TechnologyEnglish • 8 months ago

Judge rules YouTube, Facebook and Reddit must face lawsuits claiming they helped radicalize a mass shooter | CNN Business

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Judge rules YouTube, Facebook and Reddit must face lawsuits claiming they helped radicalize a mass shooter | CNN Business

TechnologyEnglish • 8 months ago

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.

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this protection does not extend to knowingly facilitating or encouraging illegal activities.

if it’s illegal to encourage illegal activities it’s illegal to build an algorithm that automates encouraging illegal activities
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  What if I built software to build software to do it?

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