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Social media companies not liable for 2022 Buffalo mass shooting, New York court rules
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Social media not liable for Buffalo shooting
MANHATTAN — A New York appeals court ruled that social media companies including Meta, YouTube, Discord, 4chan, Twitch and Reddit cannot be sued for promoting rhetoric that influenced the 2022 Buffalo mass shooter. The plaintiffs sued on a theory that these companies are product designers, and not publishers of First Amendment-protected speech, but the argument failed because even this argument, at base, seeks to hold them “liable as publishers …
Social media companies not liable for 2022 Buffalo mass shooting, New York court rules
Several social media companies should not be held liable for helping an avowed white supremacist who killed 10 Black people in 2022 at a Buffalo, New York grocery store, a divided New York state appeals court ruled on Friday.
Social media companies such as Meta, Google, and Reddit cannot be held liable for a racially motivated shooting that killed ten Black Americans in 2022. This was ruled by a New York State appeals court. The case was brought by relatives of victims, store employees, and customers who witnessed the attack. They argue that the companies are responsible because they believe the perpetrator was radicalized in part by social media. With this ruling, t…
Court dismisses lawsuits against social media companies in Buffalo Tops mass shooting case
ROCHESTER, N.Y. – A state appellate court in Rochester has dismissed lawsuits against social media companies filed by the families of the victims of the Buffalo Tops mass shooting.RELATED: Racially motivated mass shooting in Buffalo leaves 10 dead The lawsuits claimed that social media fueled the racist conspiracy theories that led Payton Gendron to kill ten […]
Social media companies not liable for 2022 mass shooting, New York appeals court rules
Social media companies not liable for 2022 mass shooting, New York appeals court rules Several social media companies should not be held liable for helping an avowed white supremacist who killed 10 Black people in 2022 at a Buffalo, New York grocery store, a divided New York state appeals court ruled on Friday.Reversing a lower court ruling, the state Appellate Division in Rochester said defendants including Meta Platforms' Facebook and Instagra…
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