Uvalde Parents Accuse Meta, ‘Call of Duty’ of Grooming Shooter in Lawsuit

The companies vow to fight the lawsuit, arguing there is no link between video games and violence.
Uvalde Parents Accuse Meta, ‘Call of Duty’ of Grooming Shooter in Lawsuit
Reggie Daniels pays his respects a memorial at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas, on June 9, 2022. Eric Gay, File/AP Photo
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Uvalde parents filed lawsuits on Friday against Meta and Activision alleging the companies groomed the teenage gunman responsible for the 2022 school massacre.

In two lawsuits, filed in California and Texas, the group of 19 parents says that Meta’s Instagram app and Activision’s Call of Duty first-person shooter game, together with gunmaker Daniel Defense, have “groomed a generation of young men who are socially vulnerable, insecure about their masculinity, and eager to show strength and assert dominance.”