HONG KONG (AP) — As the threat of a TikTok ban looms, U.S. TikTok users are flocking to the Chinese social media app Xiaohongshu – making it the top downloaded app in the U.S. Some of the “TikTok refugees,” as they call themselves, say the TikTok alternative, a Chinese app, is being chosen in protest of the TikTok ban.

Chinese social media platform Xiaohongshu, also known as RedNote, has been hiring for a surprising position in recent days: English-language content moderators.

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Chinese-owned app Xiaohongshu - or Red Note in English - was recently propelled to the top of the US Apple App Store free downloads chart, as American users facing a potential TikTok ban look for an alternative.

(Reuters) -Backers of China's Xiaohongshu are looking to sell a part of their stake to the likes of Tencent, among others, in a deal that could value the TikTok-rival at at least $20 billion, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday. GGV Capital, GSR Ventures and Tiantu Capital, key shareholders of the social media platform, have drawn interest from existing backers HongShan Capital Group and