• Utah Gov. Spencer Cox compared social media to fentanyl in an interview on Sunday. • Cox said social media played a "direct role" in recent assassinations and assassination attempts. • "The conflict entrepreneurs are taking advantage of us, and we are losing our agency," Cox said.

Utah Gov. Spencer Cox believes there's a common thread connecting the recent acts of political violence in the United States: social media.

In the wake of last week's fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University, Cox said social media is fueling division, implicating them directly in Kirk's death and other recent assassination attempts.

His comments come as a growing number of states sue tech companies over the impact their products have on young people, arguing that the

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