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TikTok is getting closer to launching an Instagram rival


It will let you share both photos and text.

By Emma Roth, a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. A new photo.tiktok.com URL ( archived version) spotted by TechCrunch also briefly appeared online with a prompt to open a post in the TikTok Notes app. In a statement to TechCrunch, TikTok says it’s “exploring ways to empower our community to create and share their creativity with photos and text in a dedicated space for those formats” but didn’t say when it plans to release the app.

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