TikTok, RedNote

TikTok, RedNote and the Crushed Promise of the Chinese Internet
China’s internet companies and their hard-working, resourceful professionals make world-class products, in spite of censorship and malign neglect by Beijing.
Chinese TikTok alternative RedNote could pose greater security risks, experts say
“It’s not a foregone conclusion that RedNote will suddenly enjoy TikTok’s success and popularity,” Gorman said. “Actually gaining the traction TikTok has is rare. And the size of the national security threat is really proportional to the size of the user base.”
What to know about RedNote, a TikTok alternative
TikTok patrons are turning to a new platform in light of the nationwide ban set to shut down the app on Sunday. RedNote, a Chinese short-form video platform, is gaining ground as users look for an alternative to the social media company owned by the China's ByteDance.
TikTok Got a Reprieve, but Americans and Chinese Are Still on RedNote
The Chinese social media app, popular in the United States a week after being flooded by TikTok users, has added language translation features.
RedNote: Is TikTok’s Chinese alternative any safer than the app facing a potential US ban?
China-based RedNote has experienced a huge surge in downloads from users in the US and worldwide as the 19 January deadline for the US TikTok ban approaches.The app, a mix of Instagram, TikTok, and Pinterest,
China’s RedNote netizens warn each other over sharing street views with US TikTok users
Users told that American requests for images of sensitive areas should be ignored over national security concerns.
A rare, joyful U.S.-Chinese exchange is taking place on RedNote, but it may not last
The Chinese app’s new American users are connecting directly with their Chinese counterparts at a time when the two countries ...
RedNote is fast becoming the regular American's unprecedented window into everything they wished they knew about living in China
China's social media has been living in its own world. Without access to YouTube, Facebook, Google, or Instagram, the country ...
TikTok: Should China's RedNote Face Ban Too?
RedNote, known as Xiaohongshu in China, is owned by a Shanghai-based company and raises similar questions as TikTok.
Americans Are Scrambling To China's RedNote As TikTok Faces The Axe, And The Cultures Are Colliding In Unexpected — And HILARIOUS — Ways
This looming TikTok ban has over 170 million US TikTok users (who have named themselves "TikTok Refugees") scrambling for a ...
Trending off TikTok? US users going to China's RedNote face challenges, analysts say
Analysts are predicting that a recent surge of Americans flocking to the Chinese social media platform RedNote - also known ...
TikTok Ban: China's RedNote Poses National Security Risks Too, Experts Warn
It is also owned by a Chinese technology company, raising the same kind of national security questions for the U.S. as TikTok ...
What’s happening on RedNote? A media scholar explains the app TikTok users are fleeing to – and the cultural moment unfolding there
(THE CONVERSATION) TikTok refugees fled by the millions to RedNote, a Chinese app, in response to the TikTok ban, which went into effect Jan. 19, 2025. The company shut down the app shortly before ...
RedNote rising: How ‘TikTok refugees’ sparked a US-China social media phenomenon
Millions of Americans are migrating to the Chinese lifestyle app RedNote as a TikTok ban looms. This platform has become a ...
China's RedNote Gets Half a Million New US Users as TikTok Ban Looms
This influx coincides with a January 19 deadline for TikTok to either divest its U.S. operations or face removal from app ...