U.S. House’s Chief Administrative Office has banned WhatsApp on the government devices of congressional staffers.

The US ban on TikTok has likely been avoided (again). On Tuesday President Trump signaled his intent to add a 90-day extension to prevent the ban from taking effect on June 19. The extra time is meant ...

That gives the company time to find a US-approved buyer or face being effectively banned for US users. But it's not just TikTok on the line -- Lemon8, TikTok's sister app, could also be affected.

ByteDance, the Chinese tech company that owns TikTok, also owns Lemon8. According to ZDNet, ByteDance is positioning Lemon8 to be an Instagram rival as more users stop using, or abandon, Meta's app.

TikTok has returned — at least partially — in the US following a nationwide ban, but other popular ByteDance-owned apps, such as the digital card game Marvel Snap, video editing app CapCut ...

CapCut and Lemon8 may be less surprising casualties, both having been developed by ByteDance, but given the law’s focus on TikTok alone as its target, their shutdown is still sure to come as a ...

What is Lemon8? ByteDance launched Lemon8 in Japan in 2020, and it’s seen a steady increase in popularity, hitting the U.S. market in February 2023. It’s dominated by lifestyle content.

Some creators also use CapCut to first produce videos before uploading them to platforms other than TikTok. Lemon8 ByteDance released Lemon8 in February 2023 as a photo-based social media app.

CapCut, Lark and Mobile Legends: Bang Bang are among the apps ByteDance has in addition to TikTok and Lemon8. In the U.S., more than 170 million people use its TikTok app.

Lemon8's popularity could potentially soar further depending on the outcome of a U.S. Supreme Court hearing Friday over a law requiring TikTok to break ties with ByteDance or face a U.S. ban.

ByteDance has not disclosed the number of global or U.S. users on Lemon8, which is believed to be miniscule compared to its trend-setting sister app. Data from the research firm SimilarWeb ...