Good. I hope they win a massive settlement and drive them all out of business. Each one has been cutting off its platform to foes of jihad terror. In February, referrals from Facebook and Twitter to Jihad Watch dropped by 90% and have never recovered. Google has changed its search results so that when one searches for topics related to Islam and jihad, only results whitewashing Islam’s links to terrorism come up. Meanwhile jihad terrorists, as is clear from this case, have free rein. These monopolies need to be broken up, and the sooner the better, as they are actively working against the freedom of speech.
“Daughters of California man killed in Barcelona terror attack sue Google, Facebook and Twitter ‘for aiding, abetting and knowingly providing support and resources’ to ISIS,” by Julian Robinson, MailOnline, October 6, 2017:
The family of a California man killed in the terror attack in Barcelona is suing Facebook, Twitter and Google for their part in ‘aiding, abetting and knowingly providing support and resources’ to ISIS, it has emerged
Jared Tucker, from Walnut Creek, was one of 13 people who died when a van mowed down pedestrians on the Spanish city’s packed La Rambla on August 17.
The three daughters of the 42-year-old, who was celebrating his one year anniversary with wife Heidi Nunes-Tucker in Barcelona when he was killed, have now filed a lawsuit against the tech giants.
According to the New York Post, the complaint claims the firms have ‘for years 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.’…
Dan says
About time.
Two Facebook and their ilk epitomize German Lutheran pastor Martin Niemöller’s poem: First they came…”
First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Socialist.
Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Trade Unionist.
Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.
Thomas says
First they came for the Communists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Communist.
Then they came for the Siacialists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Socialist.
Then they came for the Public sector Unionists, and I did not speak out—
Because I was not a Public Sector Unionist.
Then the spending went down, the deficit was erased, taxes went down, and things were pretty good.
Guy Forester says
Unfortunately, whenever victims and survivors have sought to sue the government when criminals (especially illegal aliens) were released when they should not have been, the courts have protected themselves and the politicians from the results of their follies.
Furthermore, follow the money. You need to see who the large shareholders, board members, and advertisers are for these useless companies. You will no doubt find wealthy OPEC princes, super leftists like Soros, or other dimwits.
This lawsuit will go nowhere. Time to get more like-minded people to use other web surfers like Good Gopher and set up different payment and advertising mechanisms.
red rose says
Dan – it’s funny what you wrote because the owners of these platforms are all Jewish.
Linde Barrera says
I will pray starting today that the daughters of murdered California gentleman win their lawsuit, get lots of money from these dastardly tech giants, and start a trend that others will follow suit so that Islam can be exposed and that many others learn about the evil ideology it really is.
Walter Sieruk says
it might be fitting to sure Facebook and Twitter if those business entities had a hand in the murderous jihad attack in the city of Barcelona .Moreover, regarding that brutal and murderous vehicle jihad attack in Barcelona, Spain, President Trump keyboarded “We will do whatever is necessary to help.” This, most likely, includes not only the sharing in intelligence information but , when appropriate the use strong force against those vicious and dangerous jihadists .For the power of might is the only language that those jihad-minded Muslims will understand. Likewise, about that deadly and malicious Islamic terror attack in Barcelona, Vice President Pence said “The US and out allies will find and punish those responsible for the terror attack…” Pence further spoke about “Eliminating Islamic terrorism from the earth.”
This reflects the wisdom of some of the words of Thomas Jefferson, who had declared “With every barbarous people…force is law.”
Furthermore, that malicious and murderous vehicle jihad terror attack in Barcelona, Spain which resulted in the tragic jihad murder of thirteen people and the wounding of over one hundred more people was most heinous and wicked. That jihadist Muslim who deliberately ran down and over all those people is a jihad –minded Muslim who was acting out according to the instructions contained in the “holy book” of Islam the Quran. For example, the Quran in Surah 9:123 instructs “O you who believe! Fight those of the disbelievers who are close to you and let them find harshness in you…”
Let’s face it; intentionally running over people in a van is a very effective of showing people who are not Muslims “harshness.” Nevertheless, there are still some who, in spite of all the facts, claim that “Islam is a peaceful religion.” This claim has been proven to be blatantly false by the violet and deadly teaching of the Quran as well as by the behavior of many jihadist/Muslims who are inspired to inflect vicious murderous violence on people who are not Muslims.
