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Duolingo sees 216% spike in US users learning Chinese amid TikTok ban and move to RedNote (techcrunch.com)
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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Is tiktok promoting content that says to move to that platform? Cause if so, gov might have a point about Chinese manipulation lol

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

No, the users wanted to paint a big "๐Ÿ–•" to the U.S. government for banning the app. A user made a video saying: "they underestimated our level of pettiness". Some were also uninstalling apps like Instagram.