Instagram has made changes in recent days that appear to be aimed at attracting TikTok users while the short-video app’s future remains in limbo.

After the company briefly turned off its app for its 170 million US users on Saturday, some flocked to other corners of the internet to react.

Meta’s Instagram and Google’s YouTube are getting ready to welcome TikTok users, as the Supreme Court upheld a law that effectively bans the Chinese-owned app from the United States.

"I feel disconnected. I feel cut off from the world and my community," one influencer remarked when the app was down.

TikTok switched off and on again, causing a premature mass mourning from TikTok users and creators, who came together to post about their experiences using the app.

The Supreme Court ruled on Friday, Jan. 17, to uphold a law that would ban the app for the 170 million people who use the app in the U.S. The ruling lines up with decisions other courts have made and sets up the ban to go into effect on Sunday, Jan. 19.

Boston-based influencers and small business owners expressed joy and relief on social media when the short-form video-sharing platform TikTok was restored Sunday afternoon after going dark for 14 hours.

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TikTok returned on Sunday for American users after going dark on Saturday night. President-elect Donald Trump says he intends to "save" the platform.

Chrissy Teigen shared her opinion that the government should impose a daily 12-hour curfew on social media. 'This doesn’t have to be our lives,' she said while talking directly to fans via her Instagram Stories on Jan.

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