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.
  • atrielienz@lemmy.world
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    5 hours ago

    Sigh. That’s a whataboutism argument and I’m over it. You do not have to agree.

    • Maggoty@lemmy.world
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      4 hours ago

      Not really. It demonstrates that this is useless and probably not the real intent.