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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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[-] Otkaz@lemmy.world 147 points 1 year ago

It use to be video games and movies taking the blame. Now it's websites. When are we going to decide that people are just bat shit crazy and guns need some form of regulation?

[-] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 71 points 1 year ago

Because every gun owner thinks they are "the good guys"

[-] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 27 points 1 year ago

Because every gun owner thinks they are “the good guys”

Just wait till I use my gun to save a bunch of lives. Then you'll see that I'm a hero. /s

[-] ZombieZookeeper@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

And most of them fantasize about killing liberals and BLM protesters.

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[-] aidan@lemmy.world 9 points 1 year ago

Usually from their perspective they are. Most people don't try to be bad.

Yep. This guy thought he was fighting a righteous battle against the evil of white replacement. Brainwashed, but not insane by any clinical definition any more than any soldier is.

[-] MrSpArkle@lemmy.ca 8 points 1 year ago

This is a key insight. There have been plenty of despots and dictators that ruled countries for decades while committing uncountable atrocities who had full command of their faculties.

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[-] DarkWasp@lemmy.world 22 points 1 year ago

I can see the nuance in an argument that an online community, unmoderated, could be using an algorithm to group these violent people together and amplifying their views. The same can't really be said for most other platforms. Writing threats of violence should still be taken seriously over the internet, especially if it was later acted upon. I don't disagree with you that there's a lot of bat shit crazy out there though.

[-] SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago

It is harder to get a nail salon license in many states than to accumulate an arsenal.

[-] ofk12@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago

I don't know man, sounds a bit too much like sense to me.

[-] DigitalWanderer@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

but muh rights to go pew pew!

/s just in case not clear...

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[-] Anonymousllama@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

It's not popular nowadays to mention that people need to have self accountability, there's always apparently a website, service, game or social media platform to "blame" for the actions of the individual

[-] Marsupial@quokk.au 9 points 1 year ago

Exactly and sites that profit off of hosting extremist content that radicalises terrorists need to be held accountable for their actions.

[-] aidan@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

Extremist content- or calls to action?

[-] Natanael@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 year ago
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[-] Shapillon@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago

How is self accountability incompatible with systemic issues?

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