why tiktok is banned in us

Could TikTok alternatives RedNote and Lemon8 be banned?

TikTok ban looms, consumers have found alternatives. RedNote and Lemon8, Chinese-owned apps that allow users to post short-form videos and photos

Lemon8 is owned by Beijing-based ByteDance, which also owns TikTok, while RedNote is owned by a company called Xingyin Information Technology. 

These apps are much less popular than TikTok, but if they grow to comparable scale, the government may be more willing to go after them,

If TikTok is banned, you’ll still be able to access the version that already exists on your phone, but you won’t be able to download updates