Americans are joining the Chinese social media app en masse to protest an imminent TikTok ban.

  • American users have flocked to Chinese social media platform Xiaohongshu in defiance of security warnings.
  • Chinese and American users have engaged in surprisingly friendly conversations about each other’s lives.
  • The influx of American users could burden Xiaohongshu’s censorship mechanism, experts say.
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    15 hours ago

    Just check it out, the volume of engagement is massive enough the FYP page can get very specific and very recent.

    There’s even a few Australians like “Yeah, they’re not gonna ban the app, but here’s a kangaroo”