The judge ruled that the Buffalo shooting survivors must file a lawsuit over the radicalization of the shooter
Judge allows lawsuit against YouTube and Reddit to move forward. Lawsuit filed by survivors of Buffalo Tops shooting and a family member of a victim. Judge allows suit against YouTube, Reddit to go forward. Survivor of Buffalo shooting shooting and family of victim to sue YouTube, YouTube.
The sites' algorithms served the 18-year-old with increasingly extremist content and led to the attack, the suit claims. A judge rejected the companies' request to have the suit dismissed. The sites are accused of providing a platform to radicalize the Buffalo shooter, a lawsuit says.
Judge rules YouTube, Facebook and Reddit must face lawsuits claiming they helped radicalize a mass shooter. The wrongful death lawsuit against several social media companies for allegedly contributing to the radicalization of a gunman who killed 10 people at a grocery store in Buffalo, New York, will be allowed to proceed.
Judge rules Reddit and YouTube must face lawsuits claiming they enabled Buffalo grocery mass shooter. The avowed white supremacist killed 10 Black people in 2022 at a Buffalo, New York, grocery store. Judge ruled Reddit and Google’s YouTube must now face lawsuits seeking to hold them responsible for helping enable the shooter.