{"id":198531,"date":"2025-01-30T14:49:56","date_gmt":"2025-01-30T19:49:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/?post_type=newsletterglue&#038;p=198531"},"modified":"2025-06-17T14:32:34","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T18:32:34","slug":"the-briefing-2025-01-30","status":"publish","type":"newsletterglue","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/newsletter\/the-briefing\/the-briefing-2025-01-30\/","title":{"rendered":"Chinese company DeepSeek bursts onto the AI scene"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-2594680aaae35025 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p><strong>\u2600\ufe0f Happy Thursday!<\/strong>&nbsp;<em>The Briefing is your guide to the world of news and information<\/em>.<em> <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/sign-up-for-the-briefing\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/sign-up-for-the-briefing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Sign up here!<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-727e216f6fce4f70 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p><strong>In today<em>\u2019<\/em>s email:<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-fc0e2ae12b38f4c1 wp-block-newsletterglue-list ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px;padding-left:40px;padding-right:20px;color:#2a2a2a\"><ul class=\"wp-block-newsletterglue-list\"><li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>Featured story:<\/strong> Chinese company DeepSeek bursts onto the AI scene<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>In other news:<\/strong> Historic New Hampshire newspaper starts journalism fund to direct donations to their newsroom<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>Looking ahead:<\/strong> White House briefings to open to influencers, content creators<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>Chart of the week:<\/strong> Most Americans who get news from news influencers see the content as helpful, unique&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-d69302b2e967a11b wp-block-newsletterglue-spacer ng-block\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" height=\"25\" style=\"height: 25px !important\" data-height=\"25px\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-5ab3297fa355cd94 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:18px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>\ud83d\udd25&nbsp;<strong>Featured story<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-e1eabd728d910844 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p><strong>DeepSeek<\/strong>, a Chinese technology company, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/23\/technology\/deepseek-china-ai-chips.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">recently introduced a new AI chatbot system<\/a> with similar capabilities to major U.S. models like ChatGPT. But DeepSeek built its model with much less investment and computing power than its American competitors, leading to disruptions in the U.S. market (such as the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/finance\/stocks\/the-day-deepseek-turned-tech-and-wall-street-upside-down-f2a70b69\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">plunging stock<\/a> of computer chip maker <strong>Nvidia<\/strong>).&nbsp;<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-ab79539ce11e4ac6 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>This could add a new frontier to tensions about information and technology between U.S. and China, even as the future of TikTok in the U.S. remains unclear. While Americans mostly have <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/global\/2023\/07\/27\/views-of-china\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">unfavorable views toward China<\/a> in general, about two-thirds (66%) said in a <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/global\/2023\/07\/27\/chinese-soft-power\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2023 survey<\/a> that China\u2019s technological achievements were the best or above average when compared with other wealthy nations \u2013 higher than the share who said this about their own country (56%).\u00a0<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-5659a83ffb8ea03c wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>Across 24 countries surveyed around the world, China and the U.S. are <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/global\/2023\/11\/06\/comparing-views-of-the-us-and-china-in-24-countries\/#ratings-of-american-and-chinese-technology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">both widely seen as technological powerhouses<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-3baaea484d487259 wp-block-newsletterglue-spacer ng-block\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" height=\"25\" style=\"height: 25px !important\" data-height=\"25px\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-a168ce2a645930a3 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:18px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>\ud83d\udcec <strong><strong>You\u2019re invited<\/strong>!<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-d275c6c13bb59f70 wp-block-newsletterglue-image ng-block aligncenter size-640-wide is-resized\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"center\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;padding-right:0px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pewresearch.brandlive.com\/America-s-News-Influencers\/en\/registration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><img data-dominant-color=\"b9a2a5\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/01\/Event-promo-square-2.png?w=640\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-198533 ng-image not-transparent\" style=\"--dominant-color: #b9a2a5; 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About one-in-five Americans say they regularly get news from news influencers \u2013 including 37% of young adults. <\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-57086c32877b0ffc wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>Join our virtual panel discussion about influencers as a source of information on current events and civic issues in the U.S. on Thursday, Feb. 6, 2025, from 12 to 1 p.m. EST.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-30710f1667968769 wp-block-newsletterglue-list ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px;padding-left:40px;padding-right:20px;color:#2a2a2a\"><ul class=\"wp-block-newsletterglue-list\"><li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2024\/11\/18\/americas-news-influencers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Read our report<\/a>&nbsp;on America\u2019s news influencers<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pewresearch.brandlive.com\/America-s-News-Influencers\/en\/registration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Register now<\/a>&nbsp;to secure your spot<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-8e617c45cf7dbd51 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:18px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>\ud83d\udccc&nbsp;<strong>In other news<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-8793fff8e0229de3 wp-block-newsletterglue-list ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:15px;padding-bottom:15px;padding-left:40px;padding-right:20px;color:#2a2a2a\"><ul class=\"wp-block-newsletterglue-list\"><li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\">Historic <strong>New Hampshire newspaper<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.niemanlab.org\/2025\/01\/why-a-centuries-old-local-newspaper-in-new-hampshire-launched-a-journalism-fund\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">starts journalism fund<\/a> to direct donations to their newsroom&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\">Inside the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2025-01-29\/musk-blames-lemon-s-invasive-interview-for-canceling-show-on-x?embedded-checkout=true\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">legal feud<\/a> between <strong>Elon Musk<\/strong> and <strong>Don