09-11-2025, 10:45 PM
https://www.resetera.com/threads/september-10-2025-charlie-kirk-shot-at-utah-valley-university-up-confirmed-dead-do-not-post-videos-of-incident.1294083/page-150#post-145025172
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Boondocks wrote:Bluesky has issued a warning to users after some accounts celebrated the assassination of conservative commentator Charlie Kirk.
"Glorifying violence or harm violates Bluesky's Community Guidelines. We review reports and take action on content that celebrates harm against anyone. Violence has no place in healthy public discourse, and we're committed to fostering healthy, open conversations," the social media platform wrote in a post.
Kirk, 31, was the founder of the right-leaning youth organization Turning Point USA and a longtime ally of President Donald Trump. On Wednesday, as Kirk delivered a speech under a tent to a large crowd at Utah Valley University in Orem, a single gunshot struck him in the neck, and he collapsed. After being rushed to a local hospital, Kirk was later pronounced dead.
Since then, dozens of posts have appeared on Bluesky celebrating his death.
The warning highlights the challenges facing social media platforms such as Bluesky as they try to balance free expression with preventing the spread of violent rhetoric.
With political violence and threats increasingly spilling into online spaces, how Bluesky enforces its rules may be closely watched, both as a test of its moderation model and as a signal of how decentralized platforms handle harmful content.
Bluesky, which jumped in popularity after the 2024 presidential election as an alternative to Elon Musk's X, was not the only platform to issue a warning in the wake of Kirk's death.
Reddit and Meta have also issued similar warnings. A Reddit spokesperson told Newsweek, "Our sitewide rules prohibit encouraging, glorifying, inciting, or calling for violence." They also confirmed that moderators were being instructed on enforcement tools to remove violating content and added that Reddit was removing graphic footage of the incident.
uhm.. sisters, where do we go now?
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