Reference News Network, December 5 report. According to the Taiwan CTV News and the website "Taiwan Good News", the social application "Xiaohongshu" with over 3 million users in Taiwan is facing a one-year ban by the relevant authorities on the grounds of information security and fraud risks. The news immediately sparked heated discussions on PTT, the largest forum in the island, with many people asking, "Today it's Xiaohongshu, then who tomorrow?"
Regarding the move by the Ministry of Interior Affairs of Taiwan to restrict "Xiaohongshu" for a year, netizens on the PTT forum posted an article titled "Today Xiaohongshu, tomorrow what?". The netizen questioned: What better reason than security and fraud could be used to shut down the Internet? Which project will be banned next for such reasons?
This post quickly prompted netizens in the island to express their views. Some believed, "In the future, only 'Xiaolvshu' won't be blocked, and all others will be." "Today Xiaohongshu, tomorrow, then the day after?"
Netizens also left comments on the official fan page of "CTV News", saying, "It would be better to block the island." "Block the DPP in 2026 and 2028!" Some netizens commented, "Other platforms are full of fraud... why not apply the same standard?" The Facebook fan page "Zhengke Shuang" questioned, according to the logic of blocking Xiaohongshu, should Facebook also be blocked immediately?
"Zhengke Shuang" pointed out that according to a report by "Tianxia Magazine" this year, "the average daily fraud in Taiwan is 400 million New Taiwan Dollars (1 NT dollar is approximately 0.23 RMB - note from this site), and 70% of financial losses come from Facebook."
Original: toutiao.com/article/7580257557571207689/
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