Lemon8
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| Developer(s) | ByteDance | ||||
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| Initial release | May 2020 | ||||
| Stable release(s) | |||||
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| Available in | 6 languages | ||||
List of languages English, Indonesian, Japanese, Malay, Thai, Vietnamese | |||||
| Type | Video sharing | ||||
| License | Proprietary | ||||
| Website | lemon8-app | ||||
Lemon8 is a lifestyle community powered by TikTok.
History
[edit]The app was first launched in Japan in May 2020 and hit 1 million downloads in March 2022. It launched in the United States in February 2023.
Content
[edit]Content on the app has been described as "a cross between Instagram and Pinterest".[1]
Reception
[edit]US lawmakers have expressed concerns with Lemon8 due to its connection with ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok. Lindsay Gorman has stated "it has to do with gathering information on users and it has the same ownership structure, being a child of ByteDance, so I think the same issues are going to come up".[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Whateley, Dan; Biino, Marta (2023-03-31). "With TikTok's future in limbo, its owner is hiring a team in New York to woo creators for a new app". Business Insider. Retrieved 2023-04-03.
- ^ Maheshwari, Sapna; Kircher, Madison Malone (2023-03-29). "TikTok's Owner Pushes a New App, While Under Washington's Glare". The New York Times. Retrieved 2023-04-03.