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 bernardino massacre and without twitter, facebook and google the explosive growth of isis over the last few years into the most feared terrorist group in the world would not have been possible. we asked the tech companies for comment. so far nothing yet. it is quite early. lawyers who filed this case, however, filed similar cases for victims in the orlando and
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 up their efforts to police themselves. twitter says it s suspended 360,000 accounts in 18 months. facebook has 7,000 people tracking down questionable material. as you know, there is now an effort, a lobbying effort in washington to increase policing and study of 37% in swing state