Well, some news organizations are more than willing to spread fake news as well, so it's hardly limited to social media. I think it's just in-group vs out-group mentality, and a need to hate.

It was not happening on a daily basis on Twitter before Elon Musk. The endless flow of racism and bigotry on that website is a choice.

It's convenient to blame the amorphous thing "social media" instead of the actual people responsible. There are only a handful of them: Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, etc.

And stopping it is simple. It's a choice.