Pew survey: 17% of US adults say they regularly get news on TikTok in 2024, up from 14% in 2023 and 3% in 2020; 39% aged 18 to 29 do so, up from 32% a year ago (Alicia Clanton/Bloomberg) (www.techmeme.com)

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Alicia Clanton / Bloomberg: Pew survey: 17% of US adults say they regularly get news on TikTok in 2024, up from 14% in 2023 and 3% in 2020; 39% aged 18 to 29 do so, up from 32% a year ago — - 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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[-] aubeynarf@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 1 month ago

TikTok is only banned if the Chinese Communist Party maintains control of it - it’s not the app that’s the issue, it’s the CCP.

Apparently the evidence US Intelligence has is so compelling that wide margins of both the House and Senate supported the law seeking disvestiture - unusual with the current congress.

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