ISIS Victim’s Family Sues Twitter, Facebook For Profiting From Terrorism

The family of a woman killed in the 2015 Paris attacks by ISIS claims in a lawsuit that Twitter, Facebook, and Google profit from targeted advertising linked to terrorist propaganda promoting violence.
As Bloomberg reports, the case is one of several complaints in U. S. courts alleging that the social media giants have played crucial roles in the growth of terrorist organizations in recent years. The biggest hurdle facing such claims is a federal law that insulates publishers from liability for the speech of others.
The family of Nohemi Gonzalez, who was fatally shot in the Paris attacks, said Friday in a revised version of a lawsuit initially filed in June that the companies created ‘original content’ by tying advertisements to ISIS-supported posts and generating revenue from them.

This post was published at Zero Hedge on Dec 4, 2016.