Censorship, homework help and cats: China’s RedNote users welcome ‘TikTok refugees’
by Bertin Huynh, Helen Davidson and Amy Hawkins from Technology | The Guardian on (#6TN7S)
Americans fleeing the looming TikTok ban have been warmly welcomed to app Xiaohongshu - or RedNote - despite China's tight restrictions on what can be posted
It is the coolest thing," says Huang Ziyan, a longtime user of Chinese social media app Xiaohongshu, describing the experience as a 21st-century Tower of Babel".
Huang is referring to the influx of US TikTok refugees" fleeing the impending ban and the resulting cross-cultural exchange that has seen Americans warmly welcomed - and sometimes given a few helpful tips.
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