The families of Uvalde victims will attend court Friday for arguments in a lawsuit against Meta, Activision, and Daniel Defense.
UVALDE COUNTY, Texas — The family members of the victims of the 2022 Uvalde school shooting plan to be in court Friday for oral arguments relating to a lawsuit against Instagram and a gun manufacturer.
The lawsuits are against Meta, the parent company of Instagram, Meta, the maker of the video game “Call of Duty, Activision, and Daniel Defense, the maker of the gun used in the attack.
The families accuse the companies of partnering to promote and create content designed to glorify combat, gun violence and killing that effectively trained the teenage shooter before he killed 19 students and two teachers in one of the deadliest school shooting in U.S. history. The lawsuit also says the companies market to vulnerable adolescent boys and give firearm companies direct and unlimited access to children.
According to the lawsuits, the Uvalde shooter had played versions of “Call of Duty” since he was 15, including one that allowed him to effectively practice with the version of the rifle he used at the school.
Instagram does little to enforce its rules rules that ban marketing firearms and harmful content to children, the lawsuit said.
The gun company scored a “marketing coup” with its weaponed featured in the game, the attorneys for the family said.
Many of the family members of the mass shooting victims are planning to attend oral arguments Friday in a motion to dismiss the wrongful death lawsuit. The suit is out of Los Angeles and the arguments will take place at the Los Angeles Superior Court.
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