One of the themes that 2025 has defined until now has been the complicated destination of Tiktok.
The popular social media platform has been trapped in the spotlight of a severe legal scrutiny. The United States Supreme Court ruled in favor of prohibiting it in the US.
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Some experts speculated that Tiktok's ban could be a catalyst for companies such as Meta Platforms. (GOAL) facebook and instagram owner. But so far, a new application of social networks, also owned by a Chinese company, has gained popularity as Americans seek to remain close to the platform they know.
However, even when users go to the new platform, it is increasingly clear that these similarities can cause concern.
Tiktok's new alternative is not just fun and games
As Tiktok's destiny has recently been at stake, a question has been in the minds of many people: what is the best alternative platform to Tiktok?
While popular names such as instagram and Snapchat dominated the conversations, a new name began to gain ground. Rednote or 'Xiaohongshu' is a Chinese property social networking platform that seems to faithfully reflect to Tiktok in terms of user experience, providing short videos driven by an algorithm that makes close recommendations.
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Although Tiktok has been available again in the US, at least temporarily, Rednote seems to have taken off and established in the space of social networks. Recent data show that “more than 3 million US users have registered amid the threat of tiktok prohibition.”
However, this does not mean that the new platform is not exempt from risks. In fact, according to an expert, it may not be different in terms of the dangers that users can assume for the use of this type of Chinese technology.
Jason Alan Snyder, a futurologist and artificial intelligence technologist, recently sat down with The street To discuss Rednote and certain negative aspects of the application that new users may not know.
Snyder recently described Rednote as a “closely controlled platform that exports censorship, remodeled youth culture and silently undermines the democratic ideals that its community takes for granted.” But it turns out that their dangers go beyond the privacy of the data and concerns of the Chinese government.
While analyzing the dangers of both platforms, Snyder highlights the artificial intelligence models (ai) that drive them, which considers that they are used to
“What happens with these advanced ai models, and the way they drive them is that they not only customize the content, but they can also predict and manipulate behavior, (which) makes people vulnerable to misinformation , the exploitation and, possibly, even addiction. “
In this case, according to Snyder, that means promoting harmful content, often focused on prejudices. Jewish media The striker He recently reported that the anti -Semitic content in Rednote has been high.
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Snyder says that many of these problems can be attributed to ai models behind each platform. “Filters driven by ai and the healing of content perpetuate all kinds of erroneous information and all types of other harmful (social) trends,” he says.
A day adjusting day for social networks is approaching
The potential dangers that both the addictive nature of the Tiktok algorithm and its links with the Chinese government are far from news. Americans have known their existence for years, but given the immense popularity of the application in the United States, it seems clear that the people who use it are willing to run the risk.
Snyder predicts that the last day of adjustment of accounts will arrive for social networks users, but it is difficult for him to determine exactly when it will be.
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“The dangers are hidden in long and illegible terms and conditions, and people rarely understand the compensation they do with their data,” he says. “And most people do not understand how ai works or how they can even exploit their data.”
In their opinion, people have spent years rationalizing the monitoring of their data and, as such, they can be insensitive to this dangerous trend, racing the way for a new alternative to Tiktok to arise with few obstacles.
“Most people do not realize the total value of their data or the risks of revealing them, because for them, it is to exchange free access to a fun application or service in exchange for anonymous information,” he says. .
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