The Chinese social media apps Red Note and Lemon8 have become popular alternatives for TikTok users ahead of a US government ban on TikTok. But government restrictions loom over those apps too
By Jeremy Hsu
US TikTok users are flocking to Chinese social media app Xiaohongshu, also known as Red Note
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A looming TikTok ban in the US has prompted many of the app’s American users to try other Chinese-owned social media apps such as Red Note and Lemon8. These host short-form videos and photos and have recently become the most downloaded mobile apps on the US Apple App Store and Google Play store.
But Red Note – the English name for the Chinese app Xiaohongshu –…
