Basically every mainstream social media apps do want your contacts these days, yes. Obviously bad for OPSEC so you should avoid them if you’re worried about that even after blocking those permissions.

A post from last year complaining about foreigners’ social credits shit

If only there was a no button…

They’re equally racist. Dems are probably trying to damage control and convince people not to join Rednote and stay on Tiktok until it’s banned

Yeah seems like Rednote is specifically centered around lifestyle and art while Weibo and Baidu are for general use

That’s the point? It’s people signalling they’re not dumb enough to believe the US’s “national security” shit and would trust China’s products over american ones like Meta or Xitter

Should use HelloChinese instead tbh. Duolingo is more like a game than a language learning app.