As US TikTok users move to RedNote, some are encountering Chinese-style censorship for the first time

The good news is that President Trump has the authority under the TikTok bill to force divestment of other [Chinese Communist Party] controlled applications that pose national security risks as well,

Moolenaar said in an email Wednesday

The platform opened a window for cross-cultural communication, and for both #Chinese and #American people to learn more about each other,

spokesperson Liu Pengyu wrote on X Thursday

Any of them which have an ownership interest with the Chinese Communist Party or where they control it, we have concerns about,

said Rounds Thursday

I know that there are plenty of alternatives by great American companies like Meta, Instagram, Facebook, X and YouTube, where consumers can migrate to continue to have expression,

said Carl Holshouser, head of government relations at the TechNet group that counts Meta and Google — but not TikTok — as members

Whether this law will succeed in achieving its ends, I do not know. A determined foreign adversary may just seek to replace one lost surveillance application with another,

he wrote

They’re not going to be allowed any more than TikTok is,

he said

I do think it is an unalloyed good that people who are in countries that are geopolitically at odds, and perhaps for good reason, just get to connect with each other,

said Oung

Eric Liuamerican writer and founder of Citizen University

It is still very difficult for Chinese internet companies to conduct English censorship … censors mainly rely on the understanding of China’s political correctness that is cultivated in school and in ideological and political courses … you can’t just rely on translation software

Eric Liu, a former content moderator for Weibo, said

It’s a really interesting test of whether the Chinese government feels confident enough to actually let it continue”.

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There will be more TikTok users who experience such content moderation. And then I guess that's also adding to part of the culture shock,

added Meng

While I understand the concerns (about data and privacy threats), a number of us disagree,

she told CNA, noting the irony of selling TikTok to an American company

The platform is supporting ordinary users to grow their account,

said Meng

There are so many warm or fun interactions between Chinese users and American users on the platform these days,

observed University of Sydney’s Dr Jia Guo

They question the Western privileges US users have on a Chinese platform,

said Dr Guo,

I beg you, please stop using your machine translated English to reply to the foreigners, ... Give me back my original Xiaohongshu.”

said a user named Mi Zai, who added

For these TikTok refugees, they want to find an alternative platform that is owned by a Chinese company, (that) is more Chinese than TikTok,

said Meng Ziying, a PhD researcher from Australia’s University of Melbourne

Having a social media platform that fills the niche of ‘endless video scrolling’ was something I needed and Xiaohongshu seemed like a good fit from what people (online) were saying,

Labonte told CNA

Hi! I am new here, this is my art! I would like to make friends here,

one user from the US, splatcube, wrote

Xiaohongshu’s international user base mostly relies on Chinese people living overseas,

Hau said

Ja Morantbasketball player

Yo China! Did I miss the party or what,

US basketball player Ja Morant wrote on his newly registered official red-tick account