"As these behaviors are modeled for younger audiences, the boundaries of permissible discourse are reinforced, creating a culture where conformity is rewarded, and challenging the status quo is discouraged.
The result? A generation less inclined to challenge authority or fight for democratic ideals."
Bro challenging authority is literally why people are moving to this app. They’re tired of being told what to think and how to feel. They’re tired of their free speech being stifled. They’re tired of the lies and propaganda. Is it a democratic ideal to ban one of the most popular apps in America. I think not!
Its funny coming from an american, famously non-conformists and revolutionary.
God forbid a social media application is moderated. How will I tell people to removed or removed, harass and swat them for no reason, post psychologically damaging images, or be a running dog for imperialism? This is literally 1984. Ignore how our country banned an app because people on it were sympathetic to a people being genocided btw. That’s free speech, baby!
Their argument (or rather chatgpt’s argument) is basically that there’s heavy moderation but I took a look at the for you page and the exodees love the moderation. I really don’t get what forbes is complaining about. There’s rules to live in society.
Someone said they were doxxed on Instagram and meta never did anything about it but on rednote someone called them a slur and their account got deleted within the hour.
My understanding is that xiaohongshu bad because they can’t use it to spread fake news, aka le democratic values™.
Also funnily says that tiktok is a free battleground for ideas but doesn’t mention why the US gov is banning it, only that “ze market is closing”.
In a nutshell, they’re complaining about losing control of the narrative. To their great chagrin, they see that people don’t give a fuck about the fact that the platform is moderated, and they’re embracing it. They spent decades telling people that freeze peach is more important than material conditions, and now people are rejecting this message.
I read through this and I hate it.
Author apparently regularly speaks at the UN and is writing a book on ethical AI? I see we are off to a great start. And by the second paragraph we already have:
But dig a little deeper, and the reality becomes far more insidious.
Every post, like, and comment exists in an ecosystem designed to prioritize “core socialist values” over freedom of speech.
Remind me which country is the one banning TikTok and censoring speech?
For instance, posts addressing politically sensitive issues, such as criticism of Chinese cybersecurity laws or advocacy for human rights in Xinjiang, have reportedly been flagged or removed
Assuming they even are (note reportedly), not really a bad thing. You don’t need to sell me on the platform more Jason.
In a report by China Digital Times, RedNote’s (Xiaohongshu) content moderation includes strict guidelines for handling “sudden incidents,” a term used to describe politically or socially sensitive topics.
One might assume that China Digital Times is a Chinese newspaper as the name might suggest to a layperson. However, they are based in California and have direct connections to the US government. Hardly an unbiased source to be citing.
By exporting a content control and surveillance model, RedNote challenges the open exchange of ideas on which democracy depends.
If the open exchange of ideas is that critical to democracy, isn’t the US a more egregious offender? All of this stems from the US’s instigating actions, China did literally nothing except provide a service that they have provided for years.
Joining RedNote has also brought Westerners closer to Chinese citizens than ever before.
Framing this as a negative, even subtly, is arguably the most evil thing in an article chock full of propaganda.
China Digital Times
one of their sponsors is literally NED, yep
Every single time 😱
i just read a whole nothing burger 🥴 people get paid to write this crap?
Read mine instead it has 25 citations because I know some nerds are gonna say “um but china tho” https://criticalresist.substack.com/p/as-us-youths-move-to-rednote-amid
edit: also this feels AI generated
But dig a little deeper, and the reality becomes far more insidious. RedNote isn’t just another app; it’s a tightly controlled platform that exports censorship, reshapes youth culture, and quietly undermines the democratic ideals its community takes for granted.
https://criticalresist.substack.com/p/as-us-youths-move-to-rednote-amid
this is a good article!
Thanks!
“Exports censorship” Weird, and here I thought that Red was the one freely available everywhere and TikTok was the one being censored by the USians.
Nono you see, the US gov is not censoring Tiktok, its “closing its market”. 🤓
Yeah, it also implies that censorship is okay as long as it’s westerners doing it.
Jason Alan Snyder is a technologist, futurist, and inventor based in New York City.
Is this ai?
lmfao that’s so perfect
OpenAI> a technologist, futurist, and inventor based in New York Citydeleted by creator
libs wouldn’t know anything about self censorship 🤣️️
and not the redrawing of boundaries of acceptable thought!
These people have no fucking shame. It’s like they explained what American social media is to a T and then they were like, “but China actually”.
Even if he were right it would still be beneficial for liberal ideals about “open debate” and freeze peach and so on and so on if people got the Chinese state’s narrative in addition to the heavily curated western narrative that they have been stewing in since birth.
This him?
what comments? is my adblocker blocking them?
oh here’s a sample
Probably. I had to switch to my vanilla browser and disable my Pi-hole equivalent.
that’s too bad; i think i would have liked to see forbes people freak out about people not doing what they want.
There’s a little comment icon right over the article at the top of the page to see the comments page
Good, good, let the Streisand effect flow through you.
