"Video was easy to find on X, on Facebook, on TikTok, on Instagram, on YouTube - even on President Donald Trump's Truth Social. The platforms, generally, said they were removing at least some of the videos if they violated their policies, for instance if the person was glorifying the killing in any way. In other cases, warning screens were applied to caution people they were about to see graphic content."
""It was not immediately obvious whether Instagram for example was just failing to remove some of the graphic videos of Charlie Kirk being shot or whether they had made a conscious choice to leave them up. And the reason that it that was so hard to tell is that, obviously, those videos were circulating really widely," said Laura Edelson, an assistant professor of computer science at Northeastern University."
Graphic videos of Charlie Kirk being shot at a Utah college event appeared online almost instantly from multiple angles, in slow-motion and real-time, and autoplayed on social media, reaching millions. Videos were easy to find across platforms including X, Facebook, TikTok, Instagram, YouTube and Truth Social. Platforms said they were removing videos that violated policies, such as content glorifying the killing, and applied warning screens for graphic content and age restrictions. Two days after the death, videos remained widely available. Content moderation proved difficult during fast-moving, crowd-recorded violent events, complicating enforcement decisions.
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