Marvel Snap has been banned in the USA alongside TikTok, but devs insist it'll be back online soon
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Summary
On Saturday 18 January, players in the US lost access to the Marvel Snap game, which is owned by ByteDance, the parent company of TikTok
US lawmakers have ordered ByteDance to sell TikTok to a US company or be banned in the country
The US government accused TikTok of being a national security risk, arguing that the platform is used by the Chinese government to harvest user data and influence user views.
ByteDance has refused to comply and took the US government to court after its appeal was rejected by the Senate.
Meanwhile, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has called for a “more aggressive” approach to be taken against TikTok, suggesting that the US should block the app at the network level.
Nintendo has also revealed that it will ban TikTok from its Nintendo Switch consoles.