Luigi Mangione, the man accused of murdering UnitedHealthcare's CEO, was "afraid of losing agency" to technology, a friend said Monday.

British journalist Gurwinder Bhogal befriended Mangione after he became a fan of Bhogal's blog focused on the impacts of the technology in the modern age.

In an interview with CNN, Bhogal claimed the 26-year-old bashed tech advancements, dubbing common internet pastimes as “shallow entertainment” that were “taking people’s agency away from them.”

“He also believed social media addiction was a big problem that was taking people’s agency........

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