Judge rules Buffalo mass shooting civil suit against social media companies can move forward
UPDATED 9:21 AM ET Mar. 19, 2024
A state Supreme Court justice is allowing a lawsuit stemming from the Buffalo mass shooting in May 2022 against multiple social media platforms to move forward.
Families of those killed in the attack filed a civil suit against platforms including Meta, Instagram, 4chan and Twitch, alleging hateful and extremist content on their sites radicalized the shooter.