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Instagram swoops in with 3-minute Reels and rectangular profile grids as the TikTok ban gets real
Instagram is rolling out a bunch of changes this weekend that will conveniently make it look a lot more like TikTok, which could go dark in the US on Sunday now that the Supreme Court has ruled in favor of the law banning the app if parent company ByteDance doesn’t sell it.
Instagram Reels adds new features as TikTok is banned in the US
Instagram announced a timely update to its video feature Reels this morning, alongside the news that the Supreme Court upheld the law that will ban TikTok
As TikTok Ban Looms, Instagram Reels Introduces a New Way to Interact With Friends
If you double-tapped an Instagram Reel recently, your friends may be able to see it, thanks to a new Instagram update. Instagram Reels is introducing a new friends tab that shows you all the videos your friends have liked and engaged with, the company announced Friday. The new feature is rolling out starting today for US users.
Instagram Adds New Features to Reels as TikTok Ban Looms
With TikTok on track to be banned from U.S. app stores starting on Sunday, Instagram is adding new features to Reels, its video-based
Instagram Reels can be 3 minutes long now
Instagram will now let you upload Reels that are up to 3 minutes long, doubling the 90-second limit the platform had in place before, Instagram boss Adam Mosseri announced today. He credits today’s change to users’ feedback saying that the 90 seconds “is just too short.
Instagram and YouTube Prepare to Benefit From a TikTok Ban
Meta’s Instagram and Google’s YouTube are getting ready to welcome TikTok users, as the Supreme Court upheld a law that ...
TikTok Goes Dark for U.S. Users, While Trump Signals He Will Save It
TikTok went dark for American users in an unprecedented display of the U.S.-China divide over technology and national ...
The day TikTok went dark in America: Why this wildly addictive app unplugged
TikTok’s ban marooned over 170 million monthly users who made the wildly addictive short-form video app a central part of ...
TikTok warns users of 'temporary' outage hours before US ban takes effect
TikTok warned US users late Saturday of an imminent shutdown of its service following a Supreme Court ruling in favor of a ...
Here’s What Happened When India Banned TikTok in 2020
At the time, India was TikTok’s biggest foreign market outside of China, with 200 million users. (For comparison, the U.S.
TikTok ban countdown: See the latest updates as time runs short
The Supreme Court ruled on Friday, Jan. 17, to uphold a law that would ban the app for the 170 million people who use the app ...
If TikTok goes dark, some say they'll lose livelihoods: "We'd have to completely rebuild"
Experts say no other app offers the same financial opportunities as TikTok, while creators fear loss of income if it ...
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Is TikTok Actually Getting Banned? Live Updates
NBC News reports that TikTok has boosted advertisements for Lemon8, an application also owned by ByteDance, in recent days.
How to use TikTok after the ban: Do VPNs and other workarounds work?
Questions loom over TikTok's future after a U.S. ban went into effect Saturday. Do workarounds like VPNs work? Will it come ...