reported Thursday<\/a> that a fifth of U.S. adults “regularly” turn to the social media platform for news content and development on current events, representing an increase of 17 percentage points from 2020.<\/p>\nThis trend is particularly true among young Americans, Pew found, noting 43 percent of adults under 30 say they regularly get news from TikTok, an sharp increase from 9 percent in 2020.<\/p>\n
More than half of of U.S. adult TikTok users reported getting their news from the platform, Pew reported, up double-digit percentage points since the pandemic.<\/p>\n
In addition to news content, TikTok is home to a growing number of influencers on pop culture, food and sports. <\/p>\n
President Trump signed an executive order Thursday that approved a deal to keep the Chinese-owned social media platform operational in the U.S.<\/p>\n
The platform is expected to be spun off into a U.S.-based entity in the coming months, amid concerns about national security.<\/p>\n
The Pew study was conducted among more than 5,000 American adults from Aug. 18-25. The margin of error for all respondents is 1.6 percentage points.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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