They accuse the companies of partnering to promote and create content designed to glorify violence and effectively training the teenage gunman in one of the deadliest school shooting in U.S. history.
Updated: 2 minutes agoJulián Moreno, great-grandfather of Robb Elementary mass shooting victim Alexandria"Lexi" Rubio stands by her memorial cross at the town square on Friday morning, May 24, 2024, in Uvalde, Texas. Friday marked two years since 19 fourth-graders and two teachers were killed by an 18-year-old gunman at the Uvalde school.
It added to mounting lawsuits over the attack and came as the small Texas city gathered to mourn the anniversary of one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history. The gunman killed 19 students and two teachers officers finally confronted and shot him after waiting more than an hour to enter the fourth-grade classroom.
Friday’s lawsuits are not the first to accuse technology companies of having a role in radicalizing or influencing mass shooters. Families of victims in a May 2022 attack on a Buffalo, New York, supermarket sued social media companies, including Meta and Instagram, over content on their platforms. A video game industry trade group also pushed back on blaming games for violence, arguing research has found no link.
“Simultaneously, on Instagram, the shooter was being courted through explicit, aggressive marketing. In addition to hundreds of images depicting and venerating the thrill of combat, Daniel Defense used Instagram to extol the illegal, murderous use of its weapons,” the families’ attorneys said in a statement.In a congressional hearing in 2022, Daniel Defense CEO Marty Daniels called the Uvalde shooting and others like it “pure evil” and “deeply disturbing.
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