The families of those murdered in the racist mass shooting in Buffalo in 2022 can continue with their lawsuits against social media companies that they contend helped fuel the killer’s racist hate.
A judge this week refused to dismiss the lawsuits against the social media companies, including Meta (Facebook), 4Chan, Reddit and YouTube. The social media companies had sought the dismissal.
Payton Gendron, who fatally shot 10 Black people at a Buffalo Tops supermarket in May 2022, was partly driven by his belief in what is known as the “white replacement theory,” Erie County-based state Supreme Court Justice Paula Feroleto noted in her decision.
Pretty sure Section 230 will get this thrown out, but I’m interested in the legal arguments.