Controversy and uncertainty are swirling around the two major image sharing platforms – and Flickr is looking pretty good right now

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

Among those is popstar Gracie Abrams, who took to Instagram to reassure her followers. “I had t unfollow @vp and @potus three separate times today because [Meta] kept automatically refollowing the accounts,” she said on Instagram stories. “How curious! Had to block them in order to make sure I am nowhere near that.”

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.

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.

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.

Many Instagram and Facebook users say they are confused about why they are seeing posts from the president and vice president in their feeds. Here’s what to know.

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

Demi Lovato shared to her Instagram story that she claims to have unfollowed JD Vance on the VP US government official account twice and the platform won’t let her do it, calling it ‘shady business’. Cara Delevingne also posted a screenshot to her story claiming that it’s ‘happening to me’. So what is actually going on?

Meta-owned Instagram has been wooing creators from TikTok as the China-based video-snippet sharing app's future remains uncertain in the United States. - Temporary reprieve - The campaign to get TikTok stars to switch allegiance to Reels comes as TikTok's future in the United States remains unsettled.

CapCut is a free video-editing platform created, owned and operated by ByteDance. It was launched in the U.S. in 2020. It was the second most downloaded photo and video app in the Apple App Store after Instagram, according to USA Today.