61 minutes ago How do you say lmaoooo in Mandarin? Americans flock to Chinese TikTok alternative RedNote

Despite security concerns, Americans are flooding the app, where Chinese users are welcoming them with open arms – and Luigi Mangione memesCute cats. Fit checks. Travel vlogs. Luigi Mangione latte art. Americans who downloaded RedNote saw it all this week, as they fled to the Chinese social media app in advance of an imminent (or not ) TikTok ban.English language content has flooded RedNote, whose default language is Mandarin, with Americans posting introductions to themselves and kicking off cross-cultural discussions: How much do you pay for groceries? What Chinese slang do I need to know? Do you have any opinions about the state of Ohio? Continue reading...

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32 hours ago MrBeast joins bid to buy TikTok to save it being banned in America claiming he's had offers from billionaires to make it happen

Sources close to MrBeast, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson, have said that his team is having conversations with 'multiple parties' who have 'expressed interest in buying TikTok'.

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89 minutes ago RedNote: Is TikTok’s Chinese alternative any safer than the app facing a potential US ban?

China-based RedNote has experienced a huge surge in downloads from users both from the US and across the world

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7 hours ago Thank god TikTok is banning beauty filters for teens – they ruined my youth

The social media platform is due to halt under-18 access to particular filters in the coming weeks, following worry that young people are experiencing plummeting self-esteem and body image issues. Ellie Muir, a reformed filter-user, hopes it’s not too little, too late

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1 hour ago TikTok ban: Biden admin ‘exploring options’ and the app might not be gone Sunday

If the administration stops the ban, the issue would be adjudicated by the incoming Trump administration

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8 hours ago TikTok ban live: Is app going to disappear? Donald Trump and MrBeast scramble to avoid shutdown

Supreme Court is reviewing the legality of legislation that would force TikTok to be sold or be banned

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5 hours ago Is RedNote available in the UK? How to download app and set up an account

Rising fears of a potential TikTok ban in the US means RedNote has been topping download charts

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11 hours ago ‘We are witnessing a moment’: RedNote users in China welcome TikTok refugees

Connection between Chinese and American netizens ‘genuinely beautiful’, writes one new RedNote user

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6 hours ago TikTok is the only truly democratic social platform. A US ban would rob us all | Sophia Smith Galer

Nothing has challenged Silicon Valley like the Chinese app. Blocking its use in the US would be like stealing half the books in a libraryHow many times in your life can you say that one of the culture-defining platforms of your era is being forcibly removed? This is what will happen to the one third of American adults who use TikTok – and the other two-thirds whose lives have been undoubtedly affected by it – if the US supreme court upholds its ban on the Chinese-owned app, as it is expected to do on 19 January, in the interests of national security.I have spent the last few years researching instances of linguicide, where authoritarian regimes have burned dictionaries, or sent people to prison just for singing a song. I see alarming parallels with the dismantling of TikTok in the US; a ruthless cull of a communication tool that challenges Silicon Valley hegemony and gave the US a serving of what it is allegedly supposed to prize: healthy, full-fat competition.Sophia Smith Galer is ...

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21 hours ago TikTok ban latest: Supreme Court decision looms as app’s shutdown nears Jan 19 deadline

Supreme Court is reviewing the legality of the TikTok ban which Trump opposes

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11 hours ago Rednote: Why the previously unknown Chinese app has become the most popular in the world

TikTok ban set to take effect January 19 if American buyer not found

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24 hours ago America's TikTok ban totally backfires as users flock to rival Chinese social media app

TikTok will be banned in the US on 19 January after Supreme Court ruled the short-form video app is a threat to national security, but many of its 170 million American users are just jumping another app in a “cheeky middle figure to the US government”.

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20 hours ago TikTok ban latest: Trump weighs executive order to ‘save TikTok’ as Supreme Court decision looms

Supreme Court is reviewing the legality of legislation that would force TikTok to be sold or be banned

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26 hours ago TikTok ban latest: App reveals shutdown plans in the US as Jan 19 deadline looms

Supreme Court is set to review ban, and Donald Trump opposes it – but the app looks set to go dark as a deadline arrives this weekend

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26 hours ago What is Lemon8? The TikTok alternative gaining popularity that may also face a ban

If a ban comes into force, TikTok’s 170 million U.S. users could turn to its sister app Lemon8

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28 hours ago TikTok could be banned in the US this week. Here's what you need to know

The US Supreme Court is on the verge of banning TikTok. If Chinese parent company ByteDance can’t find a buyer, the app will shut down

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33 hours ago What is RedNote? America's TikTok 'ban' has users flocking to Chinese social media app

The American courts are set to rule on a potential law that could see the popular app banned in the US.

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31 hours ago Why is TikTok being banned in America and what happens next with ruling days away?

The proposed TikTok ban would take effect on January 19 - a day before Trump takes power.

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