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posted by martyb on Friday May 05 2017, @04:05PM   Printer-friendly
from the someone's-gotta-pay! dept.

Three families of victims killed in a 2015 terrorist attack in San Bernardino, California have sued Twitter, Google, and Facebook, alleging that the tech giants knowingly supported ISIS by allowing it to build an online presence and recruit new members for attacks:

Similar lawsuits against social-networking companies have been dismissed by U.S. courts because of a law which immunizes online providers from liability over user postings.

Court records show that in previous cases, Google, Facebook and Twitter have said, while they are sympathetic to victims, they are not liable for what happened.


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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by Dunbal on Friday May 05 2017, @05:50PM (5 children)

    by Dunbal (3515) on Friday May 05 2017, @05:50PM (#505037)

    Might as well sue Sen. John McCain and the US government while they're at it.

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  • (Score: 3, Touché) by Thexalon on Friday May 05 2017, @06:34PM (2 children)

    by Thexalon (636) on Friday May 05 2017, @06:34PM (#505068)

    John McCain? Nah, he's a pretty stand-up guy for a politician. Obviously, this is all really the fault of Warner Brothers, Inc, for teaching people that guns are harmless tools for wacky hijinks involving wascally wabbits.

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    The only thing that stops a bad guy with a compiler is a good guy with a compiler.
    • (Score: 2, Funny) by Farmer Tim on Friday May 05 2017, @06:57PM

      by Farmer Tim (6490) on Friday May 05 2017, @06:57PM (#505080)
      Warner Bros is indemnified: they clearly stated it was duck season, it isn't their fault if people don't duck in time.
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      Came for the news, stayed for the soap opera.
    • (Score: 2) by Dunbal on Friday May 05 2017, @10:06PM

      by Dunbal (3515) on Friday May 05 2017, @10:06PM (#505186)

      Yeah. Pretty stand up guy. Especially if you're a terrorist who is looking for US money and weapons [wordpress.com] or you want a regional government toppled [o0bg.com].

  • (Score: 1) by Ethanol-fueled on Friday May 05 2017, @07:11PM (1 child)

    by Ethanol-fueled (2792) on Friday May 05 2017, @07:11PM (#505089) Homepage

    Too lazy to look up but I believe the shooter and his wife were immigrants. So, sue the ICE or whomever the relevant agencies are for failure of their vetting processes, and possibly the FBI and ATF for allowing the false-flag to happen.

    The bonus is that the shootings took place during the reign of Grand Emperor and Emissary to the Salafi Imam Baraq Hussein Soetoro, so it will not reflect negatively against Trump. Actually, getting straight to the point and suing Obama might be the best idea yet, it's not like there's no shortage of money from his $400,000-a-pop corporate speeches he's blathering away his few remaining smidgens of dignity about.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 06 2017, @02:22AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 06 2017, @02:22AM (#505280)

      Grand Emperor and Emissary to the Salafi Imam Baraq Hussein Soetoro

      lol! I think his True Name gets longer every time you use it!