In short, Islam is a religion of cruel, deadly violence.
fbijihadidefender says
First they came for the Jihadi, and I did not speak out—
Because I refused to understand my enemy.
Then they came for the freedom of speech, and I did not speak out—
Because I was leftiest.
Then they came for the Shariah Law, and I did not speak out—
Because I insisted my enemy had their right to implement any unreasonable laws.
Then they came for infidels—and there I finally realize that I was a stupid moron of all time.
Raja says
Robert Spencer is 100% right about the plan of action against these tech giants. Walter has added more interesting details of how the US will lend a helping hand. All these are encouraging signs.
These murderous tech giants should be made to go out of business and hopefully new companies will sprout with more balanced justice. Right now, I am afraid the odds are staked against the man on the street. without the US govt help.
TheDane says
Excellent news! I hope they sue the crab out of these nasty critters! I have none of the accounts, and I couldn’t dream of signing up with any of them! We are trying to make people over here in rotten, old Europe aware of great pages such as jihadwatch, pamelageller and thereligionofpeace.com; all great pages!
Karen says
Good luck to the daughters, I wish them every success. I predict an outpouring of lip-service for the first amendment as dollar signs whirl feverishly in the eyes of many a corporate lawyer. Sitting on vast mountains of cash, the term “massive settlement” will have to take on new meaning to have any impact.
Ciudadano says
Good luck with that, however I cannot be optimist. Somehow Facebook and Google will spin this as an excuse to increase their persecution and supression of “far-right” speech, ie, criticism of Islam and the left agenda in general.
Guest says
Hmm… Considering they ban “offensive” articles that warn people the evils of Islam. I would say that is supporting terrorists. Either way this won’t be good for them in reputation
Flavius Claudius Iulianus says
People who use social media: sheep and children.
Eur says
could also sue the entire Islamic community of Ripoll (in Catalonia). In my view, they are necessary accomplices. She should also sue all the politicians who have propelled this Islamic invasion and refuse to accept their responsibility and reality.
ctlawson says
YES SUE ZUKKERBURGER AND HANG HIM OUT TO DRY ,THE TWO FACEBOOK CON .
eduardo odraude says
A concern with this lawsuit is that it is not impossible that it could come back to bite people other than jihadists. If the companies are held responsible for the death (could it turn into a class action suit involving hundreds of plaintiffs?), that could legally confirm the companies’ right and responsibility to censor certain kinds of speech. If the censorship line is drawn more restrictively than the First Amendment, the companies could censor even non-violent people (as the companies already do, which is why they are hated by many people). Merely for being controversial or dissenting from Google’s left of center political views, people could be legally censored by Google.
