Welcome to the weekly review. This week, We're looking at the effects of the TikTok ban in the US, including “TikTok refugees” moving to Chinese app RedNote; More English speakers learning Mandarin on Duolingo and more. Let's go inside.
The Supreme Court approved the law. This will be Effectively ban TikTok tomorrow. The decision marks the end of TikTok's months-long legal battle against a law that would have forced the app to shut down unless it halted its US operations. Starting Sunday, it will be illegal for app stores and internet service providers to distribute TikTok. The company warned that the app would be blacked out on Sunday, but it's unclear exactly what will happen when the ban takes effect.
American users are flocking to RedNote.a Chinese short video app Also known as Xiaohongshu, Making it the #1 free app in the US App Store. RedNote hits a lot of the right notes for those looking for a TikTok alternative: it has a theme similar to Pinterest, which is generally considered China's answer to Instagram, and it has a number of social shopping features. But also. It's not easy for some people.
TikTok users are using Duolingo. A growing number of them adopted RedNote before the TikTok ban to learn Chinese. According to Duolingo, See the app. New Mandarin learners had a roughly 216% improvement. Compared to this time last year in the U.S., adoption of RedNote started to increase significantly in mid-January.
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