With popular applications missing from the Apple App Store and Google Play Store in the US thanks to a ban (which looks set to be repealed by President Trump once he is sworn in), Facebook and Instagram-owner Meta has swooped in to scoop up content creators left adrift.

TikTok may be back, but that hasn't prevented other Chinese competitors from gaining users. In the lead up to a ban on TikTok — which kicked off Sunday

On the heels of TikTok's looming shutdown on January 19 over its ownership in the U.S. (unless the Supreme Court intervenes), it looks like another American users are flocking to a Chinese app called Xiaohongshu as people become less optimistic that TikTok can overturn U.

The clock is ticking toward TikTok's end with a possible ban set to go into effect Sunday. Here's where "TikTok refugees" are going.

Intagrams's Adam Mosser announced that 'Edits,' a video editing app offering an alternative to Capcut has been introduced

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

Edits is only available for pre-order download from the Apple App Store. In time, it will become available in the Google Play Store.

Instagram announced on Sunday that a new video editing app will be hitting the app stores soon, hours after the ban on TikTok came into effect.

With all the drama around TikTok and its fate in the US, Instagram has decided it's the perfect moment to unveil a brand-new app.

Instagram has announced Edits, a free video editing app that sounds a lot like CapCut. In a video posted to Threads on Sunday, Instagram head Adam Mosseri described Edits as a "full suite of creative tools,

TikTok told users the app will be "temporarily unavailable" as its Chinese parent company ByteDance pins its hopes on Donald Trump to save it.