"Utah Governor Spencer Cox weighed in Sunday on where Tyler Robinson, the suspect in the killing of Charlie Kirk, may have been radicalized: Clearly there was a lot of gaming going on. Friends that have confirmed that there was kind of that deep, dark internet, the Reddit culture, and these other dark places of the internet where this person was going deep. With no official confirmation yet, these hints of online activity are all there is to try to understand what Robinson did, and why."
"Upon returning to his hometown of Washington, Utah, Cox said that radicalization began amid video games, Discord chats, Reddit forums, and obscure memes, while he was between 19 and 22 years old. Cox published a devastating assessment on social media: I believe that social media has played a direct role in every single assassination and assassination attempt that we have seen over the last five, six years. There is no question in my mind."
Tyler Robinson, the prime suspect in Charlie Kirk's killing, is refusing to cooperate with authorities. Robinson attended college in Utah on a scholarship but lasted only one semester before returning to his hometown of Washington, Utah. Radicalization reportedly began while he was between 19 and 22 years old amid video games, Discord chats, Reddit forums, and obscure memes. Hints of deep internet activity are the main source of understanding his behavior so far. Assertions link social media algorithms to a direct role in recent assassinations and assassination attempts, describing those algorithms as profoundly harmful. Radicalization and violent acts remain distinct phenomena.
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