Social Media Platforms Are Done With News, But Gen Z Still Treats Them as a Go-To Source

Meanwhile, social media companies have slashed fact-checking and moderation, and media layoffs keep piling up. Some 528 journalists were laid off in January after the loss in 2023 of print, digital and broadcast jobs, the most annually since 2020. From Nov. 1, 2022, to Nov. 1, 2023, Meta, X/Twitter and YouTube .