Corey J. Belford

Many people get upset at me for pointing out the erosion of freedom and sanity in Canada. I just wish they’d get as upset about the fact that we’re losing it as they do at me for pointing out that it’s happening.

This is important.

@clairlemon Always with that same weird smile on his face.

@clairlemon Is it just me or has Mark Zuckerberg spent most of his adult life in some kind of legal trouble?

If Meta is a "publisher," then like any other publisher, they need to be held liable for any defamatory material they publish, like the rest of us are.

Brilliant

@magi_jay They have cult status is the best way to describe it.

Asking as an elder millennial: have people re-engineered the Star Wars prequels into being "good" or even "great?"

it's so crazy that the youth are still using snapchat

A lot of the discourse around social media & kids assumes a middle-class parenting style. But one needs to go to homes where the parents *themselves* are addicted to drugs/alcohol/porn etc to make the case its also OK for companies to addict their kids. x.com/disco___cat/st…

Karma is finally coming for Meta, through the legal system. As we await a verdict in Los Angeles on whether social media platforms were designed to addict young people, it's important to note that TWO courts have already ruled against Meta in the past month. 1) Yesterday, a jury in New Mexico established that Meta's platforms are not safe for kids, and that their design enabled the exploitation of children. This is a watershed moment: This is the FIRST time a jury has evaluated the evidence. The evidence was so compelling that the jury said Meta should pay $375 million dollars in civil penalties for the harms it has caused to New Mexico and its citizens. See here: theguardian.com/technology/202… 2. But it gets worse for Meta: a few weeks ago, in Delaware, a court ruled that Meta's insurance companies do not have a duty to defend Meta or cover its costs in the thousands of lawsuits playing out in California because, under California law, if a company caused harm through "intentional acts" rather than accidentally, the insurers have no obligation to defend that company. Because the documents brought out in the NM and LA trials show intentional actions, Meta loses insurance coverage. That's what the insurance companies asserted, and the judge agreed with them. See here: insurancejournal.com/magazines/mag-… Because of these two rulings, the legal and political landscape has changed dramatically. Going forward, social media companies will be judged like any other company whose product design decisions harm children. These two rulings mark a profound shift toward accountability. The legal system is beginning to catch up to what parents have known all along. Many parents are now more likely to get justice for what these platforms have been doing to children for many years.

Great advice here.

@magi_jay Yes.

Let me reframe, for a second, about how we all think about bullies. It's not just that they want to be mean. It's more specific: they want to control your emotional state. Whether it's online or in the school-yard: they want the power of YOUR emotional state. Deny them this power

People typically only do this when they have active hostility toward the demographic claiming victimhood.

@TLNewmanMTL You’re suggesting that we stop hating things and start appreciating them instead?

This is what I mean.