Oppose a TikTok ban
If someone entered your house without your permission or asking you about it first, wouldn’t you feel annoyed or rather uncomfortable? That sounds a little intrusive, doesn’t it? This is how most Chinese users on the platform XiaoHongShu feel as millions of Americans switch to this app due to the TikTok ongoing issue of a potential ban.
The TikTok ban that was planned to take place on Jan. 19 sparks a controversial debate on Americans’ freedom of speech, security, and would impact the future of social media overall.
This ban proposal was created due to rumors of the app stealing data from users, as well as violating the right to free speech guaranteed by the US Constitution.
Overall, the app has 170 million users, but where will they go when the ban comes into effect? Certain people are attempting to use VPNs for different IP addresses.
Surprisingly, the app stopped working for TikTok users on the evening of Jan. 18, but was up and running once again the following morning. However, Americans had already downloaded an alternative app named XiaoHongShu, which translates to RedNote in English.
Previously, this app was primarily used by people in China, but now all American TikTok users have fled there, creating a problematic situation. Despite the fact that his app was not directed to American users, it is now currently the most downloaded app on Apple’s U.S. app store.
Many Chinese users have expressed their frustration, perceiving it as an unwelcome intrusion, as the app has a culturally Chinese atmosphere, and is being changed by American users looking for an alternative to TikTok.
Personally, I dislike this change and I don’t think the TikTok ban is necessary. The government should, in my opinion, be concerned about pressing issues that are more important for the nation, such as the ongoing fires in Los Angeles.
Since many content creators rely solely on this app for their job, banning it would have very negative outcomes on their profits and businesses. With partnerships, marketing strategies, and collaborations, the numerous companies that use TikTok for advertising would suffer greatly.
There are many alternatives to different apps that are similar to TikTok, such as Lemon8, which is also owned by ByteDance, but the majority believes no app can truly replace it.
Millions of TikTok users are negatively affected by this and it restricts freedom of speech. I believe that Americans moving to XiaoHongShu is not a smart solution as it changes the platform’s unique Chinese culture feed and hurts the original content.
I oppose the TikTok ban because the platform is less restrictive on what you can express. Many news outlets thrive on the platform and people can be informed of events of any level–local, state, national, and global. Let’s not forget about content creators who entertain people! There are so many businesses who depend on an audience.
I think the Tiktok ban was unnecessary
I agree with this, I use tiktok a lot not only for entertainment but also to help me with learning things. The government shouldn’t be worrying about Tiktok but things that are more important.
I definelty agree with your point about how the banning of tiktok is very frustrating and caused many problems as soon as January 19th occured. Tiktok is one of the most popular freedom of speech apps where people can express their opinions. The majority of US citizens disagreed with the ban including myself so I feel that taking away this freedom is kinda unconstitutionality against the first amendment. American companies take data away all the time but when a non american company takes data it is apprently bad. I also went to rednote because it was an alternative site where people can express their anger against the tiktok ban.
I agree that banning TikTok may create many problems. TikTok is also a place where many communities can come together in a way that no other social media platform has facilitated. It’s annoying to see the government making such a big deal over an app than so many other problems we have in our country. This was a great article!
I agree with the fact that this app is a source of income for many people, and that banning the app would not be as beneficial as the American government believes it to be.
I agree that Tiktok should be the least of our governments worry because there are more important things that should be their top priority.
I agree with your point that people shouldn’t have flee to using XiaoHongShu as a result of Tiktok being banned since there are many other alternatives.