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.

  • @Blackmist
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    -29 months ago

    There will always be somebody spoonfeeding it, because there will always be people who want to hear it. From Oswald Mosely, through The Daily Mail, Fox News, hate preachers of all denominations… Often for the same pure simple profit that the social media giants are after rather than ideological hatred.

    I’d love to see social media destroyed because it contributes literally nothing to society and makes it worse, but I don’t believe for a second that a US court would hand down a fine that would be more than the cost of actually policing their own platform. I’m not sure any political party would try to make them, because it’s quite apparent that social media platforms have enough sway to throw elections one way or the other. Especially in the US where it hangs on a knife edge anyway. I also don’t think reddit is remotely mainstream enough swing global opinions to the right. That’s the domain of Facebook and Twitter.

    • @bingbong@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      19 months ago

      From Oswald Mosely, through The Daily Mail, Fox News, hate preachers of all denominations…

      Again, not as far reaching, effective, or insidious. Fox news also had to pay dominion voting systems for lying and spreading election fraud propaganda.

      Often for the same pure simple profit that the social media giants are after rather than ideological hatred

      Highly doubtful

      I don’t believe for a second that a US court would hand down a fine

      This is a civil suit

      I also don’t think reddit is remotely mainstream enough swing global opinions to the right

      So? It’s one of many pieces, not the only piece. It’s also the largest site of its kind.