TikTok is set to be banned in the US this weekend, that is unless the Supreme Court Decides to shoot down the bi-partisan policy decision. However, in an odd move, millions of Americans have seemingly moved over to another Chinese app to replace it. Veuer’s Tony Spitz has the details.
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00:00TikTok is set to be banned in the US this weekend.
00:03That is unless the Supreme Court decides to shoot down the bipartisan policy decision.
00:07However, in an odd move,
00:09millions of Americans have seemingly moved over to another Chinese app to replace it.
00:13Red Note has seen a meteoric rise in the West since the announcement of the ban,
00:17with similar web reporting recently that in the wake of the ban announcement,
00:203 million American users signed up for the platform in a single day.
00:24That's up from 700,000 users prior.
00:27The app is already popular in the East,
00:29with 300 million users already on it throughout China.
00:32But why are Americans flocking to another Chinese app?
00:35One which may eventually be banned for the very same reason as TikTok?
00:38The TikTok ban is a security measure enacted by the federal government,
00:42meant to protect US citizens from Chinese spying and data harvesting.
00:46However, some see these apps as the building of a cultural bridge,
00:49with American TikTok users moving over to Red Note,
00:52introducing themselves and meeting Chinese people.
00:54But will Red Note also be banned?
00:56Well, experts say since it was never meant to operate outside of China,
00:59there are far greater cybersecurity issues associated with the platform,
01:03even more so than TikTok.