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oddball
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I don't think this is going to stick, but anything to reveal the stupid bullshit at Facebook and Twitter is A-Okay by me.

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The families of the victims of the 2015 San Bernardino, California, mass shooting filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday against Twitter, Facebook and Google, accusing the companies of knowingly supporting ISIS.

According to the lawsuit, filed in federal court in Los Angeles on behalf of their attorneys, the families of Sierra Clayborn, Tin Nguyen and Nicholas Thalasinos, all of whom were killed in the terror attack, claim the two social media platforms and one search engine provide the terrorist group with support and a platform to grow.

"For years, Defendants have knowingly and recklessly provided the terrorist group ISIS with accounts to use its social networks as a tool for spreading extremist propaganda, raising funds, and attracting new recruits," the families said in the lawsuit. "Defendants are information content providers because they create unique content by combining ISIS postings with advertisements in a way that is specifically targeted at the viewer."

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I disagree. Let the aloha sandbar mofos and trolls post whatever they want. Their digital profile makes it easier to drop a bomb on their house.


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Sig2340
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Jibbus-jabbus, but maybe this will see more interest.




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ChicagoSigMan
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I don't see this going anywhere. Even if they could prove "knowing support," I don't see how they could show any proximate cause.
 
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It has been a while since I was involved/paid attention, but it used to be the case that if an ISP or related service provided a communications platform and did not involve itself in the content, it wasn't liable for the content. (Stretching the analogy, but think about holding an electric company liable for what folks did with the energy they provided.). On the other hand, if the service did monitoring/censoring of any of the content, then it was responsible for all the content. The laws may well have changed by now, but if not, the families may not be completely insane for trying it on...
 
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It doesn’t surprise me as much as it used to, but I do always find it interesting to see how many people in this day and age believe that lawsuits are the way to cure so many of this country’s problems.



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