Reddit and YouTube must face a lawsuit over the radicalization of the Buffalo shooter

Enlarge this image

A memorial to the 10 victims of the racist shooting at a Tops grocery store in Buffalo. Two tech companies must face a lawsuit alleging that their algorithms played a role in radicalizing the shooter, a judge ruled Monday. Matt Burkhartt/Getty Images

Matt Burkhartt/Getty Images

The tech companies Reddit and YouTube must face a lawsuit filed by the survivors of a racist shooting in Buffalo that alleges the sites’ algorithms helped to radicalize the shooter and prepare him for the attack, a New York state judge has ruled.

Filed last

→ Continue reading at NPR - Technology

More from author

Related posts

Advertisment

Latest posts

Illegal Trawlers Are No Match for Undersea Sculptures

IT’S 7 AM, and a thin layer of mist still hovers over the harbor in Talamone as fisherman Paolo Fanciulli stretches out his nets....

Flooding Wetlands Could Be the Next Big Carbon Capture Hack

Arriving at the tidal wetlands of Mungalla Station on the coastline of northern Queensland, ornithologist Simon Kennedy from the not-for-profit BirdLife Australia is greeted...

People Hate the Idea of Car-Free Cities—Until They Live in One

London had a problem. In 2016, more than 2 million of the city’s residents—roughly a quarter of its population—lived in areas with illegal levels...