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The Meta settlement requires changes to engagement systems tied to advertising—the revenue model at stake. Meanwhile, Meta faces separate suits from school districts and individuals. Watch whether similar product restrictions spread across platforms. https://www.implicator.ai/meta-17-billion-child-safety-settlement/ #SocialMedia #Regulation #DigitalWelfare

India leads the way in equality!
According to the World Bank’s 2025 Gini Index, India ranks as the 4th most income-equal nation worldwide 🌍
📉 Gini Score: 25.5
📊 Surpasses the US, China & all G7 nations
✅ Jan Dhan Yojana
✅ DBT
✅ Ayushman Bharat
✅ Stand-Up India
India’s growth isn’t just fast—it’s fair.

https://news24media.org/india-ranks-among-worlds-most-equal-nations/

#IndiaPride #GiniIndex2025 #DigitalWelfare #SocialJustice #WorldBank #IndiaSuccessStory

My paper, co-authored with Open Lab colleagues at Newcastle University, Clara Crivellaro, Adam W Parnaby, and Ahmed Kharrufa, titled "Hostile Systems: A Taxonomy of Harms Articulated by Citizens Living with Socio-Economic Deprivation" has now been published in the ACM CHI '24: Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3613904.3642562

#digitalwelfare #welfarebenefits #universalcredit #egovernment #servicedesign #ethics #access #harms #responsibleinnivation