ByteDance pulled out of the U.S. tonight voluntarily. Taking Lemon8, CapCut, TikTok and other subsidiaries (i.e. Marvel Snap). And I realized they’re just complying with what is written in the law…which is shockingly broad. And names Tiktok / ByteDance as only one EXAMPLE of a foreign adversary operated app. This was so poorly considered and is going to percolate into a huge mess…..if XHS keeps growing in U.S. based user ship, it will be ensnared into this ban law too. what now?
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Fun fact, this could affect massive Tencent games (League of Legends Wild Rift, Call of Duty Mobile etc), Hoyoverse games (Genshin Impact, Honkai Starrail) and even Xiaomi's and TP-Link's smart home apps.The PAFACA act is SO broadly written that it basically forbids ANY chinese app that tries to use location, biometrics, camera or IP address of a user.So yes, RedNote absolutely too
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If y’all want to read the law: congress.gov/bill…We can’t possibly just let this sit. Not every app/service is going to divest.
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Well the TT super sleuths have also already shared Jaco for Arabic speakers, vk for Russia, and I think Germany & S Korea. They’re signing up for all of them. It has been an awakening & every day Americans are learning some truths.
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