(Hill) D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine (D) is urging the D.C. Superior Court against dismissing a lawsuit that alleges Facebook fueled anti-Muslim hate.
Racine filed an amicus brief Monday in favor of Muslim Advocates’ push to overturn Facebook’s motion to dismiss the case. He argued that the platform is not immune to being held accountable for misleading consumers.
“Facebook is trying to claim that it — and other massive tech companies — are above the law and cannot be held accountable for their false statements to consumers. But no company is entitled to mislead consumers, and there is nothing in local or federal law that shields companies like Facebook from the consequences of their own deception,” Racine said in a statement.
