This War Shows Just How Broken Social Media Has Become
The global town square is in ruins.
Social media has, once again, become the window through which the world is witnessing unspeakable violence and cruelty in an active war zone. Thousands of people, including children and the elderly, have been killed or injured in Israel and the Gaza Strip since Hamas launched its surprise attack on Saturday—you have probably seen the carnage yourself on X, TikTok, or Instagram.
These scenes are no less appalling for their familiarity. But they are familiar. As my colleague , the history of war is a history of media. The Gulf War demonstrated the power of CNN and the 24/7 cable-news format, foreshadowing the way would permeate politics and culture for the next 20 years. A series of contentious election cycles from
