Charlie Kirk 's assassination has become the latest grim example of how social media has turned moments of violence into viral spectacles, and how little control traditional media now has over the flow of images, RadarOnline.com can reveal.

The 31-year-old conservative activist was shot in front of thousands of people at a Utah college campus, many of them holding up smartphones. Article continues below advertisement

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Within minutes, graphic videos of the shooting – some in slow motion, some replayed in endless loops – were circulating widely on X, Facebook, TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, and Truth Social, where Donald Trump , 79, confirmed Kirk's death.

Traditional outlets were ca

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