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.
    • captainlezbian@lemmy.world
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      22 hours ago

      Exactly. When workers start talking to each other across borders (national and otherwise) and as equals that’s like one of the crucial steps for positive change. No worker in China ever denied me medicine or raised my rent.