YouTube and Reddit are sued for allegedly enabling the racist mass shooting in Buffalo that left 10 dead

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YouTube and Reddit are sued for allegedly enabling the racist mass shooting in Buffalo that left 10 dead - Lemmy.world

YouTube and Reddit are sued for allegedly enabling the racist mass shooting in Buffalo that left 10 dead::The complementary lawsuits claim that the massacre in 2022 was made possible by tech giants, a local gun shop, and the gunman’s parents.

It use to be video games and movies taking the blame. Now it’s websites. When are we going to decide that people are just bat shit crazy and guns need some form of regulation?
Why are video games immune to neuroplasticity?
Anecdotally I play a genocidal maniac in every game I can. I love playing total war and killing every single thing I come across, razing pillaging their villages and enslaving the survivors. I’ve done it since I was a young child playing RTS games like age of empires. Adding up all my video game kills would probably in literally the billions. Can you guess how many people I’ve killed in real life?
Why is every commenter defending it so aggressive then?
Videogames don’t induce violent tendencies in people. That’s just a fact.
I agree generally- but I also personally know people who were in some ways inspired to violence by media.

Yes, some social media groups or propaganda productions ABSOLUTELY DO incite violence in people. I’m talking about violent videogames like FPSes, not deliberate propaganda.

Sorry if this double posts, my internet cut out in the middle of hitting reply and I’m trying again.

No, I mean fictional media, specifically movies and tv shows.
I suppose it would depend on the type of media. It’s a lot easier to insert effective alt-right political messages into films than into a game where you just shoot things and barely pay attention to the plot.
I’m not talking about far right, just glorified violence to them