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TikTok is back: the briefly 'banned' app has been restored to 170 million US users


We're starting to see services restored for TikTok in the US following a short-lived 13-hour 'ban'. So far, we see our previously inaccessible 'friends feed' first.

There are (or were) 11 ByteDance apps caught up in the TikTok ban, including the popular card game Marvel Snap and what is maybe the best mobile video editing tool, CapCut. The biggest surprise to come out of the TikTok ban is the licensed digital card game Marvel Snap going dark. Launched two years ago, Marvel Snap had thousands of daily users collecting and battling through comic-book-filled tournaments.

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