Additionally, the report found that nearly half of US adults read news from social media sources.
News publishers are now competing with TikTok and social media for consumers, as well as marketers, who are shifting budgets to the popular video-sharing app to reach its massive Gen Z audience.
Pew's analysis of Americans' news consumption, based on a survey of 8,842 adults, found that 67% of those surveyed use a news app or website.
Facebook is the most popular social media platform for news, with 30% of Americans saying they regularly read news on the platform, followed by YouTube at 26%, Instagram at 16% and TikTok at 14%.
Vietnam currently ranks 6th among the 10 countries with the most TikTok users in the world. According to DataReportal, as of February 2023, Vietnam had about 49.9 million users of this social network.
As reported by VietNamNet , in September 2023, the Ministry of Information and Communications announced the conclusion of a comprehensive inspection of TikTok's operations, showing that the platform uses a method of distributing and recommending content based on users' interactions, preferences, and interests, leading to illegal content easily spreading quickly.
A representative of the Department of Radio, Television and Electronic Information said: “After announcing the inspection results, we worked once with representatives of TikTok Singapore, TikTok Vietnam and TikTok Vietnam Company.”
As a result, the report of the Ministry of Information and Communications' office noted that in October 2023, the TikTok platform blocked and removed 53 contents that violated Vietnamese law, reaching a rate of 95%.
The rate of blocking and removing content upon request from Vietnamese management agencies of this application is also higher than Facebook (90%) and YouTube (92%).
Nepal bans TikTok for disrupting 'social harmony'
The Nepal government decided to ban the TikTok application from November 14 on the grounds of disrupting 'social harmony' in the country.
Tiktok is changing positively, toxic content has decreased a lot
After the Ministry of Information and Communications announced the results of the inspection, toxic content on TikTok has decreased. The platform has also better complied with the Ministry's request to block and remove toxic information.
TikTok, YouTube apply for Indonesian e-commerce licenses
TikTok and YouTube are considering applying for e-commerce licenses in Indonesia after the country banned online shopping on social media, Reuters reported.
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