Fueled by the explosive growth of TikTok, seven out of every 10 minutes on a mobile device was spent on a social media or photo/video app, according to the report. Delivered Tuesdays and Thursdays. In all, consumers logged a record 3.8 trillion hours on their mobiles in 2021 and downloaded some 230 billion apps, spending $170 billion (an increase of nearly 20% from the year prior).


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That, however, might not be enough.
Social media's response
For the most part, social media companies are sticking with what they did in the past year to tackle misinformation, including removing false content, banning popular influencers who spread the misinformation and improving their reporting systems to flag content.





Speaking from the White House, Mr Sullivan said Russia could choose 'in very short order to commence a major military action against Ukraine', but stressed the US does not know whether Mr Putin has made a final decision.

Data unearthed by Reuters suggests the new two-dose vaccine, recommended in Germany for basic immunisation for people over 18, is already going some way to convince more of the as-yet unvaccinated to get a shot.

In a tweet heard 'round the world last January, tech mogul Elon Musk continued his feud with Facebook by advocating people drop its WhatsApp messenger and use Signal instead. Twitter's then-CEO Jack Dorsey retweeted Musk's call. Around the same time, right-wing social network Parler went dark following the Capitol attacks, while political boycotters fled Facebook and Twitter. You probably already know what happened. It was the perfect storm -- the number of new users flocking to Signal and Telegram surged by tens of millions. 



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"It's the Balkanisation of the internet.

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2021 had its share of unconventional moments, buy telegram members but mobile apps continued to be reliable tools for work, entertainment, communication and shopping. But TikTok solidified itself as the most popular app of the year.