Meta Platforms Inc is promoting Instagram by exploiting the absence of TikTok download option from Apple and Google stores.

Meta is offering deals to creators to promote Instagram on other short-form video apps, including TikTok, Snapchat and YouTube, CNBC has learned.

The developer behind Pixelfed, Loops, and Sup, open source alternatives to Instagram, TikTok, and WhatsApp, respectively, is now raising funds on

Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) is offering compensation to creators on its Instagram short-video platform to promote the service on other apps, CNBC reported Sunday. The report, which cited details a contract offered to a creator that CNBC saw,

Meta is enticing TikTok creators with up to $5,000 as a way to "jumpstart" growth on Instagram and Facebook.

Some Facebook and Instagram users were surprised this week to find that they were suddenly following the accounts of US President Donald Trump, Melania Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance on Instagram and Facebook.

After President Donald Trump’s swearing in Monday, numerous Facebook and Instagram users discovered — to their horror and dismay — that they were somehow following not only Trump but also Vice President JD Vance,

Meta announced on Tuesday that users will soon be able to add their WhatsApp account to their Accounts Center, a hub where users can manage connected

Some users are wondering how to quit the platforms now that Meta is relaxing rules on harmful content such as hate speech and abandoning its fact checking program and replacing it with

It said follow and unfollow requests may take time as the accounts switch hands to the new Trump administration.

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