Job listings show Xiaohongshu is rushing to hire English-speaking moderators to help manage the unexpected influx of English videos and posts on the platform
a sign of wider censorship. Earlier this week, China's Cyberspace Administration warned Xiaohongshu to “ensure China-based users can't see posts from US users.” [image] Stuart Gilm...
How Threads became a gathering space for young progressives in Taiwan, who now use the app to organize protests against pro-China opposition parties
https://restofworld.org/... X: @brianhioe : Nice piece by @violazhouyi on how Threads has taken on an unusual role in coordinating protests in Taiwan currently https://restofworld....
The demand for AI tech to preserve, animate, and interact with lost loved ones is especially strong in China, where thousands have already paid to use such tech
Being from Northern Germany, we already have had these for years: We call them “photos” and they are just as talkative as the real deal. 😂 — https://www.technologyreview.com/ .....
Livestreaming on Douyin and Kuaishou is helping attract out-of-town property buyers to Xishuangbanna in China's Yunnan province, despite a nationwide downturn
Caiwei Chen / Rest of World : X: @anupkaphle and @caiweic X: Anup Kaphle / @anupkaphle : China's property market has plummeted since the pandemic. So why are sales booming in one ...
Chinese social platforms like Weibo and Douyin require popular users to reveal their real names, forcing some influencers to either cull their followers or quit
Chinese social platforms like Weibo and Douyin require popular users to reveal their real names, forcing some influencers to either cull their followers or quit
Caiwei Chen / Rest of World : X: @caiweic and @xuhulk X: Caiwei Chen / @caiweic : Chinese influencers are mass blocking their fans, if not quitting social media at all to get away...
Chinese sextortion scammers have flooded X, harassing political dissidents and influential opinion leaders since the site added paid blue checks in April 2023
Scammers are targeting Chinese-language users, harassing political dissidents and influential figures.
Similarweb: by May-end, daily downloads of ByteDance's social media app Lemon8 fell to 6.7% of its March peak; the app was in the US App Store's top 10 in March
Similarweb: by May-end, daily downloads for ByteDance's social media app Lemon8 fell to 6.7% of its March peak; the app hit the US App Store's top 10 in March
Users complain the ByteDance app feels inorganic and curated, prioritizing the needs of influencers over ordinary people.
How Chinese language subreddits like r/China_irl became a refuge for banned Chinese internet groups, as VPN users jump the Great Firewall to speak more freely
Caiwei Chen / Rest of World : Twitter: @yilingliu95 , @caiweic , @blackamazon , and @jordanschnyc Twitter: Yi-Ling Liu / @yilingliu95 : Exiled from the Chinese internet, online co...