Buffalo shooter 'radicalized' through fringe online platforms, report finds

[brooklynite]

Source: Politico

ALBANY, N.Y. — Attorney General Tish James and Gov. Kathy Hochul released a report Tuesday on the role that online platforms played in the racially motivated shooting at a Buffalo supermarket earlier this year that killed 10 people and wounded three.

The report concluded “that fringe online platforms, like 4chan, radicalized the shooter; livestreaming platforms, like Twitch, were weaponized to publicize and encourage copycat violent attacks; and a lack of oversight, transparency, and accountability of these platforms allowed hateful and extremist views to proliferate online, leading to radicalization and violence.”

Background: After the shooting, Hochul announced new actions to strengthen gun laws in New York and quell the spread of white supremacy online. Part of that was a referral to James’ office to study the role that online platforms played in the 18-year-old shooter’s reported white supremacist ideology before the shooting in the largely Black community.

Investigators reviewed thousands of pages of documents, social media content and policies practiced by the platforms.

Read more: https://www.politico.com/news/2022/10/18/hochul-james-release-report-on-buffalo-shooter-online-radicalization-00062344

[Evolve Dammit]

1. Not radicalization but rather "free speech."

[Coventina]

2. I'm surprised to see Twitch blamed. They have a pretty solid content policy.

But, I suppose things can slide through the cracks.

[yardwork]

10. Do they allow live-streaming of shootings?

[certainot]

3. did they look into a talk radio influence? 9 stations supported by U of syracuse, 150 miles from

buffalo.....

rw radio has been selling "replacement theory' for 20 years, and comforting the NRA and semi-automatics after every mass shooting

[Kaleva]

6. Maybe video games also need to be looked at

Like the ones where the male character can assault women with impunity, kill others by the score and actually familiarize players with weapons and tactics.

[radicalleft]

11. Yeah because those games aren't played

Anywhere else in the world...

[Kaleva]

12. And fringe websites aren't accessible anywhere else in the world either

No rw radio, no Fox, no Newsmax and so on

[radicalleft]

15. My point exactlry...

Blaming video games is akin to the PRC of the 80's blaming heavy metal music...

[Kaleva]

16. The one difference is availability of guns

[barbtries]

4. this fringe media is

imo an abuse of the first amendment. a lot of dead bodies behind this theory.

[BigmanPigman]

5. They always cry "the 1st Amend."

when it suits them but we all know that they are 100% against free speech. Meanwhile, purposely ignorant Americans buy this BS from any source they can. They are a bunch of ostriches and proud of it. Being ignorant is like a badge of honor for the GQP supporters.

[keithbvadu2]

7. First Amendment

“Freedom of the press may be guaranteed in the Constitution. But a plurality of Republicans want to give President Trump the authority to close down certain news outlets, according to a new public opinion survey conducted by Ipsos and provided exclusively to The Daily Beast.”

So that 43% would approve a democrat shutting down Fox news?

https://www.thedailybeast.com/new-poll-43-of-republicans-want-to-give-trump-the-power-to-shut-down-media?via=twitter_page

[barbtries]

8. yes i would.

because it is not news! it is an abuse of the first amendment.
my own brother and SIL have been brainwashed by fox news and hate radio. we don't even talk. we can no longer agree on reality.

i keep hoping the market and responsible journalism will put an end to it. so it's not gonna happen and there is little hope for our democracy under these conditions.

[purr-rat beauty]

9. Radicalized by Responsible Gun owning Christians...

right?

[keithbvadu2]

13. Pearly Young, 77, was killed by a Fox/Trump domestic terrorist in Buffalo while shopping for groceri

Pearly Young, 77, was killed by a Fox/Trump domestic terrorist in Buffalo while shopping for groceries.

He fervently believed in the Fox Great Replacement Theory.

For 25 years she ran a pantry where every Saturday she fed people in Central Park.

What white person was she replacing?

Can Tucker get the job back for him/her?
.

[kimbutgar]

14. The one thing about the internet is that has been a blessing and curse at the same time

Before the internet people weren’t as crazy and radicalized as they are today. A lot of our division I out country has been because of the integer that. But a lot of being connected and learning has also been though the internet. Anyone can post on the internet crazy shit and get away with it.

That said I love the community of DU and would be upset if it was gone,

[mahatmakanejeeves]

17. "I'm calling on the NY AG to pass a remedial civics course."

IEndorsePopehat Retweeted

I’m calling on the NY AG to pass a remedial civics course.

This law would violate me.

We're calling for action with @GovKathyHochul to combat this extremism and violence:

- New York and other states must pass laws that criminalize graphic images or videos created by a person carrying out an attack and penalize resharing or reposting that same content.

Link to tweet

Both sides of the political aisle really seem to hate the 1st Amendment. Frustrating.

New: Should people who share mass-shooting videos face civil penalties? New York's attorney general wants new laws to crack down on live-streamed violence. But some of the ideas could violate First Amendment rights https://wapo.st/3CAzwgU @Cat_Zakrzewski

Link to tweet

[Arminio]

18. 4 chan

is a cancer.

[maxsolomon]

19. The headline blames multiple platforms

But it's always 4Chan/8Chan. Which are basically discussion boards, like Reddit. Or DU.

I don't think Twitch moderators have the ability to know what the content is on every livestream at all times. It takes a while to react; users have to alert on it.