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YouTube and Reddit are sued for allegedly enabling the racist mass shooting in Buffalo that left 10 dead (fortune.com)
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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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[–] Chetzemoka@kbin.social 29 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Their content promotion algorithms are not protected by section 230. Those algorithms are the real problem, pushing more and more radical content onto vulnerable minds. (The alt-right YouTube pipeline is pretty well documented. Reddit, I think, less so. But they still promote "similar content")

[–] riley0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 year ago

Section 230 requires "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Section_230#:~:text=good%20faith%20removal%20or%20moderation%20of%20third%2Dparty%20material Selection of click-bait algorithms is a choice. At least, they could select out promotion of murder and maiming without a sled ride.