China-based app RedNote is surging in popularity in the U.S. as some 170 million TikTok users in prepare for the app to go dark after Sunday, January 19. Content creator Gwenna Laithland told CBS News that downloading RedNote is like a “quiet, passive revolt,” adding that she believes other China-based apps like Temu and Shein would also be banned by U.S. lawmakers if TikTok’s Chinese parent company “were a problem.” #socialmedia #tiktokban #rednote #china