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Orlando victims sue Facebook, Twitter, Google

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The families of three victims from the Orlando, Florida, nightclub shooting filed suit Monday against Facebook, Twitter and Google.

The suit alleges the companies provided "material support" to the Islamic State by allowing access to its social networks for spreading terrorist propaganda, raising money and luring recruits.

"Without defendants Twitter, Facebook and Google (YouTube), the explosive growth of ISIS over the last few years ... would not have been possible," according to the suit.

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