As Australia bans under-16s from social media platforms, TikTok-powered video app Lemon8, friends-only photo app Yope, and others climb Apple's App Store charts
Alternative social media platforms have surged in popularity in Australia Wednesday, as the nation's landmark ban for under-16s drives children to non-restricted apps.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott issues a ban on the use of Chinese-backed apps DeepSeek, Lemon8, Moomoo, RedNote, Tiger Brokers, and Webull on government-issued devices
a point groups like @StateArmor have long made. Greg Abbott / @gregabbott_tx : Texas will NOT allow the CCP to infiltrate our state's critical infrastructure through data-harvesting. Today, I ordered ...
X rolls out a dedicated video tab in the US in the app's bottom bar, letting users vertically scroll through short videos, after launching a TV app in 2024
Social network X is trying to capitalize on the removal of ByteDance apps like TikTok and Lemon8 from U.S. app stores by launching a dedicated vertical video feed.
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...
Congressional leaders seem flummoxed by the growing popularity of Chinese-owned apps Xiaohongshu and Lemon8, an unintended consequence of the TikTok ban
The Chinese apps RedNote and Lemon8 have exploded in popularity as TikTok faces an imminent ban and the Supreme Court upheld the law forcing its sale. Bluesky: @harrymccracken.com , @pharmesq , @romit...
In a rare move, Apple publishes a statement and a document listing all ByteDance apps inaccessible in the US alongside TikTok, including Lemon8 and Lark
Amid the TikTok shutdown, in a rare move, Apple published a statement and a support document listing all affected apps that are inaccessible …
Ahead of a likely US TikTok ban, users flee to Chinese apps Xiaohongshu, aka RedNote, and ByteDance's Lemon8, currently the top two apps in the US App Store
and how to prepare Koh Ewe / BBC : TikTok users flock to Chinese app RedNote as US ban looms New York Times : ‘Red Note,’ a Chinese App, Is Dominating Downloads, Thanks to TikTok Users Emily Hallas / ...
TikTok's sister app Lemon8 is sponsoring TikTok posts that encourage US users to migrate to Lemon8 as a TikTok ban looms; Lemon8 has TikTok account integrations
- ByteDance could be betting that regulators and app store companies are so focused on TikTok they won't pay attention to its other apps.