<s>
Zynn	B-Application
was	O
a	O
Chinese	O
video-sharing	O
social	O
networking	O
service	O
owned	O
by	O
Kuaishou	O
,	O
a	O
Beijing-based	O
internet	O
technology	O
company	O
established	O
in	O
2011	O
by	O
Su	O
Hua	O
and	O
Cheng	O
Yixiao	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Zynn	B-Application
was	O
launched	O
on	O
May	O
7	O
,	O
2020	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
became	O
the	O
most-downloaded	O
app	O
in	O
the	O
App	B-Application
Store	I-Application
in	O
the	O
same	O
month	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Aside	O
from	O
Zynn	B-Application
in	O
North	O
America	O
,	O
Kuaishou	O
is	O
available	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
Kwai	O
in	O
Russia	O
,	O
South	O
Korea	O
,	O
Japan	O
,	O
Thailand	O
,	O
Vietnam	O
,	O
Philippines	O
,	O
Malaysia	O
,	O
Indonesia	O
,	O
Brazil	O
,	O
America	O
,	O
India	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
Middle	O
East	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Kwai	O
used	O
to	O
be	O
available	O
in	O
Australia	O
and	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
on	O
the	O
App	B-Application
Store	I-Application
,	O
but	O
was	O
removed	O
at	O
an	O
unknown	O
date	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Zynn	B-Application
was	O
permanently	O
shut	O
down	O
on	O
the	O
20th	O
of	O
August	O
,	O
2021	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2019	O
,	O
Kuaishou	O
acquired	O
an	O
app	O
developer	O
called	O
Owlii	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
the	O
developer	O
of	O
Zynn	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Zynn	B-Application
was	O
developed	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
North	O
American	O
Market	O
edition	O
of	O
Kuaishou	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
May	O
12	O
,	O
2020	O
,	O
Kuaishou	O
filed	O
a	O
lawsuit	O
seeking	O
compensation	O
for	O
"	O
unfair	O
competition	O
"	O
,	O
and	O
accused	O
Douyin	B-Application
,	O
the	O
sister	O
app	O
of	O
TikTok	B-Application
,	O
of	O
"	O
interfering	O
"	O
with	O
search	O
results	O
on	O
app	B-Application
stores	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Zynn	B-Application
allows	O
its	O
users	O
to	O
create	O
,	O
edit	O
and	O
share	O
short	O
videos	O
of	O
themselves	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Its	O
interface	O
has	O
been	O
described	O
as	O
a	O
"	O
complete	O
clone	O
"	O
of	O
TikTok	B-Application
,	O
its	O
main	O
competitor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Zynn	B-Application
app	O
was	O
unique	O
in	O
the	O
way	O
that	O
they	O
paid	O
users	O
for	O
using	O
the	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Multiple	O
TikTok	B-Application
users	O
had	O
reported	O
seeing	O
their	O
entire	O
accounts	O
plagiarized	O
,	O
with	O
one	O
account	O
pretending	O
to	O
be	O
Addison	O
Rae	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Zynn	B-Application
has	O
employed	O
"	O
intermittent	O
variable	O
rewards	O
"	O
in	O
its	O
point	O
system	O
,	O
which	O
has	O
been	O
criticized	O
as	O
being	O
the	O
"	O
same	O
reinforcement	O
strategy	O
used	O
to	O
addict	O
people	O
to	O
slot	O
machines	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
app	O
was	O
taken	O
down	O
from	O
the	O
Google	B-Application
Play	I-Application
store	I-Application
on	O
June	O
10	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Zynn	B-Application
blamed	O
it	O
on	O
an	O
"	O
isolated	O
incident	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Six	O
days	O
later	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
taken	O
down	O
from	O
the	O
App	B-Application
Store	I-Application
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
US	O
Senator	O
Josh	O
Hawley	O
has	O
criticized	O
the	O
platform	O
,	O
calling	O
it	O
"	O
predatory	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
anti-competitive	O
"	O
in	O
a	O
letter	O
to	O
the	O
Federal	O
Trade	O
Commission	O
asking	O
for	O
an	O
investigation	O
into	O
Zynn	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
said	O
"[Zynn]	O
smacks	O
of	O
a	O
textbook	O
predatory-pricing	O
scheme	O
,	O
one	O
calculated	O
to	O
attain	O
immediate	O
market	O
dominance	O
for	O
Zynn	B-Application
by	O
driving	O
competitors	O
out	O
of	O
the	O
market.	O
"	O
</s>
