India bans TikTok and other 59 Chinese Apps in the Android & iOS platform.
TikTok and the other 59 Chinese Apps has been banned by the Indian government. This includes WeChat and Baidu Apps as well. It has a direct effect on the very popular Chinese apps in India.
Why they are banned ?
As per the Press Release, “The Ministry of Information Technology has received many complaints from various sources including several reports about misuse of some mobile apps available on Android and iOS platforms for stealing and surreptitiously transmitting users’ data in an unauthorized manner to servers which have locations outside India. The compilation of these data, its mining and profiling by elements hostile to national security and defence of India, which ultimately impinges upon the sovereignty and integrity of India, is a matter of very deep and immediate concern which requires emergency measures.”
It is really huge blow for TikTok which as about 200+ million users base in the country and would fundamentally mean more that 50% user base gone for TikTok. The ban list also includes the Xiaomi’s Mi Community and Mi Video Call.
Complete List
| TikTok Shareit Kwai UC Browser Baidu map Shein Clash of Kings DU battery saver Helo Likee YouCam makeup Mi Community CM Browers Virus Cleaner APUS Browser ROMWE Club Factory Newsdog Beutry Plus UC News QQ Mail Xender QQ Music QQ Newsfeed Bigo Live SelfieCity Mail Master Parallel Space Mi Video Call – Xiaomi | WeSync ES File Explorer Viva Video – QU Video Inc Meitu Vigo Video New Video Status DU Recorder Vault- Hide Cache Cleaner DU App studio DU Cleaner DU Browser Hago Play With New Friends Cam Scanner Clean Master – Cheetah Mobile Wonder Camera Photo Wonder QQ Player We Meet Sweet Selfie Baidu Translate Vmate QQ International QQ Security Center QQ Launcher U Video V fly Status Video Mobile Legends DU Privacy |
This appears to be one of the series of responses by the Indian Government in the wake of the killing of 20 Indian soldiers by the Chinese PLA Army.
