Social Media Firms Must Face Lawsuits From Buffalo Shooting Survivors: Judge

Social Media Firms Must Face Lawsuits From Buffalo Shooting Survivors: Judge
Police walk outside the Tops grocery store, in Buffalo, N.Y., on May 15, 2022. Joshua Bessex/AP Photo
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Multiple social media companies, including Meta, Reddit, and YouTube, will face lawsuits alleging they enabled a shooter who killed 10 people at a grocery store in Buffalo in 2022, a New York state judge ruled on March 18.

The lawsuits were filed by family members of the victims and survivors of the shooting—nearly all African American—which was perpetrated by 18-year-old Payton Gendron, at a Tops Friendly Markets.

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