Twitter, Google, Facebook Not Liable to Dallas Shooting Victim

Twitter, Google, and Facebook aren’t liable under the Anti-Terrorism Act for aiding and abetting Hamas to radicalize a mass shooter in Dallas, the Fifth Circuit said.

Jesus Retana was a police officer in 2016 when he and 13 other Dallas police officers were shot during a mass shooting. He and his husband claimed that the shooter, Micah Johnson, was radicalized against police officers by Hamas after reading its propaganda and watching its videos on the social media platforms.

The Anti-Terrorism Act extends liability to anyone who knowingly provides assistance to a person who commits “an act of international ...