Mark Zuckerberg (left) and Elon Musk (right).
Mark Zuckerberg (left) and Elon Musk (right).
  • The Israel-Hamas war shows how social media platforms no longer want to deal with the news.
  • When you give up on news, you give up on verified facts.
  • A cybersecurity expert said journalists should stop correcting bad information on social media.

Not too long ago, social media was the future of news. Millions of people could log on to their platform of choice during big events and get a curated stream of reports from organizations focused on checking if information is true.