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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/3320637

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.

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[-] narshee@iusearchlinux.fyi 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

No, because these things should be private. Social media however needs some kind of moderation. edit: also go blame the user too, but that should be a given

[-] curiousaur@reddthat.com -2 points 1 year ago

I think just the poster should suffice, we should leave the platforms out of it. If anything, it helps to out the assholes who would post stuff that enables this.

[-] narshee@iusearchlinux.fyi 4 points 1 year ago

Blocking a user and removing content from a platform should be relatively easy and fast which should prevent organized crimes. Sueing someone afterwords takes way more resources and time.

But a platform can remove content without getting sued. Why sue them too? Because if you don't sue their asses they don't care.

Of course moderation takes time and can't be perfect and this should be considered when suing the platform owners. And yes this could help the assholes, but I think you can report such behavior to the fbi or someone.

this post was submitted on 11 Sep 2023
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