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“For the first time, social media and video networks are, on average across the markets covered, more popular than both TV and owned news websites and apps as sources of news” (Reuters/Oxford).

Overview and key findings of the 2026 Digital News Report Our 2026 report finds news audiences around the world reacting with growing unease to successive episodes of political, economic, and technological turbulence. Assumptions about the way the world works are being questioned as longstanding international alliances shift, the global trading system come...

Do you trust individuals on social media more than news organizations?

Interests, Fans and Social Business Press Forward Chicago brought social media infuencers and journalists to Navy Pier's Shakespeare Theater to imagine the world they want to see a decade from now. The Influencer + Journalism Summit 2.

Pew data show teens use social media, and parents do not see it as positive.

Social media has positive benefits for teens: report Pew Research findings indicate that Snapchat, TikTok and Instagram play a critical role in keeping teens connected with friends, family and the world.

“In Los Angeles on Wednesday, a jury found both Meta and YouTube liable for harms to children using their services. In New Mexico, a jury determined that Meta knowingly harmed children’s mental health and concealed what it knew about child sexual exploitation on its platforms.
Tech watchdog groups, families and children’s advocates cheered the jury decisions” (AP).

As juries turn against social media for harming kids, Big Tech's invincibility starts to show cracks It’s too soon to tell if this week’s jury decisions will lead to fundamental changes in how social media treats its young users.