The overnight migration to RedNote (Xiaohongshu, or Little Red Book) is one internet trend U.S. government officials didn’t see coming as we near TikTok’s potential ban on January 19. President Joe Biden and two senators have since addressed the move, and while their responses could save TikTok, their actions are telling of a larger issue.
When fed-up TikTokers fled to RedNote en masse earlier this week, they were met with a warm welcome of memes and understanding from the app’s primarily Chinese user base. Unsurprisingly, however, officials who played a hand in the impending TikTok ban that pushed users to try the app weren’t so thrilled about Americans sharing slang, learning Mandarin, and forging real bonds with Chinese netizens. In fact, Senator Mark Warner (D-VA) said the quiet part out loud on X (formerly Twitter), explicitly voicing his concern that Americans are “flocking to adversary-owned social media platforms.”
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