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Should Platforms Like Meta and 4chan Be Held Responsible if Their Algorithms Radicalize Mass Shooters?

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Lawyers representing victims of the Buffalo, New York mass shooting have filed a lawsuit, arguing that about 10 social media companies, including Meta, Amazon, Google, Discord, and 4chan, should be held responsible for radicalizing the shooter's ideology. As attention is focused on whether the claim that "the algorithms that these companies use to recommend content to users radicalized the shooter's ideology" will be accepted, technology media T…
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Lawyers representing victims of the Buffalo, New York mass shooting have filed a lawsuit, arguing that about 10 social media companies, including Meta, Amazon, Google, Discord, and 4chan, should be held responsible for radicalizing the shooter's ideology. As attention is focused on whether the claim that "the algorithms that these companies use to recommend content to users radicalized the shooter's ideology" will be accepted, technology media T…

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GIGAZINE broke the news in on Saturday, June 28, 2025.
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