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Families of San Bernardino Shooting Victims Say Facebook, Twitter, and Google Are Liable

The suit alleges the companies negligently inflicted emotional distress and caused wrongful deaths.

The families of three of the victims of the 2015 San Bernardino terror attack sued Facebook, Twitter, and Google Wednesday, claiming the tech giants knew that terrorist groups like the Islamic State were using their platforms to spread their extremist agendas and didn't do enough to stop it.

The suit alleges the companies not only violated laws against providing support and resources to terrorists but also negligently inflicted emotional distress and caused wrongful deaths.

"For years, defendants have knowingly and recklessly provided the terrorist group ISIS with accounts to use its social networks as a tool for spreading extremist propaganda, raising funds, and attracting new recruits," alleges the lawsuit, filed in US District Court for the Southern District of California by the families of Sierra Clayborn, Tin Nguyen, and Nicholas Thalasinos. All were killed when Syed Rizwan Farook and Tashfeen Malik—a married couple—opened fire at Farook's company potluck on December 22, 2015. In total, the pair killed 14 and wounded another 22.

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