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The alleged Zuckerberg TikTok currently follows 61 celebrities like Ariana Grande and Selena Gomez. 553y6h

By Indo-Asian News Service | Updated: 15 November 2019 13:13 IST

Mark Zuckerberg Has a Secret TikTok : Report

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Probably to crack the TikTok model, Facebook co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has been spotted via a ‘secret on the Chinese short video-sharing app TikTok which has become a headache for the social networking giant -- from the US to India. The is not yet verified but uses the handle "@finkd", which is the same as Zuckerberg's handle on Twitter, BuzzFeedNews reported on Wednesday. The has a modest 4,055 followers without any post. 281z73

The currently follows 61 celebrities like Ariana Grande and Selena Gomez, but mostly TikTok superstars like Loren Gray and Jacob Sartorius.

The Facebook's Menlo Park headquarters in California but the talks did not materialise.

In 2017, TikTok which has over 800 million s globally, including 200 million in India.

To take on TikTok's growing popularity, Facebook-owned launched a new video-music remix feature called "Reels".

"Reels" will let s make 15-second video clips set to music and share them as Stories.

Just like TikTok, s can soundtrack their 'Reels' with a huge catalogue of music, or borrow the audio from anyone else's video to create a remix of their meme or joke.

Zuckerberg recently said that in India, TikTok has gone ahead of Instagram. He also mentioned that TikTok works much like Instagram's Explore feature.

Platforms such as Instagram and Facebook are facing strong competition from TikTok in India. TikTok owner now plans to invest $1 billion in India despite the calls to ban the app.

In November last year, Facebook quietly released a stand-alone app called "Lasso" to compete with TikTok.

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