新闻来源：www.bloomberg.com
原文地址：TikTok Is Becoming a Popular News Source for American Adults
新闻日期：2024-09-17
根据最新的一项调查，TikTok 正成为越来越多美国成年人，尤其是年轻成年人的一种常见新闻来源。有 17% 的美国成年人表示他们会经常从该平台获取信息，这一数字比2020年增加了五倍。
皮尤研究机构的调查发现，在18到29岁的年轻人中，39%的人表示他们经常通过TikTok获取新闻。相比之下，这个年龄段一年前的比例为 32%。
TikTok 在美国的知名度不断提高，一些官员担心其中国所有者可能会滥用用户数据或通过应用程序的内容 Feed 影响美国民众的政治观点。为此，TikTok 已经起诉美国政府，要求阻止封禁或部分出售股份。
在上周一举行的听证会上，美国政府重申了对TikTok的担忧，认为该应用软件对国家安全构成的威胁大于言论自由方面的关切。据 Bloomberg Intelligence 分析师表示，这次听证会对于 TikTok “不太理想”，封禁的可能性从 70% 下降到约30%。
美国政府已经为字节跳动在TikTok 中的股份出售或部分转让设定了1月的最后期限。皮尤研究机构最近发布的调查结果显示，在过去18个月里，TikTok 的新闻影响力显著增强。这项研究基于从7月15日到8月4日期间对超过10650名美国成年人进行的调查，误差范围为±1.2个百分点。
原文摘要：
TikTok is becoming a regular news source for a growing number of Americans, including young adults, according to a new survey, a sign more people are turning to the video app for online debate about politics. About 17% of US adults say they regularly get news from the site owned by China-based — a fivefold increase from 2020, according to published Tuesday.Young adults from ages 18 to 29 are the most likely to use TikTok for news, and Pew found that 39% of the people in that age group say they regularly get news from the app. That is up from 32% just a year ago. Almost 50% of those adults say they use the app to keep up with politics or political issues, Pew found in an .The increase is notable given TikTok’s standing in the US, where lawmakers are actively trying to ban the app for fear that its Chinese parent company could abuse user data or try and sway political opinions through the app’s feed. Some elected officials worry that TikTok’s ties to China could affect the app’s algorithm, which may subtly influence the content users see and shape Americans’ views on important issues.TikTok has sued the US government to try and stop the ban or divestiture requirement. In a US Court of Appeals hearing on Monday, the US government repeated that the app’s threat to national security outweighs free speech concerns. Bloomberg Intelligence analyst said the hearing went “poorly” for TikTok, and of stopping the ban to 30% from 70%. The government has set a January deadline for ByteDance to sell or divest its ownership stake in TikTok.Another survey from Pew Research released earlier this month found that over the past 18 months. The results released Tuesday were based upon a survey conducted from July 15 to Aug. 4 of more than 10,650 US adults. It has a margin of error of plus or minus 1.2 percentage points.
