According to sources some of the families of victims from the Orlando Massacre are planning to sue Google.
CREDIT: WalterPro/FLICKR CCFamilies of some of the victims of the mass shooting in Orlando last year are planning to sue Google for “helping the terrorists who inspired the massacre”, the New York Post is reporting.
The revelation comes after the Google-owned platform, YouTube came under fire last week for restricting views to thousands of videos by LGBT+ content creators.
Legal counsel for the family said that tech firms were making it too easy for terror groups like ISIS to spread their beliefs. It is claimed that ISIS use social network to recruit new members.
The shooter in last year’s massacre pledged his allegiance to ISIS during a 911 call to authorities during his deadly attack.
Lawyer Keith Altman, of Michigan’s Solomon Radner law firm, told The Post,
“We are amending the Orlando lawsuit, adding new plaintiffs and adding new allegations and arguments,”
Many of Google’s highest paying advertisers, like Starbucks, Walmart and Verizon have pulled ads from the network after many found that their messages were being displayed next to hate speech, anti-gay and anti-Semitic hate.
