UK teens shun traditional news for TikTok, Instagram - regulator

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Moving away from traditional outlets.

Ofcom’s latest report on news consumption in Britain outlined how a range of age groups consumed news differently and showed for the first time that Instagram was the most popular news source among teenagers.

Across platforms, TikTok saw the largest growth in use of any news source in Britain, mainly driven by younger age groups, with half its news users aged 16 to 24, the report said. “Teenagers today are increasingly unlikely to pick up a newspaper or tune into TV news, instead preferring to keep up-to-date by scrolling through their social feeds," Ofcom’s Group Director for Strategy and Research Yih-Choung Teh said.

While 12- to 15-year-olds remained more sceptical about news on social media than other sources, half of those who used YouTube and Twitter for news did trust them.

 

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