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.
  • paraphrand@lemmy.world
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    8 hours ago

    Until they turn their gaze to it. I’m sure it’s trivial to block and monitor due to the federated/networked nature.