NY Appeals Court: Lol, No Of Course You Can’t Sue Social Media For The Buffalo Mass Shooting

When politicians immediately blamed social media for the horrific 2022 Buffalo mass shooting—despite zero evidence linking the platforms to the attack—it was obvious deflection from actual policy failures. The scapegoating worked: survivors and victims’ families sued the social media companies, and last year a confused state court wrongly ruled that Section 230 didn’t protect them. […]

https://www.techdirt.com/2025/08/11/ny-appeals-court-lol-no-of-course-you-cant-sue-social-media-for-the-buffalo-mass-shooting/

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