China is reportedly panicking about Americans venturing over to the communist country’s alternative to TikTok, an app called RedNote, after TikTok was temporarily down on Sunday. According to the New York Post, China is concerned that Americans are corrupting their youth on RedNote with sexualized messages that are prohibited on the app to adhere to the Chinese government’s strict rules and censorship. Although the app is prepped to regulate posts in Chinese, it does not yet have the feature of managing content in English to meet the regulation standards. The New York Post reports: “RedNote, called Xiaohongshu in Chinese – which literally translates as Little Red Book, an apparent reference to former dictator Chairman Mao – is also required to follow the Chinese Communist Party’s regulations, but has yet to bring its moderation of English language content to meet these standards. According to reports, the app is now under pressure to move all non-Chinese users into a separate, quarantined server to mitigate contact and stop poisoning the young, mostly female user base. The app already rolled out a brand new feature for Chinese users that allows them to filter out content from all foreign users.” American politics have also made an entrance into the Chinese app with some Chinese users sharing posts favorable to accused murderer Luigi Mangione who is awaiting trial for allegedly killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. One user on RedNote even posted a photo of himself dressed in the same outfit as Mangione in a court appearance in which he wore a maroon sweater with a white collar and gray dress pants. Another user tried promoting LGBT content on the platform to which Chinese users replied that such content is not posted on RedNote. “[We] don’t like it,” and “just don’t talk about this to everyone,” users commented. Even American users are warning the others not to get them all “kicked out” of the app over posting the disapproved content. According to The Post, the difference between the two apps is staggering. “Senior leaders have accused the Chinese government of pushing smut on our youth via TikTok, while presenting their own children with a totally different version of the app filled with positive messages, educational videos, and pro-government propaganda.” Although the TikTok refugees that fled to RedNote may no longer need to use the platform since President Trump stepped in to try to work out a deal with TikTok, both sides were given a glimpse into the complexities and issues with these social media apps. Americans, who often complain about their freedoms and struggles, were able to see a bit of what censorship actually looks like as they witnessed firsthand China’s strict government restrictions. For China, their upset over the inappropriate content being spread to their own people is also ironic given that the Chinese-owned app permits the disturbing content to spread to the millions of users that have become addicted to it in the United States.