So while they may seem like potential alternatives right now

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Which clearly suggests that TikTok’s U.S. ecuador b2b leads users view them as potential alternatives, though neither is likely a safe landing spot for former TikTok users, if the U.S. sell-off bill does indeed go through.

As reported by Ars Technica, both Xiaohongshu and Lemon8 will be held to the same regulations as TikTok, under the same bill that’s set to force TikTok out of the region.

As per Ars Technica:

“Under the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act that would force TikTok’s sale or require a ban, any “foreign adversary controlled” social media app with more than 1 million monthly active users could be banned. ByteDance and TikTok are both singled out by the law, meaning any meaningful spike in U.S. users on other ByteDance apps would likely trigger scrutiny.”

So both Lemon8, which is also owned by ByteDance, and Xiaohongshu would also fall under the same legislation, and would both also be banned too, if they were to reach a critical mass of U.S. users.

, that’s only because U.S. officials aren’t looking their way. Yet.

Though Lemon8, as well as TikTok’s video editing app CapCut, will be cut on the same day as TikTok, if TikTok’s current Supreme Court appeal fails, because as the bill states: