More people get their news from social media than anywhere else - globally. The platforms we use matter.

Link: Overview and key findings of the 2026 Digital News Report, by Jim Egan at the Reuters Institute for the Study of JournalismThis year’s Reuters Digital News Report has a key finding that’s worth paying attention to:“Though it has been the case in some individual countries for several years, at the global level (averaging across 48 markets) social media and video networks are for the first time the single most widely used way of accessing online news (used by 54% of all respondents), ahead of news organisations’ own websites and apps (51%). This shifting composition of news consumption is happening among all age groups.”For the first time, social media is the primary platform for news globally.News is how we learn about the world and make informed democratic decisions. That means that, more than ever before, we need to care about who owns these networks, who dictates how they function, and which narratives they promote.X, of course, was purchased by Elon Musk specifically because…