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TikTok removes violent assassination audio after TPUSA protest.

5/4/2026

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TikTok removed the audio and related videos after confirming they violated its violent-material policy.
The videos used audio referencing the alleged assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk and paired it with outfit-change clips.
Turning Point USA denounced the trend as grotesque and dehumanizing and demanded that TikTok delete the audio.
Conservative activist Riley Gaines criticized the videos as celebrating an innocent death and lacking humanity.

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TikTok removed the audio and related videos after confirming they violated its violent-material policy.
The videos used audio referencing the alleged assassination of Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk and paired it with outfit-change clips.
Turning Point USA denounced the trend as grotesque and dehumanizing and demanded that TikTok delete the audio.
Conservative activist Riley Gaines criticized the videos as celebrating an innocent death and lacking humanity.