Many users are drawn to social media platforms like TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube to stay up to date on news.
However, people are increasingly complaining about misinformation and AI slop cluttering their feeds. Worries about trust have also grown, especially in light of lawsuits against Meta related to harming young people and concerns over the ownership of American TikTok. (Trust in traditional news outlets has also eroded: a Pew Research study from October found that just 56% of U.S. adults say they have a lot of or some trust in national news media.)
