San Bernardino shooting lawsuits vs Facebook, Google, Twitter dismissed

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

(Reuters) - A federal judge has dismissed lawsuits seeking to hold Facebook (FB.O), Google (GOOGL.O) and Twitter (TWTR.N) liable to victims of the December 2015 mass shooting in San Bernardino, California for letting Islamic State flourish on their social media platforms.

In a decision late Monday, U.S. Magistrate Judge Laurel Beeler in San Francisco said the attack, which killed 14 people and injured 22 others, was not the direct result of the companies’ alleged providing of resources to Islamic State.

“A contrary conclusion poses boundless litigation risk and is not tenable given how interconnected communication services are with modern economic and social life,” the judge wrote.

Beeler also found no liability for aiding and abetting terrorism under the 2016 Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act (JASTA), finding allegations only that the companies were “generally aware” that Islamic State used their services.

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TECHNOLOGY NEWS JANUARY 2, 2019 / 10:42 AM / UPDATED 17 MINUTES AGO
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[elmac]

1. Like the wall street banks, these monopolies are too big to fail & too big to sue

But I have to agree with the judge about opening this can of worms plus there is that constitutional thingy.