The U.K.'s National Crime Agency has said it's made big progress in stamping out accounts linked to people-smuggling on Meta, X, TikTok and YouTube.

Claims that TikTok had been sold circulated after the app went dark in response to a U.S. federal ban, then returned a short time later.

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

As TikTok resumes service following its brief ban, fellow social media giant Meta now faces a user boycott amid significant platform changes.

Meta is offering creators up to $5,000 in bonuses to switch to Facebook and Instagram. The cash incentive depends on the size of their social media footprint and comes days after TikTok went dark in the U.

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

TikTok made a triumphant return Sunday morning after only a few hours offline. But Meta isn’t ready to give up the fight for its market share. Instagram is offering popular TikT

Meta stands to be one of the largest beneficiaries of a TikTok ban in the US, analysts say. Through ad dollars alone, Meta could rake in up to $3.38B.

The timing of Meta’s announcement coincides with growing doubts about TikTok’s longevity in the US, particularly under the spectre of government scrutiny.

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

TikTok users blamed Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg for TikTok going dark in the US overnight.

TikTok users are blocking Facebook and Instagram accounts, claiming that the Meta-owned platforms are influencing their For You Pages.