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>> well, shannon, the question they pose, are social media companies responsible or criminally liable for material posted on their networks? until the law has said no. if you commit a violent act after reading a book or watching a movie the publisher and producer isn't responsible. the families of the victims of the san bernardino attack accuse twitter, facebook and google knowingly providing material support to isis. terrorist organization. i'm quoting. the shooters had never been directly in contact with isis. isis use of social media directly influenced their actions on the day of the san b...

Paris attacks. >> shannon: how have other lawsuits fared in court? >> some of those cases are ongoing. the courts have generally dismissed similar lawsuits because of the communications decency act and interneat freedom act. no provider can be held liable based on third party content that they carry. argue otherwise these companies say would expose every online platform to liability for terrorist violence anywhere in the world at any time simply because the terrorists may have been affiliated with some of the platforms billions of users. having said that, many of these companies have stepped u...