
Not Just Tiktok - Which Other Bytedance Apps Have Been Banned In The US?
However, TikTok is not the only app to flash the warning. Several other apps owned by TikTok's parent company, ByteDance, such as Lemon 8, CapCut among others have also been blocked for US based users, reported Wired.
Also Read | TikTok US Ban Live Updates: TikTok goes dark in USTikTok officially suspended its services in the United States after months of deliberations. The social media app used by 170 million Americans was shut down just around the time the official implementation of the federal ban was set to take effect, from January 19, Sunday.
TikTok disconnected access to its users in the US late January 18 after no action was taken shortly before a national ban was to take effect, in the name of national security. (Photo: AFP)Which other ByteDance-owned apps have been bannedIn addition to TikTok, here's the list of other apps owned by TikTok parent company Byte Dance that have gone dark in the US:
Lemon8 is a photo-based social media app. CapCut - It is a video editing app which was optimised for for vertical videos that can be posted on TikTok. Gauth - With this app, students could take pictures of their homework, and the app would use artificial intelligence to analyse the problem and provide step-by-step solutions. Hypic is a photo editing tool that uses AI to transform photos into a cartoon. Also Read | Perplexity AI proposes merger with TikTok US: Report5. Lark is a workspace communications app, which is very similar to Slack.
6. Melolo, Fizzo, MyTopia Books- These apps enable users to read online fiction novels, and watch short dramas.
7. Tokopedia is one of Indonesia's largest ecommerce platforms. It was acquired by ByteDance in December 2023 after the Indonesian government banned Tokopedia citing“the need to protect smaller merchants and users' data," reported Wired.
Why TikTok and other ByteDance apps have been bannedTikTok and other apps owned by ByteDance have gone dark in US after the country's lawmakers ruled it was a national security risk because of the parent company's ties to the Chinese government, which ByteDance has however denied.
Also Read | TikTok goes dark for US users, while Trump signals he will save it"There are big parallels between TikTok and what happened with China's Huawei and Russia's Kaspersky that indicates it's just a matter of time until a creeping ban takes affect," said Emily Taylor, Editor of the Cyber Policy Journal, reported BBC.
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