LONDON — Youngsters in Britain are more and more turning to social media platforms similar to Instagram, TikTok and YouTube for information and are transferring away from conventional shops, media regulator Ofcom mentioned in a report on Thursday.
Ofcom’s newest report on information consumption in Britain outlined how a spread of age teams consumed information in a different way and confirmed for the primary time that Instagram was the most well-liked information supply amongst youngsters.
Changing extra conventional information sources, 29% of teenagers used Meta Platform Inc’s Instagram to comply with the information whereas TikTok and Alphabet’s YouTube have been additionally utilized by 28% of youngsters for information.
Throughout platforms, TikTok noticed the massive…
Carry on studying: UK teens shun traditional news for TikTok, Instagram—regulator
