cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/3320637

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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    1 year ago

    TD literally was a breeding ground for incel hardcore altright racists and nothing was done about it.

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        1 year ago

        The donald. The breeding ground for the disgusting republicans we have now.

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          It was more like a localized colony or infestation. The NRA, the Church, and FOX are the mother hives. You’ve got to get the nest, otherwise you’ll be running around stomping them out everywhere without ever getting rid of them.

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        Reddit.com/r/The_Donald

        Otherwise known as the front page of reddit for the entirety of the 2016 presidential election. Every single post on /r/all was either pro Trump stuff from The_Donald or pro Hilary stuff from /r/Politics. As a non american, it made using Reddit painful, being constantly bombarded with stuff about the election.

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        1 year ago

        Yes. In 2020. After raiding other subs.
        Not because they broke any laws or were racist. Just TOS shit.
        If you then claim that reddit did anything to combat the alttight uprising i have a bridge to sell you.

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          I think they tried to allow for almost any uprising on every side. It’s good for business. And what’s good for business is good for their Chinese investors.

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        1 year ago

        To be fair, it took waaay too long for anything to be done about it. I feel like they kept it going for so long because it was drawing people to Reddit and improving engagement etc. Even when they did step in, they just quarantined the subreddit.