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​Judge dismisses suit against Twitter, Facebook, Google over Texas terrorist shooting

( December 4, 2017, 23:32 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: US Magistrate Judge Joseph C. Spero has dismissed a Dallas police sergeant’s suit against Twitter, Facebook and Google alleging the companies gave a platform to the terrorist organizations that radicalized a terrorist who killed five officers in July 2016. “Plaintiffs do not plausibly allege a connection between Hamas and the Dallas shooting, and thus fail to establish that Defendants‘ alleged support of Hamas was a proximate cause of Plaintiffs‘ injuries,” Spero ruled. “Most if not all of Plaintiffs‘ claims are also barred by the CDA.”See document below....

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