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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: 2) by TheGratefulNet on Saturday May 06 2017, @01:47AM

    by TheGratefulNet (659) on Saturday May 06 2017, @01:47AM (#505269)

    >A bunch of terrorists kill Granny Smith

    THEN you can sue that famous fruit company.

    but not until then.

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