Legal Opinion
Taamneh v. Twitter, Inc.
District Court, N.D. California
Decided October 29, 2018No. Case No. 17-cv-04107-EMCPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDWARD M. CHEN, United States District Judge
Plaintiffs are relatives of Nawras Alassaf, a citizen of Jordan who was killed on January 7, 2017, when Abdulkadir Masharipov, an individual affiliated with ISIS, attacked the Reina nightclub in Istanbul, Turkey. Plaintiffs have sued three social media companies, namely, Twitter, Inc.; Google, Inc. (for its YouTube product); and Facebook, Inc. According to Plaintiffs, Defendants have, e.g. , provided material support to a terrorist or terrorist organization in violation of the Antiterrorism Act ("ATA"), see 18 U.S.C. §§ 2333(a), 2339A, 2339B, 2339C,…
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Crosby v. Twitter, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 2019
- Copeland v. Twitter, Inc.District Court, N.D. California · 2018
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