Social Media

Americans support banning TikTok by a more than two-to-one margin, according to a new Pew Research Center survey.

BitChute is a video-sharing site and an alternative social media platform; here are key facts about the site and its users.

One-in-ten U.S. adults have heard of the alternative social media site Gettr, and only 1% say they regularly get news there.

About one-in-ten U.S. adults have heard of Gab, an alternative social media site, and 1% say that they get news there regularly.

Prominent accounts on Twitter are more likely than those on alternative social media sites to link to print publications, TV and wire services.

Here are key facts about the alternative social media service Rumble, an online video-sharing platform founded in 2013.

While 27% of U.S. adults say they have heard of Telegram, only 2% use the alternative social media app for news.

A majority of U.S. parents are keeping a watchful eye on what their teens do on social media; some are also imposing screen time restrictions.

74% of Republicans say social media has been more of a bad thing for U.S. democracy, compared with a smaller majority of Democrats (57%).

Most think social media has made it easier to manipulate and divide people, but they also say it informs and raises awareness.