Family of student killed in Paris attacks sues Facebook, Twitter and Google
http://www.theguardian.com/media/2016/jun/16/family-california-student-killed-paris-attacks-sue-google-facebook-twitter
The family of a California design student killed in November’s terror attacks in Paris have sued Twitter Inc, Google and Facebook Inc, claiming the social media companies provide “material support” to the militant group Islamic State.
Nohemi Gonzalez’s family filed the lawsuit on Tuesday in federal court in San Francisco, asking the court to rule that the companies are violating the US Anti-Terrorism Act. It seeks compensatory damages to be determined by the court.
“For years, defendants have knowingly permitted the terrorist group Isis to use their social networks as a tool for spreading extremist propaganda, raising funds and attracting new recruits,” the lawsuit said.
The lawsuit charged that the companies’ “material support” has enabled Islamic State to recruit, and to fund and carry out numerous terror attacks, such as the attacks in Paris last November that killed 130 people, including Gonzalez, who was a California State University student studying abroad at the time.
Not sure how I feel about this. Very hard to scrub everything, particularly in googles case.
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