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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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[-] assassin_aragorn@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

Absolutely. I saw a Google ad the other day from maybe PragerU that was about climate change not being real, while I was searching for an old article that was more optimistic about outcomes. They actually said by the ad that they were showing it as a suggested thing, and thankfully you could report it, which I did immediately. It pissed me off a ton.

A friend recently shared a similar suggested video/ad they got on YouTube, which was saying "Ukrainians are terrorists". PragerU or TPUSA.

I can see the argument for allowing these ads to exist as a freedom of speech thing, fine. But actively promoting these ads is very different. The lawsuit would have merits on this. I'd prefer if this content was actively minimized, but at the very least it shouldn't be promoted.

this post was submitted on 11 Sep 2023
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