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Tiktok Users Flock To Xiaohongshu Amid Ban Threat

American TikTok users turn to Xiaohongshu as a protest against a potential ban, fostering cultural exchanges and product recommendations.

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Elon Musk reportedly exploring buying TikTok — Bytedance says 'pure fiction'

A recent report claimed that Elon Musk might purchase TikTok to keep the available in the US. Bytedance refuted those claims.

Tom’s Guide

MrBeast Reveals 'Many Billionaires' Have Reached Out to Him About His Pledge to Buy TikTok

MrBeast's pledge to buy TikTok sparked billionaire interest as the app faces a Jan. 19 U.S. ban deadline over ByteDance ownership.

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From Ban To Buyout: What Next For TikTok In The US?

TikTok faces an imminent shutdown in the United States after Congress passed a law last year forcing its Chinses owner ByteDance to either sell the platform or close it by this Sunday.

International Business Times

Looming TikTok ban leads some users to look for alternative apps. Here are some that are out there

With a possible TikTok ban just days away, many U.S. users are looking for alternative social media platforms to help them keep up with pop culture or provide the type of entertaining videos that popularized the short-form video app

The Independent UK

The return of Speidi: How Spencer Pratt and Heidi Montag went from ‘washed up’ to number one during the LA fires

US CULTURE: The almost-forgotten millennial antiheroes rose to the top of the TikTok algorithm — and the iTunes charts — after Spencer’s response to the Pacific Palisades tragedy, Holly Baxter reports from New York

The Independent UK

TikTokers flock to Chinese alternative

Xiaohongshu, or RedNote in English, has picked up tens of thousands of TikTok users looking for an alternative

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TikTok's imminent ban is pushing people to Red Note, another Chinese app, and the irony is just too rich

TikTok users are fleeing the platform ahead of an expected ban in the US – and many are heading to the China-owned Red Note.

TechRadar

Why Heidi Montag's 2010 Album 'Superficial' Is Having a Celeb-Fueled Revival in 2025

Everyone from Emily Ratajkowski to Paris Hilton has helped the underrated record top the iTunes chart.

Marie Claire

Gen Z is buying into the dupe economy

Younger shoppers are embracing less expensive versions of designer brands

Salon

TikTok ban deadline could get extended – but rumors suggest the US may be trading one risk for another

With the TikTok ban deadline just days away, new legislation could give the app another 270 days to find a buyer

Digital Camera World

US TikTok users flock to Chinese app Xiaohongshu in protest with TikTok ban looming

As the threat of a TikTok ban looms, some U.S. TikTok users are flocking to Chinese social media app Xiaohongshu – making it the top downloaded app in the U.S. The self-described “TikTok refugees” landed on Xiaohongshu as an alternative to TikTok

The Independent UK

TikTok to Elon Musk?

Chinese officials are considering whether Musk could acquire the app's U.S. operations if it is banned, reports say

Salon

What is Rednote/Xiaohongshu? TikTok 'refugees' flock to alternative app as ban looms

The app valued at $17bn has been labelled the ‘Instagram of China’ — but is it safe to use?

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Tom’s Guide

8 TikTok alternatives — where to go if the app gets banned

With TikTok facing a potential US ban, we explore the top alternative platforms for short-form video content, from established social media giants to emerging specialized apps.

The Independent UK

‘We are witnessing a moment’: RedNote users in China welcome TikTok refugees

Connection between Chinese and American netizens ‘genuinely beautiful’, writes one new RedNote user

The Guardian - US

How to politicize the truth on Facebook, Instagram, and Wikipedia

Control the arbiters of facts and you wield truth itself as a cudgel

Latin Times

TikTok Users Flock to App with Even Deeper Ties to China

TikTok users are flocking to an app with even deeper ties to China as the possible ban on the app approaches.

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International Business Times UK

'In America, Just Breathing Costs Money': Netizens Shocked By US Mum's £604K Hospital Bill

Janice Hernandez was slapped with a £604,000 hospital bill due to her baby's seven-week stay at a neonatal intensive care unit due to a rare genetic disorder called Prade-Willi syndrome.

Tom’s Guide

RedNote searches explode 4,900% ahead of possible TikTok ban — what you need to know

TikTok users are migrating to apps like RedNote — here's what you need to know about this hot new app.

Guitar World

“People might look and think I’m just this TikTok personality. They don’t know that I’ve been playing since 2010”: Kiki Wong recalls her early guitar career – and the “crazy” bootleg tours with three people sleeping in the back of a truck

Wong says she has failed more times than she succeeded throughout her career, so much so that there was a point in her life where she didn't touch her guitars for three years

Fortune

What is Xiaohongshu, the Chinese app also known as RedNote that’s topping the charts ahead of a possible TikTok ban?

TikTok refugees flocked to Chinese platform Xiaohongshu on Monday, where users greeted them with offers of Mandarin lessons and jokes about spying.

The Guardian - UK

Big tech is picking apart European democracy, but there is a solution: switch off its algorithms

The latest actions of Musk and Zuckerberg are a sign of things to come, but the EU already has the power to give people back control, says Johnny Ryan, director of Enforce, a unit of the Irish Council for Civil Liberties

USA Today Sports Media Group

Zane Gonzalez’s wife responds on TikTok to fans who made fun of husband’s hair rubbing

This was a great response.

International Business Times

'Take My Data': US 'TikTok Refugees' Flock To Alternative Chinese App

Furious at the prospect of a US government ban on social media platform TikTok, American users have flocked to another Chinese-owned app in droves, many with a defiant message: "Take my data!"

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