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Expecting ban, Tik Tok users flee—to a different Chinese video app
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Expecting ban, Tik Tok users flee—to a different Chinese video app

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Jan 14, 2025
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With the U.S. ban on Chinese-owned Tik Tok thought to be imminent, users are starting to flee. The most popular replacement? A different Chinese video app, RedNote. The Verge's Emma Roth reports:

RedNote, the Chinese social media app also known as Xiaohongshu, rose to the number one spot on the Apple App Store as a US ban…

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