NEW YORK — A scathing report released Tuesday by the New York Attorney General's office slams dark web platforms for 'radicalizing' the teenage suspect in the racially motivated Buffalo grocery store mass shooting that left 10 Black people dead.
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"The tragic shooting in Buffalo exposed the real dangers of unmoderated online platforms that have become breeding grounds for white supremacy," James said in a statement accompanying the report's release."Today I met with the victims' families to share the findings of this report. This report is further proof that online radicalization and extremism is a serious threat to our communities, especially communities of color.
"We are pleased with the investigation on the impact social media may have had on the shooter. That's an area of keen interest for us because we're very interested in the circumstances that allowed for this to take place, systems that may have helped radicalize this person," Garnell Whitfield Jr., whose 86-year-old mother Ruth Whitfield was killed in the attack, told ABC News.
"I love it," Talley told ABC News of the attorney general's report."I don't see how you can have websites in which you can say openly racist things. It's nice to see somebody is trying to go after them." Gendron, according to the state attorney general's investigators, viewed on 4chan a brief clip of the 2019 mass shooting at a mosque in Christchurch, New Zealand. The report found the suspect's radicalization deepened through engagement with virulent racist and anti-Semitic content posted by users on 4chan.
The suspect, who is white, has been charged in federal and state courts with multiple counts of murder and hate crimes. He has pleaded not guilty in both cases.James' report found platforms like 4chan and Twitch lack oversight, transparency and accountability for allowing hateful and extremist views to proliferate online, leading to radicalization and violence.
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