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So far, Americans using RedNote have said they don’t care if China has access to their data. Viral videos on TikTok in recent days have shown Americans jokingly saying they will miss their personal “Chinese spy,” while others say they are purposefully giving RedNote access to their data in a show of protest against the wishes of the U.S. government.

“This also highlights the fact that people are thirsty for platforms that aren’t controlled by the same few oligarchs,” Quintin said. “People will happily jump to another platform even if it presents new, unknown risks.”

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    21 hours ago

    Imagine a hypothetical hot war between the US and China where China is telling a significant number of the US population what to think.

    This sounds like an imaginary situation where it might be ok to ban TikTok, but definitely not like actual reality.