US ‘TikTok refugees’ discover China’s Xiaohongshu as app tops Apple’s charts (www.scmp.com)

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Chinese users of Shanghai-based Xiaohongshu, known as Rednote, welcome American arrivals to the platform.

While the exact number of downloads is unknown, the Apple store put Xiaohongshu – which does not have an official English name but means “little red book” – as the No 1 free-to-use social media platform across all free iPhone apps in the US.

The exodus of “TikTok refugees” has been spurred by mounting concerns over the app’s fate in the wake of last week’s Supreme Court oral arguments, in which the justices seemed to lean towards national security over free speech.

US influencer Nuha – who has more than 1.5 million followers on TikTok and about 135,000 on Instagram – is among those signing up for Xiaohongshu’s blend of e-commerce and user-generated content.

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[-] TheAlbatross 11 points 6 days ago

All social media apps are spyware apps, I think it's a bit silly to care that one is Chinese vs American.

[-] NegativeLookBehind@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

At least with American ones you have the slight possibility of legal recourse.

[-] sleeplessone@lemmy.ml 10 points 6 days ago

With the American one the US government has a possibility of recourse against you, and it's a hell of a lot more than a slight possibility.

[-] TheAlbatross 10 points 6 days ago

I gotta say, I'm not too concerned about the CCP getting their hands on my latke recipe or knowing what bass I catch.

The NSA gets their mits on all this sent over US telecoms and servers anyway, and there's no legal recourse for that.

[-] themeatbridge@lemmy.world 8 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Oh hi, you're awake from your coma. A lot has happened in the last 40 years. Culottes came back, but are already out of fashion again. There's more, but I'm not sure where to start.

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