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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
World
Maroosha Muzaffar

FOUND: Taiwan bans popular chinese app rednote over cybersecurity concerns | Mind Blowing Facts

Taiwan has announced that it will block access to the popular app Xiaohongshu – known in English as RedNote – for one year after concluding it poses serious cybersecurity risks and had become a hub for fraud.

RedNote is an Instagram-style app used by more than three million people in Taiwan. Users were warned to expect the app to become inoperable within hours of the order being issued to internet service providers on Thursday.

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