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• @pewresearch @pewresearch on x

  About one-in-ten or fewer Americans report regularly getting news on Instagram (11%), Reddit (6%), Snapchat (4%), LinkedIn (4%), TikTok (3%), WhatsApp (3%), Tumblr (1%) and Twitch (1%). https://www.journalism.org/... https://twitter.com/...

• @pewjournalism @pewjournalism on x

  % of U.S. adults who regularly get news on: Facebook - 36% YouTube - 23% Twitter - 15% Instagram - 11% Reddit - 6% Snapchat - 4% LinkedIn - 4% TikTok - 3% WhatsApp - 3% Tumblr - 1% Twitch - 1% https://www.journalism.org/... https://twitter.com/...

• @pewjournalism @pewjournalism on x

  People who regularly get news on Facebook are more likely to be women than men (63% vs. 35%), while two-thirds of Reddit's regular news users are men. https://www.journalism.org/... https://twitter.com/...

• @jasminramsey Jasmin Ramsey on x

  Fascinating data on how a large portion of Americans continue to get their news from social media platforms—the surest way to tunnel vision. https://www.journalism.org/...

• @getongab @getongab on x

  This is why they tried so hard to destroy Gab: https://twitter.com/...

• @mikeelgan Mike Elgan on x

  This tells us exactly nothing. Is there no distinction between reading The New Yorker on Twitter and reading InfoWars on Twitter? It's all just Twitter? https://twitter.com/...

• @pewresearch @pewresearch on x

  Twitter, while used by just 25% of U.S. adults, sees over half of those users getting news on the site regularly. Reddit is a similar case, with 15% of Americans saying they use the platform, and 42% of those users getting news regularly on the site. https://www.journalism.org/..…

• @epro Emil Protalinski on x

  The problem is that “news from social media” doesn't only mean “articles from respectable publications posted on social media.” It means everything from “text on a coloured background written by randoms” to “disinformation written by other governments.” https://twitter.com/...

• @brandysull Brandon on x

  When I say we need international engagement on the matter, this is what I meant... This is exceedingly anti-democratic, in an already dire situation where the social media tax (yes, you read right) already makes accessing social media prohibitively expensive for most Ugandans. ht…

• @pewresearch @pewresearch on x

  White adults make up a majority of regular news users of Facebook and Reddit, while both Black and Hispanic adults make up for about a quarter of Instagram's regular news users (22% and 27%, respectively). https://www.journalism.org/... https://twitter.com/...

• @pressgazette @pressgazette on x

  Pew Research Center survey reveals a quarter of Americans who use social media for news say it makes them MORE confused about current events. Plus 59% say they expect that news to be mostly inaccurate https://www.journalism.org/... https://twitter.com/...