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U.S. TikTokers flock to Xiaohongshu, baffling and bonding with Chinese users. (restofworld.org)

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Americans are joining the Chinese social media app en masse to protest an imminent TikTok ban.

American users have flocked to Chinese social media platform Xiaohongshu in defiance of security warnings.

Chinese and American users have engaged in surprisingly friendly conversations about each other’s lives.

The influx of American users could burden Xiaohongshu’s censorship mechanism, experts say.

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[–] svtdragon@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

When they own the platform they can use it to serve you catered disinformation.

They can have your data but unless they can also decide what you see as a result, it's not the same thing.

That's the difference.

[–] Glytch@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

So like Facebook and YouTube serve and spread far-right disinformation catered to manipulate you?

Facebook and YouTube's algorithms decide what you see and Facebook will even decide what's "true" for you.

I asked what they can do that's worse, not the same.