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People are losing jobs due to social media posts about Charlie Kirk


Some GOP officials want to clamp down on perceived expressions of schadenfreude about Charlie Kirk's death. Conservative activists are publicizing social media posts that are "celebrating" his death.

toggle caption Eric Thayer/Getty Images Over thirty people across the country have been fired, put on leave, investigated or faced calls to resign because of social media posts criticizing Charlie Kirk or expressing schadenfreude about the conservative influencer's assassination earlier this week, according to an analysis by NPR. NPR reached out to multiple people who had been identified in news reports as losing their jobs due to their social media posts but they declined to comment on the record, citing fears about their safety and death threats they have received. Loretta Ross, a community activist and Smith College professor who researches authoritarian movements, told NPR that Kirk's assassination was a tragedy that is now being used to clamp down on free speech.

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