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		</div><p>The father of a young woman killed in the Paris massacre last November is suing Google, Facebook and Twitter, can laiming the companies provided &#8220;material support&#8221; to extremists in violation of the law.</p>
<p>Reynaldo Gonzalez, whose daughter Nohemi was among 130 people killed in the attacks, filed the suit in the US District Court in the Northern District of California.</p>
<p>The suit claims the companies &#8220;knowingly permitted&#8221; the Islamic State group, referred to in the complaint as Isis, to recruit members, raise money and spread &#8220;extremist propaganda&#8221; through their social media services.</p>
<p>The Gonzalez suit is similar to a case brought against Twitter in January by the widow of a contractor killed in an attack in Jordan. It includes numerous identical passages and screenshots, although the lawyers in the cases are different.</p>
<p>Facebook and Twitter said the Gonzalez lawsuit is without merit, and all three companies cited their policies against extremist material. Twitter said that it has &#8220;teams around the world actively investigating reports of rule violations, identifying violating conduct, and working with law enforcement entities when appropriate&#8221;.</p>
<p>Facebook said that if the company sees &#8220;evidence of a threat of imminent harm or a terror attack, we reach out to law enforcement&#8221;.</p>
<p>Google said it would not comment on pending litigation, but noted that it has &#8220;clear policies prohibiting terrorist recruitment and content intending to incite violence and quickly remove videos violating these policies when flagged by our users&#8221;.</p>
<p>Under US law, internet companies are generally exempt from liability for the material users post on their networks. Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act provides a legal &#8220;safe harbour&#8221; for companies like Twitter and Facebook. It says that &#8220;no provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider&#8221;.</p>
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