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.
  • rimjob_rainer
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    5 hours ago

    It will be interesting to see how the Chinese US government responds to this

    • ShaggySnacks@lemmy.myserv.one
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      5 hours ago

      That’s easy. Some more propaganda about hating the everyday Chinese person (who we have far more in common with) and banning the app.