What to know about RedNote, a TikTok alternative
TikTok users are turning to new platforms after the app was ordered to be shut down nationwide on Sunday. Chinese short-form video platform RedNote is gaining ground as users look for alternatives to China's ByteDance-owned social media company. The RedNote app, called “Xiaohongshu” (meaning “little red book”) in Chinese, is also owned by a Chinese […]
Ohio State kicks TikTok star Caden Davis off team before national championship game
Social media star and Ohio State loser Caden Davis has been waived by the Buckeyes, reports say. Report from the university newspaper “The Lantern”. Davis, a defensive lineman who posted behind-the-scenes videos of his time as an Ohio State football player and amassed hundreds of thousands of followers on TikTok, X and Instagram, never snapped […]
TikTok users download another Chinese app to mock spying concerns before ban: ‘We’re here to spite our government’
Enraged by TikTok's ban, young people rushed to download other Chinese apps. mock Congress tried to protect them from communist spies. Congress has passed a bill requiring popular social media apps to be divested from companies with close ties to the communist Chinese government or face bans in the United States over privacy concerns. . […]
American ‘TikTok refugees’ flock to Chinese-owned RedNote to protest ban
HONG KONG — As the threat of a TikTok ban looms, American TikTok users are flocking to Chinese social media app Xiaohongshu, which is the most downloaded app in the United States. Some people who call themselves “TikTok refugees” are protesting the ban and claiming that Chinese apps are being chosen as an alternative to […]
China-owned TikTok alternative RedNote’s surge in US sparks alarm over ‘serious’ security risks
Ahead of the looming ban on TikTok, the unusual rise in popularity of China-based social media app RedNote in the United States has sparked alarm among policy experts, with the popular It warns that it poses even greater security risks than video-sharing apps. More than 700,000 U.S. users (some calling themselves “TikTok refugees”) have joined […]
China’s TikTok Prepares for Looming U.S. Shutdown
China's TikTok is reportedly preparing to shut down its app for U.S. users on Sunday when the U.S. ban on sales goes into effect. As reported by Breitbart News, under the Divest or Ban Act, TikTok's parent company, Beijing-based ByteDance, will be banned in the U.S. on January 19 unless it sells its stake in […]
TikTok will completely shut down app in US on Sunday as ban looms
TikTok is reportedly planning to shut down the Chinese-owned video-sharing app completely when a law requiring it to be banned or sold goes into effect on Sunday. The roughly 170 million U.S. users who try to access the app will see a pop-up message directing them to a website detailing the ban, according to the […]
EXCLUSIVE: Documents And Recordings Reveal How TikTok Forced Staff To Swear Oaths To Uphold China’s ‘Socialist System’
TikTok asked American executives to sign an oath supporting China's “socialist system” and “national interests,” according to employment discrimination lawsuit documents obtained by the Daily Caller News Foundation. According to the documents, former TikTok marketing executive Katie Pulis was accused of leaking “national secrets”, disturbing “national honor” and “suppressing national unity” with the tech giant's […]
China app RedNote adds over 700K new users as TikTok ban looms
Days before a proposed ban on the popular social media app TikTok in the United States, Chinese social media app Red Note has been flooded with new users. The little-known company is rushing to capitalize on the sudden influx while walking the fine line of managing English-language content, people told Reuters. More than 50,000 American […]
‘Pure Fiction:’ China’s TikTok Says Elon Musk Is Not Buying Platform from ByteDance
China's TikTok said recent reports that ByteDance is considering a sale to Elon Musk are “complete fiction.” TikTok is scheduled to be banned in the then-U.S. on Sunday. A TikTok spokesperson said: “We cannot be expected to comment on pure fiction.” said variety after being asked for comment on reports that the Chinese Communist Party […]