eduardo odraude says
And really it makes even more sense to sue Saudi Arabia and every mosque that does not actively teach against the aspects of Islam and Muhammad that promote warfare against unbelievers. The Qur’an and those who adhere to it are clearly responsible for these kinds of atrocities, even nothing more than negligence is involved. It is negligent not to know or care that the religion to which you adhere is very easily used to promote warfare against unbelievers. The same is just not true of Hinduism, Judaism, Buddhism or Christianity. Islam is far more warlike and totalitarian in its core texts than all the other major religions. Even Judaism, which people sometimes point to as having some very violent scriptures, differs in profoundly humanistic ways from the teachings of Islam. Jewish scripture contains a golden rule that the scriptures say applies to non-Jews. Islamic scriptures contain no such golden rule to non-Muslims. The violence of the Jewish scriptures did not include open ended commands to wage war against unbelievers till the Last Judgment. The Jewish scriptures have episodes where “God” commands a whole town to be wiped out, and as terrible as that is, there was never any program in Jewish scripture for open ended warfare till the end of time against unbelievers. Jews don’t even try to make converts. That’s one reason why Islam has one hundred times more people than Judaism. Yet the Jews have earned about 100 times as many Nobel prizes in science, math, economics, and medicine than the whole Muslim population of the globe. With 100 times the population, only 1/100 the number of such prizes, a simple calculation shows that the Jews, per capita, have earned literally 10,000 times the number of Nobels as the Muslims. Now, anyone who equates Judaism with Islam should consider that difference and what it shows about how radically different one culture is from another. Or consider the UN Human Development report, which noted that Spain in a single year translates more books into Spanish than the Islamic world had translated into Arabic in a thousand years. Why this huge difference in cultures? One need not believe in either Islam or Judaism to look at their respective paradigms and see why the differenct social outcomes. Islam’s deity emphasizes Fiat, command, whereas the Judaic God places more emphasis on creative work. The Qur’an, for example, explicitly disagrees with biblical claim that after the 6 days of creation, God needed to rest for a day. The Qur’an says that God needs no rest, because he simply commands a thing to be, and it is. The biblical account tells human beings to imitate God’s creative work: “be fruitful and multiply.” For a religious Muslim, by contrast, to create is a “rash and dangerous act” — so said the brilliant historian Daniel Boorstin in a short chapter of his book The Creators. The Qur’an also explicitly denies the biblical claim that human beings are made in the image of God. The Qur’an says nothing is like Allah. The biblical account portrays human beings as God’s children, while the Qur’an insists God has no children (and no Son), and that human beings are only Allah’s servants or slaves. The Bible is a contract or covenant between God and human beings. Historian Stephen Morillo pointed out that feudalism was in part due to that paradigm of a contract, in that the nobles and serfs conceived their relationship, as despotic as it was, as fundamentally a contract, and because of that, Morillo writes, feudalism was able to evolve and Europe could get beyond it. The Qur’an and Hadith are not contractual in anything like the same way. That is why Bernard Lewis could point out that Islamic history has been one of mostly unrelieved despotism. Although I’ve focused on the difference between Judaism and Islam, I did so only because Judaism is the religion most people point to when they imply that all religions have the same kind and amount of violence. The key is, which religion is most determined to use violence to spread theocratic law over the whole world, and hands down it’s Islam, for anyone with an open mind and any thoroughness in research.
UNCLE VLADDI says
RICO litigation against Google, You Tube, Pay Pal and SPLC for tortuous interference is long overdue.
People say the American Constitution’s First Amendment only protects individual citizens (and corporations) from the government, but that private companies can enforce whatever rules they want to within their own domains.
But … hey, guess what! NOT when their rules amount to CRIMES (say, of slander)!
See, whenever FASCBOOK (And Twatter and ScrewYouRube, and GO-OGLE et al) humiliates people in public by censoring them and posting (slanderous, libelous) warnings, they are actually breaking the LAW.
Slander (and it’s written form, libel) are sub-categories of criminal FRAUD.
Further, if (as can be easily demonstrated in these cases) they committed their fraudulent, defamatory slanders and libels as part of an orchestrated conspiracy to suppress and destroy evidence of the crimes of the holy-mobster “muslim” gang members of the world’s oldest and largest ongoing extortion racket and crime-syndicate (“ISLAM”) then they are also guilty of endorsing those same crimes (many of which amount to mass-murders, if not to actual genocide) and since islam itself is openly hostile to any and all sovereign nations (which it regards as temporary and man-made false idols, all of which are to be eventually destroyed and replaced with their own one-world muslim Ummah Nation, to be ruled over by their global theocratic caliphate government) it is also a clear case of sedition and treason, of aiding and abetting an existential threat to the United States and Western world in general.
Zuckerturd and his globalist minions should be arrested indicted tried and possible executed for their treason to rationality and civilization and their ongoing crimes against humanity.