Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas called the social media rhetoric "extraordinarily alarming" that followed the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson earlier this month, warning of the risk of violent extremism it poses. 

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Heroism attributed to suspect Luigi Mangione alarming

The US Homeland Security Secretary says rhetoric about the murder suspect is concerning.

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Luigi Mangione, a 26-year-old former Ivy League student accused of murdering UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, is currently being held in federal custody at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn.

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US Homeland Security Chief Calls Praise For CEO Murder Suspect ‘Extraordinarily Alarming’

Alejandro Mayorkas has criticised social media rhetoric following the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson as “extraordinarily alarming.” Speaking to CBS’ Face the Nation, the  Department of Homeland Security Secretary shared his shock at the “heroism that is being attributed to an alleged murderer of a father of two children on the streets in New York City.” Luigi Mangione, the man suspected of killing Mr Thompson, has pleaded not gui…

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DHS chief slams UnitedHealthcare CEO murder social media rhetoric

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas called language used by some social media users after Brian Thompson's death "extraordinarily alarming."

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'Extraordinarily alarming': Mayorkas condemns social media reaction to CEO killing

UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was gunned down in New York earlier this month, and there has been some celebration on social media of the suspected killer.

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DHS secretary calls social media rhetoric following UnitedHealthcare CEO killing "extraordinarily alarming"

WASHINGTON, Dec 24 — A US health boss’s murder sparked a torrent of online misinformation and calls for violence against other executives, suggesting a failure of social media moderation that analysts fear could translate into real-world harms. The posts, allowed to spread unfettered across tech platforms, came in the wake of the shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson in New York on December 4 and lay bare a Wild West internet landscape…

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‘Let your CEO know... you’re next!’: Unchecked hate and misinformation threaten real-world harm after UnitedHealthcare CEO’s murder

Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said during an interview over the weekend that it was deeply disturbing how leftists have praised the man who was charged with murdering a health insurance CEO on the streets of New York City earlier this month. Mayorkas made the remarks during a Sunday interview on CBS News’ “Face The Nation” with Margaret Brennan. “Manhattan prosecutors called it a killing that was intended to evoke …

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Mayorkas: Leftists Praising Man Who Murder Health Insurance CEO ‘Extraordinarily Alarming’

When I read the Dec. 14 opinions of the Editorial Board Roundtable regarding the murder of the UnitedHealthcare exec, I was very disappointed (”Why the broad anger at health insurers unleashed by CEO’s murder?”). The only appropriate opinion, in my view, is that cold-blooded murder is wrong. Full stop.It was wrong to then articulate complaints about the health care system. These views should be expressed in a separate roundtable. I don’t doubt t…

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Editorial Board Roundtable response to CEO’s murder should have been limited to saying it was wrong

And sure enough, if you do a search, you will find responses that echo the Secretary General's excuse for Hamas, applied now on social media to Luigi Mangione

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First, The Radical Left Defended Palestinian Terrorism; Now They Are Excusing The Murder Of A CEO

The tragic murder of Brian Thompson, a healthcare CEO in New York, has sparked worrying discussions on social media, according to US Homeland Security

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Concerns Raised Over Social Media Responses Following CEO Murder - The Global Herald

Heroism attributed to CEO murder suspect is alarming, Mayorkas says

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