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Would Toyota be liable if someone rammed a Tacoma into a crowd?


In your example, Toyota didn't host and ignore/hardly moderate content on a social media platform used to plan a racially motivated attack which could also be considered a domestic terrorist act. Toyota manufactured a truck. Your analogy would be like holding the keyboard manufacturer that the perpetrator used to type hateful things onto various social media sites.


The post I was replying to was asking if the gun manufacturer could be held liable


<insert "well yes, but actually no" meme here>

People tend to bend over backwards to give Toyota the benefit of the doubt where possible.

If it was a FCA product they'd be out for blood.




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