Marvel Snap Banned in US: Developer Blindsided, Players Demand Refunds
Beginning on January 19th, a law known as the Protecting Americans From Foreign Adversary Controlled Applications Act (H.R.7521) took effect. This law prohibits the distribution and upkeep of apps from companies based in countries that Washington views as adversaries, primarily China. Since President-elect Trump’s inauguration was set for January 20th, the Biden administration decided to let them handle the enforcement of H.R.7521. However, following the Supreme Court’s confirmation of a de facto TikTok ban, the popular Chinese-owned social media platform, ByteDance’s TikTok, was taken down from Google and Apple’s app stores late on January 18th in the Eastern Time zone.