OREM, Utah (KSL.com) — In the aftermath of last week’s fatal shooting of conservative activist Charlie Kirk during an event at Utah Valley University, Utah Gov. Spencer Cox urged people to stay off social media and “spend a little time with our families.”

His comments came during a Utah Department of Public Safety and FBI press conference regarding what was, at the time, an ongoing manhunt.

Specifically, Cox called out what he said was a “tremendous amount” of disinformation spreading across social media in the wake of the shooting.

“What we’re seeing is our adversaries want violence. We have bots from Russia, China, all over the world, that are trying to instill disinformation and encourage violence,” Cox said.

He added that both state and federal authorities have been tracking this d

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