So, I hear some parents of deceased kids are suing Facebook...

[TreasonousBastard]

because Islamic fanatics leaned how to hate there. Sorry, no more, no links-- just heard the end of a snippet on local TV news coming out of the bathroom.

Before I went into the bathroom, I heard about a drug dealer having manslaughter charges added because his customer OD'd.

"The first thing we do, let's kill all the lawyers." Henry VI, Part 2

[KittyWampus]

1. There are limits to Free Speech.

[TreasonousBastard]

2. Yes, there are, and hate speech is not protected. But...

to what extent is the medium responsible for the message?

[pinboy3niner]

3. Facebook, Twitter, Google sued by Orlando shooting victims' families

Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY 4:01 p.m. EST December 20, 2016

SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook, Google and Twitter are being sued by the families of three victims slain in the mass shooting at an Orlando nightclub for allegedly providing "material support" to the Islamic State.

The lawsuit, first reported by Fox News, was filed Monday in federal court in the eastern district of Michigan on behalf of the families of Tevin Crosby, Javier Jorge-Reyes and Juan Ramon Guerrero.

The lawsuit is the latest to target popular Internet services for making it too easy for the Islamic State to spread its message. In June, the family of a California college student killed in last year's terrorist attacks in Paris sued Facebook, Google and Twitter. Keith Altman, the attorney representing the three families in the Orlando nightclub lawsuit, also represents the family of that student, Nohemi Gonzalez, in the Paris terrorist attacks lawsuit.

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The biggest hurdle the lawsuit faces is a federal law that shields publishers from liability for the speech of others.

Last month Twitter defeated a lawsuit brought by families of two American contractors killed in an attack in Jordan inspired by ISIL, reaffirming social media companies' immunity from liability for user-generated content. The law in question, Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, shielded Twitter as a publisher of third-party content.

Altman is attempting a novel legal strategy. In an interview, he said Facebook, Google and Twitter should be held liable for what users post on their services because they pair content with advertising.

"They create unique content by combining ISIS postings with advertisements in a way that is specifically targeted at the viewer," the lawsuit alleges. "Defendants share revenue with ISIS for its content and profit from ISIS postings through advertising revenue."

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http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2016/12/19/facebook-twitter-google-sued-orlando-shooting-victims-families/95634736/