Americans Eager to Leap from TikTok Frying Pan Directly into RedNote Fire
With a potential TikTok ban looming, American devotees are jumping ship to the Chinese app RedNote, also known as Xiaohongshu. They may arrive on the platform jonesing for their fix of cat videos, but they’re likely to find something even worse (!!) than trad wives making their own oat milk.

Within moments on the app, COE analysts found dozens of videos, accounts and hashtags promoting antisemitic, extremist and otherwise hateful content. One post, captioned “Kill the Jews,” includes an image of Santa Claus curb stomping a Jewish man. Other posts promoted a flier from the antisemitic Goyim Defense League and antisemitic conspiracy theories about Jews controlling the government and orchestrating the 9/11 attacks. The subtly-named “GasTheJews” account operates alongside an account promoting white supremacist group Patriot Front, and a clip of the 2022 Buffalo shooter’s livestream, with the hashtag #tnd—shorthand for “Total [N-Word] Death.”

and learning Mandarin. Getting acquainted. Racist, bigoted Americans are getting checked by other Americans.

The American and Chinese citizens will influence each other. They are getting to know each other in spite of our governments.