""I can't emphasize enough the damage that social media and the internet is doing to all of us, those dopamine hits," he added later. "These companies-trillion-dollar market caps, the most powerful companies in the history of the world-have figured out to how to hack our brains, get us addicted to outrage." Cox likened it to a fentanyl addiction and changes in brain chemistry that ensue, saying it's designed to "get us to hate each other.""
"He said that he's continued to see social media's role play out in real time since Kirk's death, reaching "every corner" of society. In fact, gory video of the shooting quickly spread on social media-even on President Donald Trump's Truth Social platform. TikTok, Meta, and other platforms have said they will remove clips of the killing. "The conflict entrepreneurs are taking advantage of us," Cox warned. "And we are losing our agency. And we have to take that back. We have to turn it off.""
Utah Governor Spencer Cox said the motive for Charlie Kirk's assassination remains unclear but emphasized social media's role in fostering animosity. Friends of suspect Tyler Robinson reported he had delved into dark corners of the internet. Cox warned that platform algorithms exploit dopamine hits to addict users to outrage, likening the effect to fentanyl and asserting designs that sow hatred. Graphic footage of the shooting spread quickly across platforms, prompting removals. Cox called social media a cancer linked to recent attacks and noted Utah's 2023 child-focused restrictions, which face a lawsuit and a federal injunction.
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