Federal Judge Rules Online Platforms Not Liable for Radicalizing Mass Shooters
Facebook, Google and Twitter aren't liable for radicalization of ISIS-linked attackers behind the 2015 San Bernardino, California, mass shooting (see 1603280054), a federal judge ruled Monday, dismissing lawsuits from a group that included the victims’ relatives (docket 17-06894 in Pacer).…
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Alleged “radicalization through exposure to online content does not establish the necessary direct relationship between the defendants’ conduct and the attacks on the victims,” U.S. Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler ruled for U.S. District Court in San Francisco. The lawsuits can't be filed again because they were dismissed “with prejudice.” The plaintiffs alleged that online platforms “aided and abetted international terrorism and provided material support to international terrorists.”