Lemon<\/strong> &nbsp;<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\">RNC, former <strong>Trump campaign <\/strong>co-manager <a href=\"https:\/\/www.axios.com\/2025\/01\/28\/rnc-lacivita-lawsuit-daily-beast\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">preparing defamation lawsuit<\/a> against <strong>The Daily Beast<\/strong> over claim about pay&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>ABC News\u2019 unionized workers<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/business\/business-news\/abc-news-ai-protections-writers-union-contract-1236119965\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">secure new protections<\/a> against generative AI &nbsp;<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>CBS News<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2025\/tv\/news\/cbs-evening-news-format-change-john-dickerson-maurice-dubois-1236288061\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">transitions to new \u2018Evening News\u2019 format<\/a> with fewer stories, more depth&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\"><strong>Jim Acosta<\/strong> to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2025\/01\/28\/business\/media\/jim-acosta-cnn-stepping-down.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">leave CNN<\/a> after nearly 20 years&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n<li class=\"ng-block\" style=\"padding-bottom:0px\">A look at a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.niemanlab.org\/2025\/01\/inside-a-network-of-ai-generated-newsletters-targeting-small-town-america\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">network of AI newsletters<\/a> focused on <strong>local news<\/strong>&nbsp;<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-0c5875e4deab3c39 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:18px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>\ud83d\udcc5&nbsp;<strong>Looking ahead<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-e712071fadba25c8 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>White House Press Secretary <strong>Karoline Leavitt<\/strong> announced this week that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.niemanlab.org\/2025\/01\/white-house-will-reserve-front-row-seats-in-press-briefings-for-influencers-podcasters-and-others-in-new-media\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the press briefing room will now hold seats for \u201cnew media\u201d journalists<\/a>. The briefings will open to \u201cindependent journalists, podcasters, social media influencers, and content creators\u201d who can apply for credentials to cover the&nbsp;<strong>Trump administration<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-e76b364109052f7b wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>Many Americans are now getting news from these types of sources. About one-in-five U.S. adults say they regularly get news from&nbsp;<strong>news influencers on social media<\/strong>, defined in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2024\/11\/18\/americas-news-influencers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">our recent study<\/a>&nbsp;as individuals who have a large following on social media and regularly post about current events and civic issues. The study also shows that most news influencers (77%)<strong>&nbsp;have no affiliation or background with a news organization<\/strong>, and most (63%) are men.&nbsp;<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-71d3b212c917fb91 wp-block-newsletterglue-spacer ng-block\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" height=\"25\" style=\"height: 25px !important\" data-height=\"25px\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-a17885420241ee2c wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:18px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>\ud83d\udcca&nbsp;<strong>Chart of the week<\/strong><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-91ceed7e88ae49d8 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>Following the White House\u2019s decision to reserve front-row seats in the press briefing room for social media influencers and other \u201cnew media\u201d journalists, this week\u2019s chart from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/journalism\/2024\/11\/18\/americans-experiences-with-social-media-news-influencers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the Center\u2019s 2024 study on news influencers<\/a>&nbsp;looks at&nbsp;<strong>how Americans who get news from news influencers feel about it<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-6e2760ec4a1d7a7d wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>Most U.S. adults who regularly get news from news influencers say content from news influencers&nbsp;<strong>has helped them better understand current events and civic issues<\/strong>&nbsp;(65%). And seven-in-ten say this news is&nbsp;<strong>at least somewhat different from the news they get from other sources<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013 including roughly a quarter who say it is extremely or very different (23%).&nbsp;<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-852e0e88896d976d wp-block-newsletterglue-image ng-block size-640-wide is-resized\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"center\" style=\"padding-top:0px;padding-bottom:0px;padding-left:0px;padding-right:0px\"><img data-dominant-color=\"e4dfdb\" data-has-transparency=\"false\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/01\/PJ_2024.11.18_news-influencers_01-04.webp?w=640\" alt=\"Two combined bar charts, one that shows the majority of Americans who get news from news influencers say the information they share is helpful and one that shows they say the news they get from news influencers is at least somewhat different from news from other sources\" class=\"wp-image-198534 ng-image not-transparent\" style=\"--dominant-color: #e4dfdb; border-style:none;border-color:transparent\" width=\"428\" height=\"506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/01\/PJ_2024.11.18_news-influencers_01-04.webp 840w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/01\/PJ_2024.11.18_news-influencers_01-04.webp?resize=253,300 253w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/01\/PJ_2024.11.18_news-influencers_01-04.webp?resize=342,405 342w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/01\/PJ_2024.11.18_news-influencers_01-04.webp?resize=200,237 200w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/01\/PJ_2024.11.18_news-influencers_01-04.webp?resize=260,308 260w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/01\/PJ_2024.11.18_news-influencers_01-04.webp?resize=420,498 420w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/01\/PJ_2024.11.18_news-influencers_01-04.webp?resize=740,877 740w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/01\/PJ_2024.11.18_news-influencers_01-04.webp?resize=160,190 160w, https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/20\/2025\/01\/PJ_2024.11.18_news-influencers_01-04.webp?resize=320,379 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 428px) 100vw, 428px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-9eb888d9aeb7d41f wp-block-newsletterglue-spacer ng-block\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" height=\"25\" style=\"height: 25px !important\" data-height=\"25px\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-c6c993fd9d187600 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p><em>\ud83d\udc4b That&#8217;s all for this week.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<div width=\"100%\" class=\"ng-block-fc4363bfc4f5a9e5 wp-block-newsletterglue-text ng-block\" style=\"color:#2a2a2a\"><div><div><div class=\"ng-block-td\" align=\"none\" style=\"font-size:16px;font-family:Georgia;line-height:1.6;font-weight:normal;padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:10px;padding-left:20px;padding-right:20px;text-align:none;color:#2a2a2a\"><p>The Briefing is compiled by Pew Research Center staff, including Naomi Forman-Katz, Jacob Liedke, Sarah Naseer, Christopher St. Aubin, Luxuan Wang and Emily Tomasik. 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