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Xiaohongshu, China's answer to Instagram, hits no. 1 on the App Store as TikTok faces US shutdown (techcrunch.com)
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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The point of the ban is to punish a company that won't let the US spy on its users. To move to another Chinese app is self preservation for anyone that doesn't want the most brutal regime ever to have existed to decide what information they're allowed to share and receive. The US is the most propagandised place on earth.