In light of the BREAKING NEWS of the Supreme Court backing a law requiring TikTok to be sold or banned, I thought you should know about two Northwestern School of Communication professors who can offer commentary about the Chinese-owned "RedNote" app that many TikTok users are migrating to right now.
Leading up to today's ruling, "RedNote" has been the top downloaded social media app. This follows an earlier "migration" where users gravitated toward alt-platforms like right-leaning Truth Social and Rumble. Left-leaning users recently began moving away from platforms like X and Meta, citing rollbacks of safeguards against hate speech, misinformation and other harmful content.
Northwestern School of Communication professors Sulafa Zidani and Erik Nisbet are available to answer questions surrounding "RedNote" and how domestic and international politics could be fueling a social media "Great Migration."
Quote from Professor Zidani:
"While U.S. companies like Meta, Google or X may hope that a TikTok ban would lead to U.S.-based users flocking to social platforms like Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and X, what we are seeing is significant movement towards the Chinese platform RedNote (also known as Xiaohongshu). Through this movement, U.S. internet users are sending a pretty clear message to U.S.-owned companies and to congress that they prefer TikTok's design and algorithm over their local competitors and do not mind sharing their data with TikTok."
Quote from Professor Nisbet:
"Bipartisan national security concerns over TikTok's potential shutdown are driving users to explore alternatives, including the Chinese-owned RedNote. This fragmentation of the American social media landscape - where users are increasingly siloed by ideology and nationality -mirrors the deep polarization and rising populist nationalism within our society."
Please reach out to Stephen Lewis at [email protected] to set up interviews with either Professor Zidani or Professor Nisbet.
