TikTok Developing New Photo App to Rival Instagram Amid Calls for US Ban
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TikTok is working on a new photo-sharing app called TikTok Photos to compete with Instagram's photo feed. It will allow sharing photos and reaching "like-minded people".
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TikTok Photos was discovered by references found in TikTok's app code. Details and release timeline are unknown but an announcement seems imminent.
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It comes as some Instagram creators have complained about the platform focusing more on video than photos.
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The launch timing could be bad given an impending vote in Congress to potentially ban TikTok in the US over data sharing concerns.
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TikTok claims the potential US ban would unconstitutionally restrict free expression for 170 million Americans.