Twitter, Facebook and Google being sued amidst claims they knowingly ‘aided Paris attacks’

TheNextWeb ^ | 16 June, 2016 | Bryan Clark

[TheDon]

If the company can show they acted in good faith, and simply didn’t have the necessary resources to catch everything, they should win the suit. The only sites that really need to be worried are ones where terrorist-related stuff is being reported, but nothing is ever done about it.

That appears to be the heart of the case and the exact case the plaintiff is prepared to make.

“For years, [the companies] 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.

[fella]

In view of this trio’s current pro-islam and anti-homosexual censorship I think this guys got good chance of winning his case. I hope he breaks them.

[Boogieman]

Right, but “knowingly” is the key there. If a website does it “unknowingly”, then you might have a case for negligence, but you’d get a far smaller judgement for negligence than intentional malfeasance.

[mumblypeg]

Hope he makes them hemorrhage money.
Everything jihadists say and on the internet is “hate speech.”
The big techies are aiding and abetting terrorism.
Look for it to get worse when the UN takes over the internet.

[TheDon]

Agreed. That is the case the plaintiffs are claiming.

“For years, [the companies] 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.