Two Republican politicians have called on social media companies including X and Facebook to remove any graphic videos of the fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, on Wednesday.

Newsweek reached out to Elon Musk , owner of the X platform, Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg and TikTok by email outside of business hours.

Why It Matters

The killing of the high-profile conservative organizer at a Utah college campus has raised fears of more polarization in U.S. politics and concerns about increasing political violence.

On June 14, 2025, State Representative Melissa Hortman was killed in a shooting at her home in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota. Earlier that morning, another Minnesota lawmaker, State Senator John Hoffman, and his wife Yv

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