Orlando shooting victims’ families sue #twitter, #facebook, and #google over ISIS propaganda

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Family members of three people killed during the June attack on Orlando’s Pulse nightclub are suing Facebook, Twitter, and Google, arguing that the three companies allowed the spread of ISIS internet propaganda that radicalized shooter Omar Mateen.

“For years, Defendants have knowingly and recklessly provided the terrorist group ISIS with accounts to use its social networks as a tool for spreading extremist propaganda, raising funds, and attracting new recruits,” the lawsuit, which was first flagged by Fox News, begins.

Among the 49 killed in the attack were Tevin Eugene Crosby, Juan Guerrero, and Javier Jorge-Reyes, whose families brought suit this week. The suit claims the three tech…

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