Assassinations are shocking

The Herald reports:

An Auckland high school teacher says it’s distressing so many of her pupils unintentionally watched graphic video of Charlie Kirk’s assassination, with one 13-year-old telling her during class “Miss, I can’t get the picture out of my head”.

I’d say a huge number of NZ students have viewed the assassination. Kirk was huge on social media and known to many NZ students, and when he was shot, the footage was shared virally.

Within minutes of the shooting, and even before Kirk was confirmed dead, video of the murder – which included high resolution footage of Kirk’s neck wound – spread across multiple platforms racking up millions of views.

That’s despite social media companies long claiming they don’t allow violent content on their platforms.

Blaming social media companies for this is silly. They can remove content after it is reported, but if 100,000 people all decide to share something in real time, you can’t stop it.