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Families of victims of the shooting at Robb Elementary School in Uvalde, Texas Sued Call of Duty publishers Activision and Meta. Alleged Companies “knowingly exposed the shooter to weapons” [he used]conditioned him to see it as a solution to his problems and trained him to use it.” Plaintiff also Accused A corporation that “eats up alienated teenagers and spits out mass shooters.”
In the lawsuit, the plaintiffs allege that the Uvalde shooter call of dutyThe video, which featured an assault rifle made by gun manufacturer Daniel Defense, also revealed that the gunman frequented Instagram, a platform that promotes gun manufacturers’ products. Instagram also offered gun manufacturers “unmonitored channels to reach minors directly at night, at home or at school.” The gunman was alleged to be a “poor and isolated teenager” from a small town in Texas who learned about and began targeting AR-15s after playing with the weapon for fun. call of duty The company also accused Meta of being more lenient towards gun dealers than other users who broke the rules. Meta prohibits the buying or selling of weapons and ammunition, but users Violate the policy 10 times before being banned from the platform.
“The truth is that the firearms industry and Daniel Defense did not act alone. Without Instagram, they would never have had access to this boy,” plaintiffs’ attorney Josh Koskoff said at a press conference. “They could not have exposed him to a dopamine loop that effectively kills people. That’s what Call of Duty does.” Koskoff’s law firm is the same one that secured a $73 million settlement with rifle manufacturer Remington for the families of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims.
An Activision spokesperson said: The Washington Post and Bloomberg Law “The Uvalde shooting was a horrific and heartbreaking event in every sense of the word,” the company said, adding that it offered its deepest condolences to the families of the victims, but that “millions of people around the world enjoy playing video games without resorting to horrific acts.”