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The name and the owner might have changed, but the app formerly known as Twitter remains the go-to social media news platform for Americans gearing up for a potentially tumultuous presidential election later this year. According to a Pew Center survey of more than 10,000 people, 65% of X’s US-based users say they access the app “to get news,” with 59% saying they do so to “keep up with politics.” Reported percentages were lower for other platforms, with 37% of Facebook account holders logging on to check news and 26% to stay abreast with politics – the latter the same as among Instagram users,…

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