makes me glad we have @atg.wa.gov in Washington state. #Velshi

There's always a scandal with the Trump Regime. Did anyone hear the one about Don Trump Jr. and the company Vulcan Elements? Over $600mil in taxpayer dollars to a rare Earth Minerals startup he owns. #velshi

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Well, now I know why anti-trust laws has disappeared entirely. Mike Davis. (This is why I will miss #Velshi and @velshi.com on the weekends: deep dives on important stories). Bad decision @msnownews.bsky.social

The Threats and Bare-Knuckle Tactics of MAGA’s Top Antitrust Fixer Mike Davis pushed DOJ officials to approve his deals—and went over their heads if they pushed back.

Hold your nose and meet Mike Davis...

www.wsj.com/us-news/law/... #Velshi

“These people are quislings(traitors to the US).” @davidcayjohnston.bsky.social
Re republicans in congress allowing trump & associates to crime during wartime.

#velshi

Love it when I hear plain language that truly describes something accurately such as, the Trump administration & its henchmen like Kushner are "a white collar extortion racket" because we have to see a problem clearly to solve it @davidcayjohnston.bsky.social @deanobeidallah.bsky.social #Velshi

“It is a white collar extortion racket” @davidcayjohnston.bsky.social
#velshi

Great listening to @davidcayjohnston.bsky.social and @deanobeidallah.bsky.social on #Velshi today

Jared Kushner makes my skin crawl almost as much as Stephen Miller #Velshi

It shouldn't be

It's been normalized - especially over the last year but the police has been out of control for a long time

The police create the violence

#Velshi

What's going on with #msnow it went off for like 10 minutes in the middle of #Velshi and when it came back, #AliVelshi told us an obvious lie about giving us a break from "too much Velshi".
I want to know what REALLY HAPPENED?!!

MSNOW has been disrupted- loop and loop of advertising in the middle of #Velshi show.