As TikTok faces a potential ban in the US, users are flocking to RedNote, a Chinese-owned alternative. Experts warn that RedNote poses similar national security concerns as TikTok, raising questions about data security and potential Chinese government influence.
With the Chinese-owned video-sharing app TikTok on the cusp of a ban in the U.S. on January 19, its American users have flocked to a similar alternative called RedNote, sending it racing to the top of app store download charts.Officials in Washington say TikTok's ownership by Chinese company ByteDance leaves it vulnerable to exploitation by the CCP regime in Beijing, putting the security and privacy of Americans at risk.
That means that an influx in Western users—a sizable fraction of whom hold progressive views—will have to contend directly with censorship on RedNote that's made in China for China.The flip side of this if RedNote's U.S. user base does expand rapidly is that the censors may have a hard time keeping up and keeping the political content off the platform.
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