Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Kate O’Flaherty is a cybersecurity and privacy journalist. With a possible TikTok ban looming, many U.S. users are flocking to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. TikTok users fleeing to the app RedNote are mingling with Chinese social media users. VCG/VCG via Getty Images TikTok refugees ...

With TikTok banned in the US, many social media users are scrambling to find a replacement. One platform quickly gaining traction is RedNote, a Chinese-owned app that has seen a surge in popularity.

Sarina Trangle started as a corporate news reporter in October 2024. She previously spent four years on the business desk at Newsday, covering the health industry, commercial real estate and cannabis.

China-based RedNote has experienced a huge surge in downloads from users in the US and worldwide as the 19 January deadline for the US TikTok ban approaches. The app, a mix of Instagram, TikTok, and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images If the U.S. government wants to ban TikTok, Americans might flock to a different Chinese ...

TikTok, owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, has been making headlines since the COVID-19 pandemic, when just about everyone was forced to work from home. At first, it was positive news because it ...

TikTok refugees fled by the millions to RedNote, a Chinese app, in response to the TikTok ban, which went into effect Jan. 19, 2025. The company shut down the app shortly before midnight on Jan. 18 ...

If the U.S. government wants to ban TikTok, Americans might flock to a different Chinese social media app. About a week before the potential ban, TikTokkers are posting about moving to RedNote, known ...