TikTok’s CEO Shou Zi Chew sat before a US congressional committee to answer allegations of foreign access and improper use of US users’ data. This includes the UK, the US and Canada as well as the European Commission. The app’s recent surge comes at a time when ByteDance is facing tough regulatory turbulence in the West as government after government has been banning its flagship TikTok app in official devices.
It is THE destination for sharing and exploring,” reads its App Store description. “Here is where you can discover beautiful, authentic, and diverse content. Pitched as a ‘lifestyle community’ app, Lemon8 describes itself as a content sharing platform aimed at younger audiences. But ByteDance has been trying to promote Lemon8, which is now ranked at number one in the App Store’s lifestyle section and has more than 16m global downloads, according to data from Apptopia seen by TechCrunch. Lemon8, which was first launched globally in March 2020 to compete with the likes of Meta-owned Instagram, jumped into the US App Store’s overall top charts at number 10 while yesterday, it was at number 9 in the ‘top apps’ section, excluding games.Ī little over a month ago, very few would have even heard of the app. Lemon8, a ‘lifestyle community’ app created by China’s ByteDance, is now in the US App Store’s top 10 apps.Ī social media app created by TikTok-parent ByteDance has made it into the top charts of Apple’s App Store even as the US government moves forward with its decision to ban TikTok.
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