If you’re a government worker in Texas, you can’t use DeepSeek or many other Chinese-developed applications on your state-issued device. Texas Governor, Greg Abbott, has instated a ban, preventing state employees from downloading, installing, or using several notable Chinese apps on government-sanctioned devices. Sighting data privacy and national security concerns, the Governor decreed that state workers are prohibited from interacting …
Read More »Americans Flocked to RedNote as the TikTok Ban Loomed. Will the Party Last?
(Bloomberg) — Never miss an episode. Follow The Big Take Asia podcast today. The US ban on TikTok saw millions of users – predominantly Americans – flock to another Chinese social media platform: Xiaohongshu, also known as RedNote. So far, the vibe between Chinese and American users has been convivial. But can the good times last? On today’s Big Take …
Read More »Texas Bans DeepSeek, RedNote, Lemon8 on Government Devices
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has issued a ban prohibiting the use of social media and AI apps affiliated with the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) on government-issued devices. Though TikTok, which is owned by Chinese company Bytedance, is banned on government devices in over 30 states, this is the first time a state has …
Read More »US Activity to RedNote Plummets After TikTok Returns
If you’ve stopped visiting RedNote, you’re not alone. Visits to the app from US users plunged after TikTok decided to continue operating in the country. According to internet traffic monitor Similarweb, RedNote’s daily active users reached 32.5 million on Sunday, Jan. 19 but dropped to 14.9 million users the next day, a 54% dip. TikTok briefly went dark over the weekend …
Read More »RedNote Recruited US Influencers to Promote App Amid TikTok Ban Uncertainty
As TikTok’s future hangs in the balance, Xiaohonghshu, better known as RedNote in English, is trying to capitalize on its newfound popularity by partnering with US influencers who can help promote the company and bring more Americans onto its platform. The Chinese lifestyle and travel app, which has over 300 million mostly monthly active users, surged to the top of …
Read More »Reverse Engineering Chinese Social Media for Fun (REDNote App) | by Jason Jacobs, MSc. | Jan, 2025
Reverse Engineering — REDnote Android I’ve taken some time to perform this analysis since there was some expressions on social-media about the Data Privacy concerns of the REDNote (小红书) app. Its no surprise that this would be a concern of people across the world given the “location of management” and the lack of immediate translation into certain features of the …
Read More »Looking for a TikTok Alternative? Lemon8 and RedNote Are Spying on You, Too
Whenever a new social app is announced, there’s an intense digital stampede as influencers of all kinds rush to claim territory in the new world. In the race to be first to a new app, other considerations, like privacy, may go unnoticed. Ahead of the US government’s ban on TikTok later this month, people are scrambling to find the next …
Read More »With TikTok Ban Impending, US Users are Flooding Chinese App Rednote, by Andrew Anglin
This really highlights the problem. The reason people use TikTok is because Chinese products are better than American products. When it comes to social media, the apps are designed better and they have more freedom of speech. The US is attempting to ban one Chinese app, so another Chinese app becomes the number one download. No one is migrating from …
Read More »TikTok refugees flock to RedNote: Why users should exercise caution, report explains
The potential ban of TikTok in the United States has sparked a wave of interest in the Chinese social media platform RedNote, known domestically as Xiaohongshu or Little Red Book. The app, often described as China’s answer to Instagram, has seen a meteoric rise in downloads, with its popularity soaring on the US Apple App Store. This migration of users, …
Read More »RedNote, Lemon8 thrive to become next successful app
Some Australian brands are already using RedNote to market towards Chinese-speaking women and young people in particular, including companies like Penfolds, Sydney Airport and Medibank, and institutions like the University of Wollongong. More than a dozen Australian politicians are on the platform, too, including Liberal MP Keith Wolahan, Melbourne Lord Mayor Nick Reece and Victorian Labor MP Carina Garland. Lemon8 …
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