It’s Not Just TikTok: These Other ByteDance Apps Are Gone Too

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January 19, 2025, 5:48 AM

• •TikTok is no longer available in the US, and other ByteDance-owned apps are also blocked.
• •The ban is due to a federal law that requires ByteDance to sell TikTok and its other apps to an entity not based in China.
• •The sale did not happen, so TikTok began blocking US-based users on Saturday, January 18.

TikTok is no longer available in the United States, along with other ByteDance-owned apps like CapCut, Lemon8, and Gauth. The ban was put in place by the US government over national security concerns.

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