TikTok's sister app Lemon8 has been sponsoring posts on TikTok encouraging users to migrate to Lemon8 amid a looming ban threat, according to sponsored posts viewed by Axios. Why it matters: The TikTok ban law also applies to other apps owned by TikTok's Chinese parent ByteDance,

TikTok is barreling toward a nationwide ban in the US. President Joe Biden signed bipartisan legislation in April 2024 designed to shut down the social media app in the US unless its Chinese owner gives up control.

The U.S. Supreme Court is scheduled to hear the case this Friday about the law that could ban TikTok in the US later this month. President-elect Trump has asked the court to delay the ban until after he takes office,

Lemon8 surged to No. 1 on the Apple app store charts as some users consider it to be a possible TikTok alternative, but the ByteDance-developed platform could be banned by the same law that threatens to ban TikTok.