On the heels of TikTok's looming shutdown on January 19 over its ownership in the U.S. (unless the Supreme Court intervenes), it looks like another American users are flocking to a Chinese app called Xiaohongshu as people become less optimistic that TikTok can overturn U.S. ban.
So in an attempt to thwart imagined Chinese propaganda, USians have pushed their user base into actual Chinese platforms. If even a portion of those users come to the realization that China are not evil harry potter villains, it would be a net win.
I would say it is one of the US’s bigger own-goals, but they have had so many.
I feel like most people are smart enough to realize that the Tiktok ban is purely about censoring viewpoints that don’t fall in line with the State Department. So naturally, they want to see what else they’re not supposed to be seeing.
So in an attempt to thwart imagined Chinese propaganda, USians have pushed their user base into actual Chinese platforms. If even a portion of those users come to the realization that China are not evil harry potter villains, it would be a net win.
I would say it is one of the US’s bigger own-goals, but they have had so many.
I feel like most people are smart enough to realize that the Tiktok ban is purely about censoring viewpoints that don’t fall in line with the State Department. So naturally, they want to see what else they’re not supposed to be seeing.
Absolutely, there are now millions of Americans who are pissed off about TikTok ban who are now swimming in Communist media.