Researchers say videos of Charlie Kirk's shooting fall into a policy gap on social media platforms, between allowable “graphic content” and “glorified violence”
Videos of the shooting spread across TikTok, Instagram, and X. Researchers say that in some cases …
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Discussion
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@wired
@wired
on x
Minutes after Charlie Kirk was shot yesterday, jarring videos of the incident began circulating on social media—often autoplaying without content warnings. Are platforms falling short on enforcing their own content moderation rules? https://www.wired.com/...
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@vegandroid
@vegandroid
on bluesky
Okay but like it's a thing that happened that's going to be effecting national and international politics for awhile probably so people need to be able to access it somewhere as part of the historical record — So who gets the permission to keep it hosted? [embedded post]
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@mikeelgan
Mike Elgan
on bluesky
As we look for whom to blame for the assassination of Charlie Kirk, let's not forget: 1) Facebook and others don't moderate anymore; and 2) the US stopped defending against Russian disinformation, which seeks to divide us. — www.wired.com/story/charli... www.darkreading.com/th…
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@passantino
Jon Passantino
on bluesky
Horrifying videos of the Charlie Kirk shooting are everywhere on social media. As @laurengoode.bsky.social notes, X isn't responding to questions about it, while Bluesky says it is actively taking down the videos and accounts encouraging violence www.wired.com/story/charli...
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@kylierobison.com
Kylie Robison
on bluesky
Bluesky has said it's suspending accounts that encourage violence, and taking down close-up videos of the event. [embedded post]
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@wired.com
@wired.com
on bluesky
Researchers say video of Kirk being fatally shot is somehow falling into a policy loophole, threading the needle between allowable “graphic content” and the category of “glorified violence” that violates platform rules. — Read more: www.wired.com/story/charli...
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@zeyiyang
Zeyi Yang
on bluesky
It's no coincidence that you couldn't escape the violent video yesterday. Social platforms like X, TikTok, Facebook, and Instagram have scaled back their content moderation efforts for long to get us where we are today. Really essential reporting by @laurengoode.bsky.social