Duolingo sees 216% spike in US users learning Chinese amid TikTok ban and move to RedNote
Duolingo sees 216% spike in US users learning Chinese amid TikTok ban and move to RedNote
TikTok U.S. users have been learning Chinese on Duolingo in increasing numbers amid their adoption of a Chinese social app called RedNote ahead of the
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Just as I finally see Chinese culture gaining more global cultural relevance--- and it had to be in order to bypass a ban of an intrusive app.
Gotta rise up to that Firefly/Serenity lore.
the app wasn't banned, the company refused to split American operations off.
... And because they refused, is now banned.
So, yes it was.
no, they were given the option.
- split into two companies
- close down operations in the US
that's pretty cut a dry they chose to end operations in the US. The US didn't ban them.
#2 is a ban.
I'm really not sure why that's so hard to understand. If I said, "sell me your house or get out of town," how is that not me running you out of town?