The platforms witness a crime

On the Buffalo shooting, a Texas law, and the future of content moderation

May 17, 2022

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People leave messages at a makeshift memorial near a Tops grocery store in Buffalo, NY, the day after a gunman killed 10 people. (Usman Khan / Getty Images)

Over the weekend, a domestic terrorist killed 10 people in Buffalo, NY, in an act of racist violence, prompting the usual questions about what role platforms may have played in radicalizing him — or …

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