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RedNote may wall off “TikTok refugees” to prevent US influence on Chinese users (arstechnica.com)
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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Most of my lab mates are Chinese and I joined WeChat because it was what they all used. Everything was fine except my account kept getting banned for no reason. I had assumed it might be because I accidentally turned on a VPN, but ultimately I concluded it was because they didn’t want the intermingling of Chinese and American accounts, which was literally the only reason I was there in the first place.

[–] Pika 1 points 7 minutes ago

I been told Wechat requires phone number, do they not check VOIP numbers or did they just not block your number for creation? That's super weird.