The complementary lawsuits claim that the massacre in 2022 was made possible by tech giants, a local gun shop, and the gunman’s parents.

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.

  • Brownian Motion@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    10 months ago

    FTFY.

    "YouTube, Reddit and a body armour manufacturer were among the businesses that helped enable the gunman who killed 10 Black people in an racist attack at a Buffalo, New York, supermarket, according to a pair of lawsuits announced Wednesday.

  • NuPNuA@lemm.eeEnglish
    1·
    11 months ago

    It’s bizarre looking at this from the outside and seeing Americans trying to blame everything but the availablity of guns for shootings happening.

    • SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      11 months ago

      He was treated like a joke candidate by the Democrats at the time. Facebook didn’t get him elected, Hillary ran a weak campaign and didn’t take the threat seriously. He used FB for fundraising and she could’ve done the same thing if she wanted to.

  • some_guy@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
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    11 months ago

    The lawsuit claims Mean LLC manufactured an easily removable gun lock, offering a way to circumvent New York laws prohibiting assault weapons and large-capacity magazines.

    This seems like the only part of the suits that might have traction. All the other bits seem easy to dismiss. That’s not a statement on whether others share responsibility, only on what seems legally actionable in the US.