Chinese Social Media Platform TikTok, undoubtedly one of the most popular applications of recent times. The platform, which has more than 1 billion users, is preferred by many people from around the world, from seven to seventy. The application, which has a short video format, also offers other social media platforms with similar features.
However, TikTok is a platform that can be used for other purposes in addition to an entertainment platform. Perhaps the most prominent of these news follow. Some previous studies have shown that TikTok has become an important part of our lives and is used to learn news. Now, a new study has produced similar findings.
TikTok turns into a news platform

A study conducted by the Pew Research Center revealed that a significant portion of Americans are now learning the news through TikTok. According to the survey, the number of users who have heard the news from TikTok since 2020 3 cards raised. adults in the country 10% ofif younger than 30 26% of As it turned out, he regularly preferred this platform.
The research shows that TikTok is gradually becoming both a news source and an entertainment platform. A third of the app’s users say they use the app to get news. This is the rate in 2020 22% more. According to Pew, these numbers are rising on TikTok, but falling on some other platforms. In 2020, for example, 54% of Facebook users said they used the app to receive news, while today 44% say they did.
It must be said that it is not surprising that TikTok has become such a platform for young people. As is known, the application Generation Z It is very popular among the so-called segment. In a news published last month by the New York Times, people of this age are now using TikTok as a user. ‘search engineHe revealed that he started using it as ‘.
A significant portion of the videos on TikTok contain false information

Of course, as these rates rise, the platform’s fight against disinformation becomes more difficult. TikTok has previously been harshly criticized for false information content about the Russia-Ukraine war, COVID-19, and more.
A recent NewsGuard survey also found that videos appearing in TikTok searches about 20% of was found to contain misinformation. If the platform really wants to become a news channel, it will have to deal with false information. be more careful should.