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Millions of TikTok users are flocking to RedNote, a Chinese social media app. TikTok will be banned in the U.S. on Sunday, Jan. 19, if it is not sold by Bytedance, the Chinese company that owns it.

RedNote is now the No. 1 social media app in the Apple store.

Congress voted to ban TikTok, which they claim is a spy tool for the Chinese government. But TikTok users say Congress banned TikTok because Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg asked them to.

There are tons of posts on RedNote criticizing the U.S. government for censoring them on social media.

Many RedNote users sent the hashtag “TikTokrefugee” trending. Others are concerned that the Chinese government may be spying on them.

Americans are having difficulty with the language barrier on the Chinese app. One person tweeted a scene from “The Karate Kid” featuring Jaden Smith and Taraji P. Henson. The user captioned the clip: “Me trying to communicate with the Chinese dudes in the comment section of RedNote.”

The RedNote app has been an eye-opening experience for some American users.

One American said she noticed a difference in the older Chinese population on the RedNote app. She said older Chinese people look “so much less traumatized than most Americans.”