US EditionCox: ‘Social media is a cancer on our society right now’
Governor Cox called social media platforms harmful due to circulating violent content, urging the public to disconnect and engage positively in their communities following Kirk's assassination.
- Utah Governor Spencer Cox announced on Friday morning that Tyler Robinson, 22, was arrested as the suspected gunman in conservative activist Charlie Kirk's assassination.
- The arrest followed a multiday manhunt triggered by viral graphic footage of Kirk’s shooting spreading on social media shortly after the Wednesday attack.
- Governor Cox condemned social media for circulating violent imagery, calling it a “cancer on our society right now” that humans are not biologically equipped to process.
- He advised the public to step away from digital devices, spend time outdoors, reconnect with loved ones, and actively contribute positively to their local communities.
- Cox described this as “our moment,” emphasizing the public’s choice to escalate tensions or seek an off-ramp amid ongoing challenges posed by social media’s violent content.
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Utah Gov. Spencer Cox’s message to ‘disagree better’ faces its biggest test | News Channel 3-12
By Eric Bradner, Jeff Zeleny, CNN (CNN) — Utah Gov. Spencer Cox’s campaign to turn down the nation’s political temperature has long stood out as a rarity in a Republican Party led by President Donald Trump. But Cox’s commanding role as the nation grapples with the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk gives his calls to end the cycle of violent division a new prominence. It also laid bare a sharp divide within the GOP over the way …
In the course of the investigation into the murder of the conservative influencer and activist Charlie Kirk, one figure emerged: that of the governor of the state of Utah where the murder took place. To such an extent that national ambitions are now lent to Spencer Cox.
Urgent calls to end toxic social media spiral: 'Log off, turn off, touch grass'
As Charlie Kirk's graphic killing sparks online vitriol, elected officials warn of the psychological damage that social platforms pose, and experts say bad actors could exploit the situation.
Utah's governor urges Americans to find 'off-ramp' from violence
WASHINGTON — Utah Gov. Spencer Cox, long an advocate for civility, made an impassioned plea on Friday for Americans and young people in particular to use the horror of conservative activist Charlie Kirk's public assassination as an inflection point to…
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