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San Bernardino Victims' Families Sue Twitter, Google and Facebook

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

takyon writes:

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, 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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  • (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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  • (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].