Taiwan's block on the Chinese social app Xiaohongshu has sharply cut scam cases, and the ban is likely to be extended another year — good news for fraud victims, bad news for the platform's Taiwanese users.

• Scam cases tied to the app fell 80% and the money lost fell 55% since the block started.
• Taiwan's Interior Ministry blocked the app last December over fraud and data security worries.
• The core problem is the Shanghai parent company ignored repeated requests to send a legal representative to Taiwan.
• The app has no office and no working phone contact in Taiwan, so police have no one to call about scam accounts.
• Letters were sent twice through official channels before the block; the same process will run again when the year is up.

Outlook: Interior Minister Liu Shyh-fang says the block will very likely be extended another year unless the company finally responds, and Taiwan would welcome talks if it does.