They used the phrase "spread via social media" and pointed out that spread isn't locally restricted anymore twice for no reason. They're also using circular reasoning. A more concise way to phrase this would have been:
> since [the images and videos] are shared via social media, spread is no longer restricted to specific locations such as local communities or school environments.
They used the phrase "spread via social media" and pointed out that spread isn't locally restricted anymore twice for no reason. They're also using circular reasoning. A more concise way to phrase this would have been:
> since [the images and videos] are shared via social media, spread is no longer restricted to specific locations such as local communities or school environments.