India on Monday has banned 59 apps that originate from China. It is banned in order to keep privacy and to keep ourselves safe from cybercrime. “The Indian cybercrime coordination centre, ministry of Home Affairs, has also sent exhaustive recommendations for blocking these malicious apps” centres statement. India has given a knee jerk reaction by giving a clear message to China after an increase in tension at ‘line of Actual Control’ that has killed our 20 Indian soldiers. This band has enforced under section 69 A of the Information Technology […]
Tik Tok Ban India
India on Monday has banned 59 apps that originate from China. It is banned in order to keep privacy and to keep ourselves safe from cybercrime. “The Indian cybercrime coordination centre, ministry of Home Affairs, has also sent exhaustive recommendations for blocking these malicious apps” centres statement.
India has given a knee jerk reaction by giving a clear message to China after an increase in tension at ‘line of Actual Control’ that has killed our 20 Indian soldiers.
This band has enforced under section 69 A of the Information Technology Act. This decision is a targeted move to ensure safety and sovereignty of Indian cyberspace and to safeguard the interest of crores of Indian mobile/ internet users. users may soon see a message saying access to the apps has been restricted at the request of the government. 59 Chinese Apps which are banned in India among the popular ones are:
1. TikTok
2. Shareit
3. Kwai
4. UC Browser
5. Baidu map
6. Shein
7. Clash of Kings
8. DU battery saver
9. Helo
10. Likee
11. YouCam makeup
12. Mi Community
13. CM Browers
14. Virus Cleaner
15. APUS Browser
16. ROMWE
17. Club Factory
18. Newsdog
19. Beauty Plus
20. WeChat
21. UC News
22. QQ Mail
23. Weibo
24. Xender
25. QQ Music
26. QQ Newsfeed
27. Bigo Live
28. SelfieCity
29. Mail Master
30. Parallel Space
31. Mi Video Call – Xiaomi
32. WeSync
33. ES File Explorer
34. Viva Video – QU Video Inc
35. Meitu
36. Vigo Video
37. New Video Status
38. DU Recorder
39. Vault- Hide
40. Cache Cleaner DU App studio
41. DU Cleaner
42. DU Browser
43. Hago Play With New Friends
44. Cam Scanner
45. Clean Master – Cheetah Mobile
46. Wonder Camera
47. Photo Wonder
48. QQ Player
49. We Meet
50. Sweet Selfie
51. Baidu Translate
52. Vmate
53. QQ International
54. QQ Security Center
55. QQ Launcher
56. U Video
57. V fly Status Video
58. Mobile Legends
59. DU Privacy
Ministry of Electronics and IT has further stated in his press release that “The Ministry of Information Technology has received many complaints from various sources including several reports about the 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”.
Meanwhile, Tik Tok has insisted that it did not pass on any information about its users to the Chinese government or any other foreign government and would not do so in the future too.
