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A comment on Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage for shutdown. Parent comment

Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f... by wat10000 on Friday January 17, 2025 @12:00PM (#42740315)
It’s even better than that. “Red Note” is the softened version. A more direct translation is “Little Red Book.”
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Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f... by rs999gti on Friday January 17, 2025 @12:53PM (#42741151)
> “Little Red Book.”

As in Mao's Little Red Book - https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-34932800

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Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f... by ghostpepper on Friday January 17, 2025 @01:01PM (#42741255)
Can't confirm as I don't speak Chinese but Sharp China podcast says this is a mistranslation, and that the word for Mao's little red book is not the same as the Chinese name for Rednote
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Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f... by wat10000 on Friday January 17, 2025 @01:09PM (#42741395)
If Wikipedia is to be believed, the Chinese nickname is “Treasured Red Book.” It’s just a coincidence that the English nickname happens to match the literal translation of this app’s name. Still hilarious.
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