We have the right to seek out information in print, internet, or media, or do we?
Facebook, Twitter, and Google can share what they want and do not need to limit what is seen on their platforms, or do they?
Families of three victims of the Orlando nightclub shooting that left 50 dead and 53 wounded in June this year have sued tech giants Facebook, Google and Twitter for allegedly providing “material support” to the Islamic State (IS) terrorist group and helping radicalize shooter Omar Mateen.
According to a Fox News report, the lawsuit was filed in federal court in the eastern district of Michigan on Monday on behalf of the families of Tevin Crosby, Javier Jorge-Reyes and Juan Ramon Guerrero, stating that the three web platforms “provided the terrorist group IS with accounts they use to spread extremist propaganda, raise funds and attract new recruits.”
“Without Defendants Twitter, Facebook, and Google (YouTube), the explosive growth of IS over the last few years into the most feared terrorist group in the world would not have been possible,” Fox News cited the lawsuit as saying. “They create unique content by combining IS postings with advertisements in a way that is specifically targeted at the viewer. Defendants share revenue with IS for its content and profit from IS postings through advertising revenue,” the lawsuit alleged. – indianexpress.com
The Indianexpress.com goes on to further say that an investigation revealed that Mateen was not a member of the terror group but had been inspired by it in part through what he saw on the internet.
One commentator said that if this lawsuit goes further, should they then next sue the internet companies that supplied the service?
Do you think this is going to far?
Is this lawsuit stating that Twitter, Google, and Facebook need to police themselves more and weed things out?
Should terrorist aspects be wiped from the internet?
Earlier this month, Facebook, Google, Microsoft and Twitter said they would share a database of terror images and videos to quickly remove terrorism content.
And if so, how do you define a terrorist? Radical Islamists? Radical Christians? KKK?
What are your thoughts, Instincters?
h/t: indianexpress.com