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Think antisemitism was bad on TikTok? Wait till you see Rednote

JL;DR SUMMARY Following a brief ban, TikTok reintroduced new content restrictions, particularly censoring pro-Palestinian messages, driving users to the Chinese app RedNote. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Hate SpeechCensorshipSocial MediaFree PalestineTiktokJewish CreatorsMedia ControlRednoteChinese Censorship

Places mentioned

Gaza, Palestinian Territories
"Comments supporting Palestinians or Gaza were automatically flagged and deleted."
China
"Even before the ban briefly went into effect, however, users began to download a Chinese platform called RedNote the most popular app in the country."
Israel
"Theories circulated that Israel was behind the ban, and an uncensored app was the only way to get the truth."

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