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.
  • LouNeko@lemmy.world
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    21 hours ago

    😳😳😳 Westerners not voluntarily giving personal information to the Chinese government for 5 seconds [Challenge Impossible (They caught us)] 😵😵‍💫😧

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      12 hours ago

      They already bought all our info from Facebook and Google so why not?

      Besides, what are they going to do with it that’s worse than what an American company will?

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        23 minutes ago

        You’re forgetting all the companies that hold on to your data forever. Yeah I bought a $4 shenanigan 5 years ago, do you really need to keep my full name, phone, email, CC details, tax number and address, stored plainly in some poorly protected, internet accessible DB?

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        5 hours ago

        Seriously, why should I give a shit about that at this point? Any information I put into this app they could easily get from Google.

    • Walk_blesseD@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      9 hours ago

      On some level, it makes sense. Like, if I never plan to enter the PRC’s jurisdiction, it has less capacity to use my personal data to cause me harm than a five eyes member state does, because the Australian government does have jurisdiction where I live.