Instagram and YouTube have begun to dissuade users from posting videos on TikTok

New Delhi, Aug 19 : Threatened by the rapid growth of Chinese short-form platform TikTok Meta, which is owned by Google, Instagram and Googles YouTube have launched new features designed to deter users of the short-form app from sharing across platforms.

It was recently possible to download the video with audio and upload it on TikTok.Creators are still able to post the exact Reels video on TikTok but they must first upload the video on Instagram and edit it before they download the video and transfer it to TikTok, according to the report was announced late on Thursday.

In contrast, if creators create videos on YouTube Shorts however, they wont be allowed to download and upload the video on other apps without the "YouTube watermark" "If youre an artist who downloads your Shorts from YouTube Studio to share across other platforms, youll see a watermark added to the content you download," YouTube said in an update "Weve added watermarks to the Shorts you download, so that your viewers can be aware that the content youre sharing across platforms is available in YouTube Shorts," the company said in its announcement.The brand-new YouTube Shorts feature is being released in the coming weeks to desktops The company is also planning to expand its mobile offerings over the next few months.na/ .