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As we explained in our article discussing its impact on Marvel Snap, the Protecting Americans from Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act ordered ByteDance to divest from TikTok and its other applications, selling TikTok and its other apps to an entity that isn\u2019t based in China by Jan. 18. Failing this, the law prohibits any US company from \u201cdistributing, maintaining or updating\u201d the applications\u2014effectively meaning a removal from app stores. While players in the country were anticipating a ban on TikTok, the ban on these games and many other apps came as a surprise to many.\u00a0 Moonton, the developer and publisher behind the game\u00a0Mobile Legends: Bang Bang, is\u00a0owned by the Nuverse brand, which is a subsidiary of ByteDance and is based in Shanghai, China. Players in the United States received an error message while opening the game today, stating, \u201cWe are sorry that Mobile Legends: Bang Bang is not currently available in your country or region(USA),\u201d asking them to visit the official website for further information. There, Moonton's statement reads, stating that \u201cDue to circumstances beyond our control, Mobile Legends: Bang Bang is currently unavailable to players in the US. We deeply value our vibrant player community and are actively exploring possibilities to bring the game back in the future,\u201d the developer said while providing links to export their game data and account deletion requests for players who want to shift to another region or delete their account completely.\u00a0 According to Esports Charts, Mobile Legends: Bang Bang is one of the most popular esports mobile titles in the world, which reached over 5 million concurrent viewers with its esports events in 2023. The ban will definitely affect esports players in the region and the uncertainty of the situation at the time of writing. The Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, explained U.S. lawmakers have repeatedly targeted TikTok and its parent company, ByteDance, over concerns related to national security stemming from the fact that the China-based business entity is required by local law to share its user data information with the Chinese government. After multiple failed attempts, the Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act passed last March with a bipartisan majority in the House, and it was signed into law seven weeks later. TikTok argued its case in front of the Supreme Court, but the justices ultimately upheld the standing decision. ByteDance hasn't divested since, and the ban has taken effect on Jan. 18.\u00a0Among others, it has also affected TikTok\u2019s sister app, Lemon8. Video editing app CapCut, AI homework helper Gauth, photo editing tool Hypic, workspace comms tool Lark, and others, like Melolo, Fizzo, MyTopia Books, and Tokopedia are also now unavailable in the United States. Incoming president Donald Trump was previously a big proponent of banning the platform, but he has changed his mind recently, calling the decision a dangerous precedent and suggesting that he'd offer a 90-day grace period to TikTok once taking office so that a solution could be found. 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The Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act, explained<\/h2>

U.S. lawmakers have repeatedly targeted TikTok and its parent company, ByteDance, over concerns related to national security stemming from the fact that the China-based business entity is required by local law to share its user data information with the Chinese government. After multiple failed attempts, the Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act passed last March with a bipartisan majority in the House, and it was signed into law seven weeks later. TikTok argued its case in front of the Supreme Court, but the justices ultimately upheld the standing decision.<\/p>