People are drawing a line between restrictions tied to a concrete danger and those that look politically motivated.

Many people in the U.S. say some press freedom restrictions are OK when weighed against concerns about false information or national security.

Americans’ engagement with others is not one-dimensional. Instead, they sort into four distinct groups that reflect different patterns of participation in society.

Local news was a space seemingly insulated from political polarization. That's changing.

Local news was a space seemingly insulated from political polarization. That's changing.

As people are exposed to more information from more sources than ever before, how they define and feel about “news” has become less clear-cut. Pew Research Center.

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U.S. adults under 30 follow news less closely than any other age group. And they’re more likely to get (and trust) news from social media.

Among adults under 30, 43% say they regularly get news from TikTok, up from 9% in 2020.

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X is still more of a news destination than these other platforms, but the vast majority of users on all four see news-related content.

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About six-in-ten Americans (59%) say AI will lead to fewer jobs for journalists in the next two decades.

Republicans are much more likely than Democrats to support ending federal funding for public media.

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Many TikTok accounts mix in news with a variety of other topics, from celebrity gossip to jokes and memes.

Ahead of World Press Freedom Day, 73% of U.S. adults say the freedom of the press is extremely or very important to the well-being of society.

Around half of adult TikTok users in the U.S. have never posted a video themselves. And a minority of users produce the vast majority of content.