People are turning away from Facebook to Whatsapp for their news, study says
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/14/people-turning-from-facebook-to-whatsapp-for-news-reuters-institute.html
Facebook is being used less and less to find and share news while people are increasingly turning to alternative platforms like Whatsapp instead, according to a study.
The use of Facebook for news dropped by 9 percent from 2017 to 2018 in the U.S., research by Oxford University's Reuters Institute found, with news consumption among younger groups falling 20 percent.