MOST USED ONLINE NEWS SOURCE
Mothership and CNA’s websites were in second place in terms of weekly usage, while The Straits Times ‘ website came in third place at 41 %.
Mothership’s weekly online reach, which is 46 % lower than it was last year, and its brand trust rating, which is 55 %, is 19 % lower than CNA.
The report noted that Mothership’s hit approval was suspended for six weeks in October of last year as a result of its second embargo in two years.
While both Television and printing have declined significantly over the past few years, online and social media are still the most popular means of accessing reports in Singapore.
On social media apps for news, the report noted that while WhatsApp ( 34 per cent ), Facebook (32 per cent ), and YouTube ( 28 per cent ) are the most
used networks, Instagram ( 20 per cent ), TikTok and Telegram ( both 15 per cent ) are the fastest growing channels , for news.  ,
GLOBAL NEWS TRENDS
According to the report, videos are increasingly popular online media sources, particularly among younger users, and are typically consumed on online platforms as opposed to traditional publisher websites.
Additionally, it pointed out that the distribution of information across online platforms is dispersed. YouTube is used for news by almost 31 per cent of respondents each week, WhatsApp by around 21 per cent, while TikTok ( 13 per cent ) overtook X ( 10 per cent ) for the first time.  ,
Report data revealed that TikTok increased by seven percentage points over the previous month, while Facebook reports use decreased by a corresponding amount.
Overall, fake news concerns for the audience increased by three percentage points, or 59 %. Politicians, followed by health data, and the Ukraine and Gaza war engendered the most problem about false information.  ,
In a second, the report asked users of particular online platforms how simple or challenging it was to tell apart trustworthy from untrustworthy content. The highest score among the networks examined was reported by about 27 % of TikTok people, who struggled to find trustworthy information.
In Singapore, a TikTok user was issued three correction directions under the Protection from Online Falsehoods and Manipulation Act ( POFMA ) in August last year for claims related to public housing,  , voting secrecy and , Central Provident Fund ( CPF ) policies.
In February,  , Singapore Democratic Party ( SDP ) leader Chee Soon Juan was also issued a correction direction , over a video he shared on social media, including TikTok, regarding public housing polices, with the report noting both incidents.  ,
A research facility at the University of Oxford known as the Reuters Institute for the Study of News monitors internet developments. The Thomson Reuters Foundation, the humanitarian shoulder of Thomson Reuters, resources the Reuters Institute.