The fbi held a press conference thursday night where law enforcement released video showing charlie kirk’s killer in the moments after the assassination. Video of kirk's shooting was available almost instantly online and seen by millions of people, illustrating how the “gatekeeping” role of news organizations has changed in the era of social media. How did we become so desensitized to violence?
Videos of charlie kirk’s shooting spread rapidly on social media first posted to x, they amassed millions of views on instagram, threads, youtube and telegram within hours. Videos captured the attack that authorities call a targeted political assassination, showing kirk struck in the neck by a single shot. Graphic video of the killings of charlie kirk and iryna zarutska spread widely online this week.
It appears the shooter was on the roof of a campus. Traditional news outlets were careful in their coverage of conservative activist charlie kirk's assassination to not show graphic images of the event. Young australians say they are seeing graphic video of us commentator charlie kirk being shot dead pop up in their social media algorithms without warning. New video has surfaced on social media showing the shooter in the distance after the assassination of charlie kirk at a university in utah.
Graphic videos of conservative activist charlie kirk’s assassination continued to spread across social media platforms thursday, with many companies choosing to put the video behind content.