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Court protects Facebook from Charleston church shooter lawsuit
The appeals court stated that a 1996 federal law protects websites from content posted by its users.
CHARLESTON, S.C. — A federal appeals court sided with a lower court ruling to dismiss a woman's lawsuit against Meta that claimed Facebook's algorithm contributed to the radicalization of Dylan Roof, who killed nine people in a racially motivated shooting at a Charleston church. The plaintiff, whose dad was one of the nine people killed in the 2015 shooting, claimed that Facebook's algorithm prioritized showing divisive and harmful material to Roof in an effort to maximize engagement. On June 17, 2015, Roof shot 10 people, killing nine of them, at the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Charleston.
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