On January 12, 2025, just days before the short video platform TikTok was pressured to shut down in the U.S., a sensational “migration” began. Millions of American internet users flocked to the Chinese-language social media app RedNote (Xiaohongshu 小红书) in protest against their own government and existing American tech hegemons such as X and Meta.[1] Half-jokingly, they … Continue reading "Lilian Kong and Shiqi Lin, “Hello My Chinese Spy, Take My Data”: Welcome to the Play...
