<s>
Likee	B-Application
(	O
;	O
formerly	O
LIKE	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
short-video	O
creation	O
and	O
sharing	O
app	O
,	O
available	O
for	O
iOS	B-Application
and	O
Android	B-Application
operating	I-Application
systems	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
owned	O
by	O
Singaporean	O
tech	O
firm	O
BIGO	B-Application
Technology	I-Application
,	O
whose	O
parent	O
company	O
is	O
JOYY	O
Inc.	O
,	O
a	O
Chinese	O
firm	O
listed	O
on	O
NASDAQ	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
founder	O
of	O
Likee	B-Application
is	O
Jason	O
Hu	O
,	O
entrepreneur	O
from	O
Singapore	O
,	O
who	O
previously	O
worked	O
for	O
JOYY	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
app	B-Application
's	I-Application
capabilities	O
include	O
visual	O
effects	O
,	O
including	O
4D	O
Magic	O
and	O
Dynamic	O
Stickers	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
video	O
shooting	O
and	O
editing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Likee	B-Application
was	O
originally	O
known	O
as	O
LIKE	O
until	O
mid-2019	O
,	O
when	O
it	O
was	O
rebranded	O
and	O
redesigned	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
the	O
second	O
quarter	O
of	O
2019	O
,	O
Likee	B-Application
's	O
mobile	O
monthly	O
active	O
users	O
had	O
reached	O
80.7million	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2017	O
,	O
Likee	B-Application
was	O
rated	O
as	O
one	O
of	O
Google	B-Application
Play	I-Application
's	O
Best	O
Entertainment	O
Applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Likee	B-Application
mobile	B-Application
app	I-Application
allows	O
users	O
to	O
easily	O
create	O
and	O
edit	O
videos	O
using	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
augmented	B-General_Concept
reality	I-General_Concept
effects	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
with	O
other	O
video	O
apps	O
,	O
Likee	B-Application
has	O
been	O
condemned	O
by	O
the	O
international	O
community	O
for	O
privacy	O
and	O
inappropriate	O
content	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
response	O
to	O
privacy	O
concerns	O
,	O
BIGO	B-Application
Technology	I-Application
added	O
parental	O
control	O
features	O
in	O
2019	O
,	O
allowing	O
parents	O
and	O
guardians	O
of	O
Likee	B-Application
users	O
to	O
remotely	O
control	O
or	O
restrict	O
access	O
to	O
the	O
app	B-Application
's	I-Application
content	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2020	O
,	O
the	O
Government	O
of	O
India	O
banned	O
Likee	B-Application
along	O
with	O
58	O
other	O
apps	O
that	O
were	O
ultimately	O
owned	O
by	O
Chinese	O
companies	O
such	O
as	O
TikTok	B-Application
,	O
citing	O
data	O
and	O
privacy	O
issues	O
,	O
and	O
added	O
that	O
it	O
was	O
a	O
threat	O
to	O
the	O
sovereignty	O
and	O
security	O
of	O
the	O
country	O
.	O
</s>
