This Wednesday, January 15, 2025, users in Mexico and the United States have reported significant issues with Instagram
Meta Platforms’s Instagram was down for thousands of users in the US on the morning of Jan 15, according outage tracking website Downdetector.com.
As the U.S. TikTok ban proceeds, fans need to find other short-video apps to use. Here are the ones that are most popular right now.
Xiaohongshu, which has been described as China’s answer to Instagram, allows users to post photos, videos and text and is known for its female-heavy user base.
Mark Zuckerberg-led Meta has announced that it will end its fact-checking programme in the US, citing that the checkers have become ‘too biased’. While some believe the move is an attempt by the tech mogul to appease US President-elect Donald Trump,
Instagram has introduced a new addition to its Reels feature aimed at enhancing interaction among friends, just as TikTok braces for a potential ban in the United States.
Of course, it would seem far more logical for Americans to move over to Instagram Reels, the shortform-video product that Meta created to compete with TikTok. Many will. But some TikTok users that I spoke with resented Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg personally.