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YouTube and Reddit are sued for allegedly enabling the racist mass shooting in Buffalo that left 10 dead (fortune.com)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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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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[–] [email protected] 47 points 1 year ago (2 children)

They should sue Facebook too. Facebook is rife with Nazis. And they're fine with it.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Considering the Facebook algorithm will introduce you to neo-nazis, that would actually make sense.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Dude looks like he passed out way too early at a frat party hosted by the Klan.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

He's allowed to be racist, so yeah, it's fine.

Being a racist piece of shit is not illegal.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Have the been any legal cases on these algorithms?