YouTube and Reddit are sued for allegedly enabling the racist mass shooting in Buffalo that left 10 dead::The complementary lawsuits claim that the massacre in 2022 was made possible by tech giants, a local gun shop, and the gunman’s parents.

  • CaptainAniki@lemmy.flight-crew.org
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    1 year ago

    Because you are responsible for hiring psychologists to tailor a platform to boost negative engagement, and now there will be a court case to determine culpability.

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      1 year ago

      Reddit is going to have to make the argument that it just boosts “what people like” and it just so happens people like negative engagement.

      And I mean it’s been known for decades that people like bad news more than good news when it comes to attention and engagement.