The Israel-Hamas war shows how social media has given up on facts

Oct 18, 2023 04:00 pm Cyber Security 92

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.

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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.

To accompany this flow of verified information, Facebook, Twitter and other social media companies built large content moderation teams and partnerships. It was an effort to limit misinformation and disinformation spread by bad actors, spin doctors, and others seeking engagement and influence.

Twitter cofounder Jack Dorsey said in a 2018 interview that Twitter had been effectively designed to support news because users "taught us what they wanted to use it for." Mark Zuckerberg, CEO and cofounder of Facebook, created the News Feed in 2006, with a mix of social updates and ..

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