All the Apps ByteDance Operates in the US

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TikTok is facing an imminent ban in the United States. Following the Supreme Court’s decision to uphold the law banning the app, there are fewer options than ever to avoid losing TikTok in the US. Unless President-elect Trump steps in, or an act of Congress extends the timeline, TikTok will go dark on Sunday.
The thing is, ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company, owns and operates other apps within the U.S. None of these apps are currently in talks to be banned, but they all should, in theory, have many of the same concerns that caused the government to go after TikTok. ByteDance is based in China, and, as such, would be beholden to the Chinese government should the latter ask for the data of any American users.
In fact, the law that sets TikTok on the course to be banned on Sunday makes it clear no ByteDance app is safe. At the top of the law, it says the act’s goal is,