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Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f... by est on Friday January 17, 2025 @12:18PM (#42740644)
The REDnot is not a "foreign-controlled" app, it's a foreign app, and it does not target the US market. The US citizens chose to use a non-US app. How would US enforce a ban? Send marines to Shanghai and capture CEOs?
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Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f... by mplanchard on Friday January 17, 2025 @12:27PM (#42740764)
Oh I misread your comment (read /inside/ rather than /outside/ for some reason), but obviously the same way they’re going to ban tiktok? Make it illegal for the app stores to host.
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Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f... by chis on Friday January 17, 2025 @12:37PM (#42740948)
... the same way tiktok is being banned? It is going to be removed from the app store
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Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f... by gs17 on Friday January 17, 2025 @12:38PM (#42740950)
REDnote is explicitly "小红书国际版", or "Little Red Book International Version" and is in English in US app stores. It's definitely targeting non-Chinese users.
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Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f... by seventhtiger on Friday January 17, 2025 @03:01PM (#42742638)
It's targeting Chinese users abroad. The entire interface, and all the content, is Chinese only it hasn't been localized for anyone.
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Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f... by gs17 on Friday January 17, 2025 @03:22PM (#42742871)
The interface also has English as an option, although it's not well done.
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Re:Supreme Court rules to uphold TikTok ban, setting stage f... by glurblur on Friday January 17, 2025 @03:52PM (#42743111)
That's because it's only added recently. It's mainly used by overseas Chinese and mainland Chinese, also, until recently.
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