Conservative influencer Charlie Kirk was murdered yesterday, and graphic clips of his death are circulating like wildfire on social media. Even worse, virtually all social networks now default to autoplaying embedded videos — meaning you can wind up watching Kirk’s death without intending to.

I accidentally came across one of these videos on Facebook and strongly advise against watching or sharing it. If you don’t want to see disturbing clips in your social feed, here’s how to disable it:

How to disable autoplay videos on Facebook (mobile + desktop)

Mobile (Android / iOS):

Open the Facebook app.

Tap your profile picture.

Scroll down to Settings and Privacy. Open Settings.

Scroll to Preferences > Media (sometimes called Media and Contacts) > Media.

Under Autoplay in Feed and Stori

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