Pulse Nightclub Attack Survivors File 2nd Lawsuit Against Internet Giants

16 survivors of the Pulse nightclub massacre in Orlando, Florida, on June 12, 2016, have filed a lawsuit against Google, Facebook, and Twitter alleging that the tech companies allowed the Islamic State(ISIS) to use their platforms to disseminate propaganda. The shooter Omar Mateen, pledged his support to the Islamic State before he walked into the club and killed 49 people and wounded 58 others. 

The lawsuit comes one week after a federal judge in Michigan dismissed a similar case against the tech giants. The new suit alleges that the three companies "have violated, and are continuing to violate, the Anti-Terrorism Act."

The lawsuit claims that if the tech companies had prevented ISIS from using their platform, Omar Mateen would not have carried out the deadly attack.

“The expansion and success of ISIS is in large part due to its use of the defendants’ social media platforms to promote and carry out its terrorist activities,” the lawsuit reads. “But for ISIS’s postings using defendants’ social media platforms, Mateen would not have engaged in his Orlando attack.”

The lawsuit also alleges that the companies profit off of the terrorist group's propaganda. They claim that YouTube, which is owned by Google, paid ad revenue to accounts linked to the terrorist organization. 


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