Social Media and the Charlie Kirk Killing
Social Media and the Charlie Kirk Killing  
Podcast: The Brian Lehrer Show
Published On: Mon Sep 15 2025
Description: Almost immediately after Charlie Kirk was shot and killed, videos were circulating on social media, and many people saw the gruesome crime without meaning to just by logging on. Adam Clark Estes, senior technology correspondent at Vox, talks about how little content moderation big tech companies are doing these days, how the algorithm fed off people pausing to watch the video, and how content like this may traumatize vast swaths of people.