The awful aftermath of the Pulse nightclub shooting will linger for years, and the legal repercussions are only just beginning. Various victim families have initiated a lawsuit against social media companies, accusing Facebook, Twitter, and Google of allowing violent extremist groups to thrive.
This claim seems like a stretch — although the shooter claimed allegiance with ISIS, it’s still not known if that’s actually true or just some random nonsense shouted by a crazy person. The only public knowledge we have is that he was furiously searching ISIS-related terms during the standoff.
And although radical organizations certainly do use social media, it’s anyone’s guess how vital those websites are to the spread of violent acts. Companies aren’t responsible for user-generated content; but according to the lawsuit, the combination of user-content and ad-content is a new piece of content that the companies can be sued for. Ehhhh… maybe.
Also, their attorney doesn’t exactly inspire confidence: they’re being represented by a law firm called “1-800-LAW-FIRM.”
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And hey, one-eight-hundred-law-firm, do you have any plans to sue gun manufacturers? Or push for better background checks? Or overhaul the system to track gun purchases? Twitter searches don’t kill people, guns kill people.
There’s been no response from Google, Twitter declined to comment, and Facebook offered a boiler-plate statement about how they remove content that advocates for terrorism.
To their credit, the companies have previously said that they’re collaborating on a new tool that will allow them to halt terrorist content online. But judging by Twitter’s past responses to harassment, that tool is likely to be one guy with a sad face, whining quietly to himself, “oh you guys really shouldn’t say that.”
Alistair Wiseman
He was a member of another group also known for their violence and extremism, the Democratic Party.
Omar was a registered Democrat just like his extremist Democratic father.
Mack
@Alistair Wiseman: That’s why the Republican President-Elect advocated violence at his rallies.
Brian
Why don’t they sue the nightclub on the grounds of allegedly inadequate security?
orbit5
Guns don’t kill people, people kill people.
XzamilIoh
Do you SJWs ever stop crying? Take action and fight back. Don’t be little faggots whimpering anymore!
Xzamistletoe
@XzamilIoh: The sad part is, minus the f-word, I would totally say that, but not with what happened at Pulse. You get a B for almost hitting the mark, Captain Obvious.
Mo Bro
“. . . although the shooter claimed allegiance with ISIS, it’s still not known if that’s actually true or just some random nonsense shouted by a crazy person . . .”
Funny how the left can’t accept the existence of Islamic terrorism, even when Islamic terrorists assure them that it exists.
Liberal logic at its laughable looniest.
Mo Bro
@XzamilIoh:
Get this man a prize!
Just because someone is gay doesn’t mean that they also have to be a pussy.
abnerbha
Posters have been offended by me saying that it wouldn’t surprise me if 1 or more of the Orlando victims were pedophiles & or drug dealers. They’re offended because I think they know it’s possible but hate that I raise this because people were murdered & wounded in this shooting. I don’t omit ugly facts because something bad as getting murdered happened. Though posters know this, here’s why it wouldn’t be surprising if it turns out if 1 or more of the victims were gay pedophiles & or drug dealers. The life of gays & lesbians (though not always) often have bad childhood such as fact that many gays & lesbians were victims of gay/lesbian pedophiles as kids.
1. People who are victims of same sex pedophilia are more likely to turn out gay/lesbian in adulthood, copying the sexual behavior they learned. In worse cases, victims of gay/lesbian pedophiles turn out to be gay/lesbian pedophiles in adulthood. This is esp. true for gay men & wouldn’t surprise me if it turns out 1 or more of the gay men killed in Orlando had been as a boy molested by gay pedophiles such as gay Catholic priests which caused them to repeat sexual conduct they learned from their abuse & possibly even turn out to be gay pedophiles.
2. People who are victims of gay/lesbian pedophiles along with being more likely to turn out gay/lesbian are also more likely to have problems such as depression, drug junkyism & drunkardism. They’re more likely to use drugs such as Meth, Cocaine & Extasy. In some cases, junkies can sell drugs along with using them or be a drug courier or lookout for drug dealers for money. In pubs, drugs are often sold & pubs are known to get drunkards, junkies & drug dealers.
Now I know this offends people with posters telling me how I’m trashing people who aren’t here to defend themselves. But ugly facts don’t change because some1 is murdered & it wouldn’t surprise me if 1 or more of the victims were pedophiles & or drug junkies + drug dealers because again, many gays & lesbians were victims of gay/lesbian pedophiles which ruined their sexuality & people who are victimized like this are more likely to turn out gay/lesbian in adulthood incl. turn out to be gay/lesbian pedophiles & more likely to be drug junkies incl. in some cases, sell drugs. Think the offended posters know this but hate that I’m not shy & raise this.
XzamilIoh
They died because they were unarmed pussies.
blackout_boycott
#WeAreFamily #NoHateZone
#WeAreTheWorld
#NeverForgetOurFamily
#FootPrintsInTheSand
Let’s mourn our Brother’s and Sisters death, but celebrate their lives!
Cry with your friend’s to heal. But honor them with your memories!
#ShareYourMemories
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Same heart, same blood!
Be mindful, but guns kill! Without the gun used at Pulse, there would have not been so many human lives taken for no reason.
Xzamistletoe
Queerty, that comment from the person claiming to be me (Captain Obvious) should not be on this site, and damn sure should not appear that is from me. But, hey, you do you.
Neonegro
Why don’t they just sue the world or sue their parents for bringing them into this world.
I hope they throw out this ridiculous suit.
Tête Carrée
They should just sue Google and Twitter for leaving the word “faggot” on their sites (like Queerty does). The continued acceptance of the word “faggot” and the hate associated with it lead to Orlando. F*ck the “Islamic jihad” bullshit, the guy wasn’t even religious until 5 minutes before the shooting. It could have been any christian or redneck except they didn’t have the temptation of 77 virgins to egg them on.
Tête Carrée
@Alistair Wiseman:
You are a nut-fucker.
Tête Carrée
@Brian:
At last you say something not completely stupid!
Their security was a off-duty pig who overcharged them for years because he was an off-duty pig. The one time he should have been useful, he ran away screaming and then took a 3 hour cigarette break. It was only 1 person. How hard could it be to shoot him in the back% Or does that break the heterosexual honour code? But then the pigs have never been our friends, we just pay them with our taxes. They should have just done the small town gay bar trick and hired a butch lesbian.
Tête Carrée
@XzamilIoh:
“they were unarmed pussies” We don’t all live in the hood n*gga. (Must star that word. Queerty won’t allow the word “n*gga” but they don’t mind if n*ggas say faggot).
“Take action and fight back.” What would you have done, n*gga? Caught the bullet between your dentures then beat him up? I’d like to see that. In fact I’m all in favour of getting an AK-47 and turning it on them in their meeting places: churches, straight nightclubs, Walmart, parks, sidewalks… But when I see lisping adolescents making Lady Gaga reaction videos or stroking the egos of some homophobe while referring to themselves as the “black Barbie”. I don’t have much hope of forming a Gay Panthers league.
Tête Carrée
@abnerbha:
Take it back to your Baptist church little breeder troll. So it was all worthwhile because 1 of them may have been a paedophile or a (gasp) pot dealer? Or did your mommy the church lady tell you they all were?
Tête Carrée
@XzamistletoeXzamilloh:
Aren’t you the same person? Why are you answering yourself “minus the f-word”? Is one Dr Jekyll to counter the vile Mr. Hyde?