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YouTube and Reddit are sued for allegedly enabling the racist mass shooting in Buffalo that left 10 dead::The complementary lawsuits claim that the massacre in 2022 was made possible by tech giants, a local gun shop, and the gunman’s parents.

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[–] FireTower@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

Means≠motivation. Having the capacity to do something doesn't drive one to do so.

I'm not deeply researched on this case but from what I know I'd imagine that poor solication combined with being accepted into a group who'd espouse those kind of views contributed to their actions. Not to say that any of those websites did anything particularly to drive their actions.