Overview

• Despite selective takedowns and age-gates, uncensored clips of the shooting remained easy to find on X and TikTok, while YouTube and Meta placed some versions behind warning screens.
• Rep. Anna Paulina Luna publicly urged platform leaders to remove the footage and later said companies were cooperating, with TikTok, Roblox, Reddit and Bluesky reporting removal actions.
• GIFCT activated an emergency process to help member platforms identify and curb re-uploads of the violent videos after the footage rapidly proliferated across services.
• Safety researchers found teen accounts could still encounter autoplaying or search-surfaced clips on Instagram and TikTok, raising concerns about vicarious trauma for young users.
• Experts linked the persistence and reach of the videos to cuts in human moderation and heavier reliance on automated systems, as views on X alone exceeded 11 million within hours.