Lawsuit by Buffalo supermarket shooting victims pins blame on Facebook, Amazon and other tech giants

Kimberly Salter, widow of Buffalo supermarket shooting victim Aaron Salter Jr, speaks during a press conference, on July 12, 2023, in Buffalo, N.Y. Victims and relatives of last year's mass shooting at a Buffalo supermarket announced Wednesday they are suing the social media sites, weapons retailers and others who they say ‘loaded the gun’ the assailant used to kill 10 Black people and wound three other victims in an attack fueled by racist conspiracy theories he encountered online. — The Buffalo News via AP

BUFFALO, New York: Tech and social media giants like Facebook, Amazon and Google bear responsibility for radicalising the Buffalo supermarket shooter, who was fueled by racist conspiracy theories he encountered online, the victim’s relatives said in a lawsuit filed July 12.

“They were the conspirators, even if they don’t want to admit it,” civil rights attorney Ben Crump said at a news conference announcing a 171-page lawsuit, which seeks unspecified financial damages as well as changes in how the companies operate.