Chinese social media platform Xiaohongshu — known internationally as RedNote — is touting its ability to curate English-language content to a following of hundreds of thousands of American users. Suddenly joined the platform Potentially in anticipation of TikTok The ban is being imposed on Sunday in the United States.
WIRED identified a handful of job listings posted on recruiting platforms by tech outsourcing companies in China this week, looking for content moderators to manage the sudden influx of English videos and posts being uploaded to Xiaohongshu. can help There were also several new recruitment notices posted, urgently looking for content moderators who can work in Chinese, the platform’s default language.
VXI Global Solutions, an American customer service company that has been operating in China since the early 2000s, has posted job vacancies on recruiting websites. Xilian Zhaopin And Boss ZippinClarifying that candidates will “moderate the video through foreign friends’ accounts on Xiaohongshu.” The recruiter also labeled One of the lists “Xiaohongshu Urgent Recruitment Overnight—TikTok Refugee Restraint, Short-Term [contracts] accepted.”
Jinhui Rongzhi TechnologyAn IT service outsourcing company, and TransAn AI-powered translation service provider, posted similar recruitment notices this week looking for English-speaking content moderators to work for Xiaohongshu. Wired contacted three companies to verify the validity of the listings. None of them responded in time for publication. Xiaohongshu also did not immediately return a request for comment.
Salaries for the jobs range from 4,500 RMB to 8,000 RMB per month (about $600 to $1,100). Applicants are required to demonstrate their English language skills and prove that they have passed a proficiency test. A list noted that the position must be filled within three days, and candidates need not apply if they cannot start immediately.
The Cyberspace Administration of China, the country’s top internet watchdog, has reportedly already become concerned about content being shared by foreigners on Xiaohongshu. The CAC warned the platform earlier this week to “ensure that China-based users cannot see posts from US users,” according to information.
Social media platforms in China are legally required to remove a wide range of content, including nudity and graphic violence, but especially information that the government deems politically sensitive. Platforms like Xiaohongshu rely on large teams of contractors managed by outsourcing companies that respond to emergency situations alongside regular implementation.
“RedNote — like all platforms owned by Chinese companies — is subject to the repressive laws of the Chinese Communist Party,” Ellie Funk, research director for technology and democracy at the nonprofit human rights organization Freedom House, wrote in an email to WIRED. “Independent researchers have documented how keywords deemed sensitive to those in power, such as discussion of labor strikes or criticism of Xi Jinping, can be scrubbed from the platform.”
But the influx of American TikTok users — up to 700,000 in just two days, According to ReutersDocumenting censorship in China, a California-based publication, could dilute Xiaohongshu’s content curation abilities, says Eric Liu, an editor at the China Digital Times, who himself worked as a content moderator for the Chinese social media platform Weibo. .
