The New York attorney general's office said Wednesday that it has launched an investigation into tech platforms including video-streaming site Twitch, messaging platform Discord and the anonymous message board 4chan.
A person who identified as the suspect's name, Payton Gendron, outlined plans on Discord for an attack.
In her statement, James said the investigation is targeting Twitch, 4chan, 8chan and Discord, but the probe may eventually include other tech platforms. And it is a discussion that is complicated by the legal landscape in the U.S., since online platforms are affordedThere are narrow ways to get around the legal shield, known as Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, including if a social media site carries content that violates a federal criminal law.
He said courts have held that a platform's content moderation decisions count as a kind of free speech protected by the First Amendment. In order to overcome that, a prosecutor would have to show that a social media company had enough knowledge of bad actions that broke the law.
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