As self-described " TikTok refugees" pour onto the Chinese social media app RedNote, also known as Xiaohongshu, some foreign netizens are already running up against the country's extensive censorship apparatus. Newsweek reached out to Xiaohongshu with a request for comment via a general contact email address.

The US talks on banning the Chinese-owned Tiktok app from the App Store have triggered a digital migration of US users to an alternative platform, the Chinese social media app RedNote to continue their businesses and content making.