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TikTok may be banned in the U.S. over the weekend, but Americans are heading to another Chinese-owned video platform: RedNote.

A TikTok ban is scheduled to take effect Sunday unless the Supreme Court rules otherwise Friday. American users have been familiarizing themselves with similar Chinese apps, such as Rednote and Lemon8,

Users who have the TikTok app on their phone will still be able to access it after Jan. 19. However, because the ban would prevent Apple and Google from providing the app with necessary updates, TikTok would quickly break down and become unusable, leading Americans to look for an alternative app.

As a TikTok ban looms, Americans are starting to download RedNote. Here's what you need to know about the app.

American TikTok users have been thumbing their collective noses at the U.S. government's decision to ban TikTok by spitefully joining another Chinese

American TikTok users have flocked to the RedNote app as a TikTok ban looms. Now they're helping Chinese users with their English homework.

TikTok users in the US are migrating to a Chinese app called RedNote with the threat of a ban just days away. The move by users who call themselves "TikTok refugees" has made RedNote the most downloaded app on Apple's US App Store on Monday.

If that’s the funniest thing, the rise of RedNote isn’t far behind. As you probably already know, Congress passed a bill seeking to ban TikTok from the app store or force the company to sell to a U.S.