Software:Lemon8

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Short description: Social media app owned by ByteDance
Lemon8
Lemon8 icon.png
Developer(s)ByteDance
Initial releaseMay 2020; 4 years ago (2020-05)
Stable release(s)
iOS/iPadOS3.6.1 / March 29, 2023; 15 months ago (2023-03-29)
Android3.9.0 / March 22, 2023; 15 months ago (2023-03-22)
Available in6 languages
List of languages
English, Indonesian, Japanese, Malay, Thai, Vietnamese
TypeVideo sharing
LicenseProprietary
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Lemon8 is a social media app owned by ByteDance, first launched in 2020. It has been likened to Xiaohongshu.

History

The app was first launched in Japan in May 2020[1] and hit 1 million downloads in March 2022.[2] It launched in the United States and United Kingdom in February 2023 following restrictions on TikTok in the United States,[3] resulting in it becoming one of the most-download apps on the US App Store a month later.[4] The app is listed under the Singapore-based Heliophilia Pte Ltd.[5]

Content

Content on the app has been described as "a cross between Instagram and Pinterest".[6]

Reception

US lawmakers have expressed concerns with Lemon8 due to its connection with 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".[1]

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