UK Teenagers Increasingly Getting News From CCP-Backed TikTok

UK Teenagers Increasingly Getting News From CCP-Backed TikTok
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The UK’s communications regulator has found that teenagers in the country are turning away from traditional news channels and are instead looking to Instagram, YouTube, and TikTok.

In its News Consumption in the UK 2021/22 report, released on Thursday, Ofcom said that social media is overtaking traditional channels for news among teens. Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube are now their top three most used news sources.
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