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Families of San Bernardino Shooting Sue Facebook, Google, Twitter

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Re: Families of San Bernardino Shooting Sue Facebook, Google, Twitter

#11

Post by wand3r »

Wow, horrifying. I want to give them the benefit of the doubt for such a tradgedy and the emotional stress and grief it causes; but this is illogical, dangerous and counterproductive. Terrorism seeks to change our way of life and sueing a company for providing a platform for[0] free speech (which those companies actually already curtail) will not only cause problems to this already slippery slope, but simply displace terrorists to less visible places.

I hope this is not greed, because these companies are about as well funded as they are unconnected/innocent in this incident.

[0] added "provide a platform for" free speech for clarity.

Also, I am aware these platforms moderate, Facebook just committed to hiring 1400ish people to mod the site.

Re: Families of San Bernardino Shooting Sue Facebook, Google, Twitter

#13

Post by thesmallestcat »

cloakandswagger wrote: post #12
dntbgoat wrote: post #9

That's like suing the coffee shops for the revolution

Or suing gun manufacturers for shoo-- https://www.rt.com/usa/369036-sandy-hook-gun-manufacturing-l... ..Oh

I don't think it's a valid comparison. Not making a statement on the Sandy Hook suit's merit, but clearly the San Bernardino couple didn't shoot up the place with tweets and wall posts.

Re: Families of San Bernardino Shooting Sue Facebook, Google, Twitter

#15

Post by nappy »

wand3r wrote: post #11

Wow, horrifying. I want to give them the benefit of the doubt for such a tradgedy and the emotional stress and grief it causes; but this is illogical, dangerous and counterproductive. Terrorism seeks to change our way of life and sueing a company for providing a platform for[0] free speech (which those companies actually already curtail) will not only cause problems to this already slippery slope, but simply displace…

Do you think corporations have the right to free speech? Do you think they ought to?

Re: Families of San Bernardino Shooting Sue Facebook, Google, Twitter

#16

Post by jeancl »

There were quite a few comments about the dishonest culture of the Indian bodyshops on the Infosys thread yesterday. And today I wake up to an Uber criminal probe and Facebook, Google and Twitter getting sued.

So as a student all I want to know, is how do I tell I am not working for the "let's do whatever it takes" assholes.

Re: Families of San Bernardino Shooting Sue Facebook, Google, Twitter

#17

Post by usaphp »

misnome wrote: post #10
gruez wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What did they do? All they did was refuse to unlock the perpetrator's phone. How do they have standing in that?

They enabled the perpetrator's planning and communications by supplying him the phone. I mean, they are just as culpable as Facebook, Google and Twitter... ...i.e. not at all, but a large and wealthy company to try and extort a settlement from.

By this logic you can sue the clothing company that provided them with clothes during their felony

Re: Families of San Bernardino Shooting Sue Facebook, Google, Twitter

#18

Post by post_break »

thesmallestcat wrote: post #13
cloakandswagger wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Or suing gun manufacturers for shoo-- https://www.rt.com/usa/369036-sandy-hook-gun-manufacturing-l... ..Oh

I don't think it's a valid comparison. Not making a statement on the Sandy Hook suit's merit, but clearly the San Bernardino couple didn't shoot up the place with tweets and wall posts.

Not a valid comparison? It's the exact comparison. What about suing the truck manufacturers when that terrorist ran over a bunch of people, or Boeing for 9/11, etc. Just because they are a manufacturer of firearms doesnt excuse them from this ideology.

Re: Families of San Bernardino Shooting Sue Facebook, Google, Twitter

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Post by acchow »

nappy wrote: post #15
wand3r wrote: post #11

Wow, horrifying. I want to give them the benefit of the doubt for such a tradgedy and the emotional stress and grief it causes; but this is illogical, dangerous and counterproductive. Terrorism seeks to change our way of life and sueing a company for providing a platform for[0] free speech (which those companies actually already curtail) will not only cause problems to this already slippery slope, but simply displace…

Do you think corporations have the right to free speech? Do you think they ought to?

This isn't about a corporation's free speech. It's about people exercising their free speech using products built by companies.
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