"Another TikTok video Degeling shared with WIRED showed a slow-motion, close-up angle of the bullet hitting Kirk's neck. The tone of the video was conspiratorial: The user who uploaded it added spooky music and a digitally narrated voice, asking, "What is the black thing on his shirt and why did it move like this before he got shot?" As of Thursday morning, the video was still online."
"A spokesperson for Meta said that per the company's Violent and Graphic Content policies, it's applying a "Mark as Sensitive" warning label to footage of the Kirk shooting, and are age-gating it to users 18 and older. The spokesperson also said that the company has 15,000 people reviewing content for Meta-though it did not say whether these are employees or contractors-and that it does not allow videos that glorify, represent, support the incident or perpetrator."
Multiple close-up and slow-motion videos of the shooting incident involving Charlie Kirk have circulated widely on platforms such as TikTok and Instagram. Some videos add conspiratorial narration, spooky music, and speculative captions, encouraging misleading interpretations of visible objects like a microphone. The videos have accumulated millions of views and remain accessible in some cases. Platform policies vary: TikTok prohibits gory or extremely violent content, while Meta applies age-restrictions and "Mark as Sensitive" labels and disallows content that glorifies or supports perpetrators. Meta reports having 15,000 content reviewers and applies warnings or removals based on its Violent and Graphic Content policies.
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