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TikTok Is Becoming a Popular News Source for American Adults
- Almost 40% of young adults regularly get news from the app
- TikTok faces a ban in the US if parent company doesn’t divest
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TikTok is becoming a regular news source for a growing number of Americans, including young adults, according to a new survey, a sign more people are turning to the video app for online debate about politics.
About 17% of US adults say they regularly get news from the site owned by China-based ByteDance Ltd. — a fivefold increase from 2020, according to survey data from Pew Research published Tuesday.