Meta is banning TikTok ads across its platforms

<figure> <img alt="An illustration of the Meta logo" data-caption="" data-portal-copyright="Illustration by Nick Barclay / The Verge" data-has-syndication-rights="1" src="https://platform.theverge.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2025/10/STK043_VRG_Illo_N_Barclay_1_Meta-1.jpg?quality=90&#038;strip=all&#038;crop=0,0,100,100" /> <figcaption> </figcaption> </figure> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">Meta has banned ads from TikTok's Chinese parent company ByteDance across the US and several other countries as the rivalry between the major social media operators heats up, <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-10-08/meta-bans-tiktok-parent-bytedance-from-advertising-on-its-apps-in-7-countries">as reported earlier by</a> <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-10-08/meta-bans-tiktok-parent-bytedance-from-advertising-on-its-apps-in-7-countries"><em>Bloomberg</em></a>. The ban, which went into effect on Thursday, restricts ads and paid marketing messages from ByteDance, along with third-party ads that link to TikTok. </p> <p class="wp-block-paragraph">"We don't have to run ads from a competitor whose goal is to pull people off our apps," Meta spokesperson Christopher Sgro said in a statement to <em>The Verge</em>. "Declining promotional services to a competitor is a normal business practice across industries. We will continue to compete on pr …</p> <p><a href="https://www.theverge.com/tech/1008658/meta-tiktok-bytedance-ads-ban">Read the full story at The Verge.</a></p>