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.

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