Amazon’s Twitch, Discord, 4chan and 8chan will be among the platforms her office will probe.
Highlights
- New York’s Attorney General Letitia James will investigate social media companies in connection to the shooting.
- The shooter initially livestreamed his actions to Twitch during the massacre at Tops grocery store on Saturday.
- James’ office will also focus on 4chan, 8chan and Discord, but is not limited to those platforms.
- Investigators will look at online resources the gunman “used to discuss and amplify his intentions and acts to carry out this attack,” the AG said in a statement.
- The shooting left 10 dead and three injured in Buffalo, New York, on Saturday night, authorities said.
- The suspect posted about white supremacist theories and plans for violence online before the attack.