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Hochul to strengthen gun laws, target online extremism and white supremacy in response to Buffalo mass shooting

ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. Kathy Hochul unveiled a package of executive orders and legislative actions Wednesday strengthening New York’s gun laws and targeting domestic terrorism in response to the deadly race-based mass shooting at a Buffalo supermarket.

Tribune News Service

New York attorney general launches probe of Twitch and Discord after Buffalo shooting

The investigation targets online platforms including video-streaming site Twitch, messaging platform Discord and the anonymous message board 4chan.

WEKU

After Buffalo massacre, NY Gov. Kathy Hochul tries to justify censorship

Hochul is right that the Supreme Court has recognized exceptions to the freedom of speech guaranteed by the First Amendment. She is wrong in thinking that “hate speech” is one of them.

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After Buffalo massacre, NY governor seeks action on guns

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is touting a package of executive orders and gun control bills in the aftermath of a racist attack on a Buffalo supermarket

The Independent UK

New York Report: Hemp Farmers Begin Cannabis Cultivation, Assembly Bill Pushes Hemp For Industrial & Packaging Use

New York's Senate and Assembly passed a bill to encourage businesses to use hemp materials for packaging, construction and other industrial purposes and will send it to Gov.

Benzinga

NY agency files discrimination complaint against Amazon

A state agency in New York has filed an administrative complaint against Amazon, alleging the e-commerce giant discriminated against pregnant and disabled workers by denying them “reasonable accommodations” and forcing them to take unpaid leave

The Independent UK

New York's Governor Wants to 'Silence' Constitutionally Protected Speech

In response to the Buffalo massacre, Gov. Kathy Hochul invoked a hoary analogy to justify censorship.

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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul Blames the Buffalo Shooting on Social Media

"It's all induced by the internet," she said.

Reason

In Buffalo, Biden to confront the racism he's vowed to fight

President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden are traveling to Buffalo on Tuesday to show solidarity with the community after a white supremacist targeted Black people at a supermarket

The Independent UK

How the alleged shooter livestreamed the attack, and how sites can stop such videos

Using a GoPro camera attached to a helmet, the shooter streamed live on the site Twitch for two minutes before the stream was taken down. By then it was too late, and the video has spread elsewhere.

WEKU

The alleged Buffalo shooter livestreamed the attack. How sites can stop such videos

Using a GoPro camera attached to a helmet, the shooter streamed live on the site Twitch for two minutes before the stream was taken down. By then it was too late, and the video has spread elsewhere.

WEKU

Why New York's 'Assault Weapon' Ban Didn't Stop the Buffalo Massacre

The problem is not sneaky entrepreneurs who sell accessories; it's legislators who ban guns based on functionally unimportant features.

Reason

Buffalo shooter published plans on internet 40 hours before New York supermarket attack

Between publishing his manifesto on Google and carrying out Saturday’s attack, which left 10 people dead, Payton Gendron is accused of visiting the supermarket in Buffalo, New York, he would later target

Daily Mirror

UN ‘appalled’ by ‘vile racist’ mass shooting in Buffalo

Comments by UN chief Antonio Guterres came as vigils were held in the US for the 10 people killed.

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The Guardian - UK

Online hate under scrutiny after Buffalo shooter streamed massacre on Twitch

Analysis: Call for social media firms to be held accountable for violent racist views ‘spreading like a virus’

Axios

Live streaming motivated the Buffalo shooter

The accused shooter said he was encouraged by knowing he would have an online audience via Twitch

WEKU

What we know so far about the Buffalo mass shooting

10 people are dead after an 18-year-old white man allegedly carried out an attack at a supermarket in a majority Black district.

Tribune News Service

Buffalo supermarket shooter did ‘reconnaissance’ before attack targeting Black people, police say

A manager at the Buffalo supermarket where 10 people were killed Saturday says she saw the suspect pretending to be homeless the day before the massacre.

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The Independent UK

Buffalo shooting: Sites yank videos faster, but not by much

Social platforms have learned to remove violent videos of extremist shootings more quickly over the past few years

Al Jazeera

Buffalo mass shooting: What we know so far

The gunman who killed 10 people at a grocery store in Buffalo is thought to have been motivated by racial hatred.

The Guardian - US

Buffalo shooting: Biden says racist killing of 10 people ‘abhorrent to fabric of nation’

Suspected gunman shot 11 Black and two white victims at a supermarket he broadcast on streaming platform Twitch before surrendering

The Independent UK

Biden urges unity to stem racial hate after Buffalo shooting

President Joe Biden is citing the Buffalo shootings in calling for national unity as a remedy for “the hate that remains a stain on the soul of America."

Tribune News Service

Buffalo shooting spurs Gov. Hochul to call for social media crackdown

NEW YORK — Citing the online manifesto attributed to the Buffalo shooter, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul on Sunday urged social media companies to crack down on hate speech — calling the sites “instruments of evil.”

WEKU

N.Y. Gov. Kathy Hochul responds to shooting in her hometown

Ayesha Rascoe talks with New York Governor Kathy Hochul about Saturday's mass shooting that killed 10 people and injured three at a grocery store in Buffalo.

WEKU

The shooter in Buffalo, N.Y., appeared to have become radicalized online

An 18-year-old from Conklin, N.Y., drove hours to attack a grocery store in a predominantly Black area of Buffalo. He is believed to have written a racist manifesto that was briefly posted online.

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