Chinese-owned RedNote follows CCP censorship, could be next banned app

[Karah]

IF YOU’RE A TIKTOK USER IN THE U.S. – YOU’VE GOT A HANDFUL OF DAYS TO KEEP SCROLLING THROUGH VIDEOS.

THE U.S. – WANTED TIKTOK PARENT COMPANY “BYTEDANCE” tO DIVEST THE APP OVER ITS CHINESE TIES DEEMED A THREAT TO AMERICANS’ DATA AND SECURITY.

BUT THAT PLAN – MIGHT BE BACKFIRING.

AS AMERICAN USERS ARE NOW FLOCKING TO OTHER CHINESE OWNED APPS AS TIKTOK ALTERNATIVES –

AND ARE FORCED TO ABIDE BY CHINESE GOVERNMENT CENSORSHIP RULES –

AND THEIR DATA IS BEING STORED ONTO SERVERS – IN CHINA.

THE APP “XIAOHONGSHU” – ALSO KNOWN AS “REDNOTE” – HAS SEEN MILLIONS OF AMERICANS MIGRATE ONTO ITS SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM THIS WEEK ALONE.

BUT SOME OF THESE USERS ARE TAKING NOTE OF CHINESE COMMUNIST PARTY CENSORSHIP STYLE. 

INCLUDING LIMITS ON DISCUSSIONS OF SENSITIVE TOPICS IN CHINA – LIKE THE 1989 TIANANMEN SQUARE MASSACRE AND THE UYGHUR CRISIS –

WHERE AN ESTIMATED 800 THOUSAND TO 3 MILLION UYGHUR MUSLIMS HAVE REPORTEDLY BEEN DETAINED IN INTERMENT CAMPS.

OTHER SOCIAL ISSUES – LIKE MENTIONS OF “BEING GAY” IN POSTS – HAVE REPORTEDLY BEEN TAKEN DOWN.

FROM CERTAIN JAPANESE ANIME REFERENCES – TO PHOTOS OF MEN SHIRTLESS –

HAVE BEEN REPORTED AS “BEING FLAGGED” AND “TAKEN DOWN” – ACCORDING TO CNN’S INTERVIEWS WITH USERS. 

MEDIA REPORTS SUGGEST POSTS WILL GET DELETED FOR “VIOLATING THE APP’S COMMUNITY GUIDELINES” –

WHICH EMPHASIZE ADHERENCE TO THE CHINESE CONSTITUTION, PROMOTION OF SOCIALISM, CHINESE PATRIOTISM, AND QUOTE “THE CORRECT VIEW OF HISTORY.”

DESPITE THE STRICTER CENSORSHIP CONTROLS –

REDNOTE HAS BEEN THE NUMBER ONE DOWNLOADED APP IN THE APPLE STORE IN THE U.S. SINCE TUESDAY.

AND THAT HAS SOME U.S. OFFICIALS ON ALERT –

WITH CBS NEWS REPORTING IT SPOKE WITH “US OFFICIALS” ANONYMOUSLY WHO SAY REDNOTE COULD BE THE NEXT BANNED APP IN THE U.S –

UNDER THE SAME LEGISLATION THAT IS FORCING TIKTOK TO DIVEST.

A CYBERSECURITY EXPERT WHO SPOKE WITH CBS SAYING –

“RedNote was never meant for outside of the China market. All of the data sharing and all the servers to which the data is being shared is in China. It means they are exempt from all of these data protections and outside of the view of the American government.”

REDNOTE ISN’T THE ONLY CHINESE-BASED APP GAINING TRACTION.

SO IS “LEMON 8” – WHICH HAS THE SAME PARENT COMPANY AS TIKTOK – “BYTEDANCE.”

TIKTOK HAS EVEN BEEN PROMOTING “LEMON 8” AS A GOOD ALTERNATIVE IF THE APP GOES DARK AS PLANNED FOR SUNDAY.

UNDER THE LAW SIGNED BY BIDEN LAST YEAR – IT GIVES BROAD AUTHORITY FOR CONGRESS TO FORCE A PLATFORM TO DIVEST IF ITS PARENTY COMPANY IS LOCATED IN “A FOREIGN ADVERSARY CONTROLLED COUNTRY” – **AND IF THE APP HAS MORE THAN A MILLION MONTHLY U.S. USERS.

RED NOTE – WOULD MEET THE CRITERIA.

SO ITS UNCLEAR – FOR NOW – WHETHER EVEN TIKTOK’S “ALTERNATIVE PLATFORMS” –

WILL STAY AVAILABLE FOR USERS IN THE U.S.

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