N.Y. Appellate Court Rejects Addictive Design Theory in Lawsuit Against Social Media Defendants Over Buffalo Shootings

Buffalo Mass Shooting Liability Suit Against Gun Accessory Company Clears Initial Hurdle

A New York state court has greenlit a liability case against a company whose magazine lock the Buffalo shooter disabled before carrying out his attack. On Friday, a panel on the Fourth Judicial Department of the New York Supreme Court’s Appellate Division rejected a motion to dismiss from magazine lock maker MEAN Arms. The unanimous five-judge panel ruled the federal Protection of Lawful… Source

N.Y. Appellate Court Rejects Addictive Design Theory in Lawsuit Against Social Media Defendants Over Buffalo Shootings

An excerpt from Patterson v. Meta Platforms, Inc., decided Friday by a panel of the New York intermediate appellate court,...

New York Appeals Court Rules Social Media Companies Immune in Buffalo Shooting Case

timesng.com: ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A New York state appeals court ruled on Friday that social media companies including Meta Platforms, Google, and Reddit cannot be held liable for their role in a racially motivated mass shooting in Buffalo, New York, where 10 Black people were killed in 2022. The Appellate Division reversed a lower court ruling, […] This post New York Appeals Court Rules Social Media Companies Immune in Buffalo Shooting Case appear…