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TikTok has returned at least partially in the US following a nationwide ban, but other popular ByteDance-owned apps, such as the digital card game Marvel Snap, video editing app CapCut, and the social platform Lemon8, are still blocked. None of these apps, including TikTok, are currently available to download on the Apple App Store or Google Play Store, either.Though many users expected CapCut and Lemon8 to be affected by the law banning TikTok, Marvel Snaps ban took some by surprise including its own developer. On Sunday morning, the game studio Second Dinner said in a post on X, This outage is a surprise to us and wasnt planned. MARVEL SNAP isnt going anywhere. Marvel Snap is published by Nuverse, a game developer owned by ByteDance. Screenshot: The VergeUsers trying to open Marvel Snap, CapCut, and Lemon8 will see a message similar to the one TikTok displayed when it went dark on Saturday night. A law banning CapCut has been enacted in the U.S, the pop-up inside CapCut reads. Unfortunately, that means you cant use CapCut for now. Rest assured, were working to restore our service in the U.S. Please stay tuned!TikTok, along with several other ByteDance-owned apps, shut down in the US just hours before the federal divest-or-ban law went into effect on January 19th. The ban also affects TikTok Studio, TikTok Shop Seller Center, Hypic, Lark - Team Collaboration, Lark - Rooms Display, Lark Rooms Controller, and Gauth: AI Study Companion.RelatedBoth Google and Apple display notices to users trying to search for ByteDance-owned apps. While the Play Store says, Downloads for this app are paused due to current US legal requirements, a banner on the App Store notes, TikTok and other ByteDance apps are not available in the country or region youre in. Its still not clear when Marvel Snap, CapCut, or Lemon8 will start working again or when theyll reappear in mobile app stores.