Users plan week-long boycott of the platform after it announces the removal of fact-checkers and sparks controversy.

Instagram on Sunday rolled out Edits, a video-editing product that appeared similar to CapCut, which is owned by TikTok’s parent company, ByteDance.

Meta’s Instagram and Google’s YouTube are getting ready to welcome TikTok users, as the Supreme Court upheld a law that effectively bans the Chinese-owned app from the United States.

In the days before TikTok went dark, Instagram and Facebook released a flurry of new features and ran advertisements promoting its platforms as a comparable alternative.

TikTok has officially shut down after being banned in the United States. The app is now unusable, but TikTok is working to resolve it.

While TikTok already returned its US operations thanks to the massive support the incoming President Donald J. Trump pledged, CapCut is yet to be reinstated and be available on mobile app platforms.

Meta hasn't mentioned TikTok by name, but its new "Breakthrough bonus programme" is trying to appeal to creators using its competitors' platforms.

Instagram Reels is adding new features to gain more users as the TikTok ban looms. Instagram is making it easier for users to discover the content their friends and followers like

Edits – to rival TikTok amid the chaos of its supposed ban in the United States. However, you’re going to have to wait to use it.

Instagram has introduced major updates, including extending Reels to three minutes, replacing square profile grids with rectangular ones, and showing liked Reels to friends.