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        <title><![CDATA[Instagram is reportedly rolling out a TikTok copycat]]></title>
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        <content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Facebook&#8217;s Instagram app will reportedly launch a new service in the coming weeks that copies the wildly popular features of the controversial TikTok app.</p><p>Instagram Reels &#8212; which, like TikTok, allows users to make 15-second video clips set to music &#8212; will make its global debut soon as TikTok faces growing scrutiny over its Chinese ownership from governments worldwide, <strong>NBC News reported</strong>.</p><p>The new Instagram feature, which also enables users&#8217; videos to go viral on a &#8220;Top Reels&#8221; feed in the app&#8217;s Explore section, is currently available in France, Germany, Brazil and India.</p><p>The global launch will arrive just weeks after Instagram parent company <strong>Facebook killed Lasso</strong>, its own TikTok clone.</p><p>Instagram has found great success copying the features of Facebook&#8217;s rivals, including cribbing stories and face filters from Snapchat.</p><p>TikTok has been on the defensive in recent weeks as accusations that the data it collects could be shared with the Chinese government have grown.</p><p>Secretary of State Mike Pompeo <strong>said earlier this month</strong>&nbsp;that the US is “certainly looking” at banning TikTok and other Chinese social media apps due to security concerns.</p><p>“I don’t want to get out in front of [President Trump], but it’s something we’re looking at,” Pompeo said. “We are taking this very seriously.”</p><p>US lawmakers have voiced national security concerns over the short-form video app’s handling of user data, saying they were worried about Chinese laws requiring domestic companies “to support and cooperate with intelligence work controlled by the Chinese Communist Party.&#8221;</p><p>Shares of Facebook were down 0.8 percent Thursday morning in pre-market trading, at $238.25.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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