Charlie Kirk speaks before he is shot during Turning Point's visit to Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, on September 10, 2025. Tess Crowley/The Deseret News/AP

Within minutes of Charlie Kirk’s horrific shooting on Wednesday in Utah, video capturing the moment a bullet hit his body was spreading rapidly online.

Surveillance cameras were rolling when Iryna Zarutska was brutally stabbed on a train in North Carolina on August 22, and the gruesome full video was later released publicly.

Whether users wanted to see them or not, videos of horrific moments have been flooding social media feeds over the past week. These videos have reignited calls for tech giants to exert more control over how content appears on their platforms as some companies have scaled back their moderation efforts.

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