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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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[–] [email protected] 102 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Idk about this suit but let's not forget how Facebook did actually in fact get a fascist elected president.

https://www.wired.com/2016/11/facebook-won-trump-election-not-just-fake-news/

[–] SocialMediaRefugee 5 points 10 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.