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What is Lemon8, who owns it and is it safe?
Lemon8 shares some of the safety concerns as TikTok, but what is the app and are the concerns justified?
It is driven by user-generated content (UGC), with the ability to share media tagged under specific categories and products, much like Pinterest or Instagram, TikTok, and X’s long-term use of hashtags. In fact, with a heavy focus on products and categorization, the Lemon8 app includes messaging around empowering its audience to become creators, as opposed to maintaining privacy (as touted by BeReal) or connecting with friends and family (a la Facebook). The support for the effective ban of TikTok in the US is based on apparent safety concerns, with the app being accused of harvesting huge amounts of data.
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