Summary
Many Americans are migrating to RedNote, a Chinese-owned app based in China, raising significant privacy and security concerns.
Experts warn that RedNote, based in China, is subject to Chinese laws, including the Personal Information Protection Law and Data Security Law, which grant the government rights to request data and cooperation with intelligence operations.
Enforcement of these laws is often opaque. Analysts highlight risks of data collection, algorithm manipulation, and censorship on RedNote.
Critics argue the U.S. lacks comprehensive privacy laws, driving users to platforms like RedNote that may pose even greater risks than TikTok.
I’d say the scale of this event is too small to make any significant change… But I’ll still double down that conceptually, that is the means of improving relations of the world at scale.
Ironically I imagine a future wave of say… a very popular online game with built in live translation etc… Just as people change their views on races, orientations etc… when they interact with them more… The technology to shatter regional barriers is basically there now. Question is will people use them.