ByteDance-owned video editing app CapCut is now working in the US, but is still not in app stores, after Trump signed an EO attempting to pause the TikTok ban
Lauren Feiner / The Verge :
Meta unveils Edits, a video editing app coming in February on iOS and later on Android, after US app stores removed CapCut as part of the divest-or-ban law
Meta today announced a new video editing app called Edits, after ByteDance's video editing app CapCut was removed from Apple's App Store …
In a rare move, Apple publishes a statement and a support document listing all ByteDance apps inaccessible in the US alongside TikTok, including Lemon8 and Lark
So even though we banned TikTok, ostensibly for security reasons, we end up creating an even bigger security problem when millions of people install some app that can read and modify all traffic. Dare...
Google Play and Apple's App Store still aren't offering TikTok in the US; Senator Tom Cotton warns of “ruinous liability”, as Trump says there's “no liability”
Plus Latest Statements from Trump, TikTok, and Congress Markus Kasanmascheff / WinBuzzer : TikTok Partially Resumes US Service After Trump Intervention, But App Store Ban Persists Kipp Jones / Mediait...
ByteDance's TikTok and CapCut suspend service in the US, telling users “Trump has indicated that he will work with us on a solution to reinstate TikTok”
Users reported being unable to access TikTok Saturday after a pop-up message from the company came up on their screens saying “a law banning TikTok has been enacted.”
Multiple US House aides say ByteDance's video editing app CapCut could also be subject to the same divest-or-ban requirement as TikTok
Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post :
TikTok adds Direct Post, which lets users post directly from Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe Express, CapCut, DaVinci Resolve, SocialPilot, and Twitch's Clip Editor
Research: ByteDance's video editing app CapCut, launched in 2020, has 200M+ MAUs and 400M+ downloads in 2022, up 43% YoY, surpassing TikTok in recent weeks
Let's sift through the noise. Tweets: Martijn Rasser / @martijnrasser : CapCut says in its privacy policy that to provide services, it collects content such as photos and videos that users upload, as ...