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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/3320637

YouTube and Reddit are sued for allegedly enabling the racist mass shooting in Buffalo that left 10 dead::The complementary lawsuits claim that the massacre in 2022 was made possible by tech giants, a local gun shop, and the gunman’s parents.

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[–] radix@lemmy.world 95 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Everytown Law is about to get a lesson on how Section 230 works.

[–] hoodatninja@kbin.social 51 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Pretty sure SCOTUS has a case they’re hearing currently that may very well change the scope of section 230 so I’d maybe reserve your quips until after that shakes out lol

[–] radix@lemmy.world 54 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The two big cases this year were already decided: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twitter,_Inc._v._Taamneh and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gonzalez_v._Google_LLC

Although both dodged the S230 claims, both made it clear that Twitter and Google, respectively, had no liability.

Is there another case I missed?

[–] hoodatninja@kbin.social 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

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[–] someguy3@lemmy.ca 6 points 1 year ago

Ah, to be based on selective history and tradition.

[–] pc_admin@aussie.zone 1 points 1 year ago

Big tech says no.

[–] Blamemeta@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago

This isn't the first time they've forgotten how various laws work. And they keep losing. Kinda makes you wonder if it's intentional or not.

[–] HughJanus@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

I don't really know what their goal is here. Surely they're not stupid enough to think they could actually win this?