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There Are Apps, and Then There Are Chinese Apps
Users of TikTok may know that the app is of Chinese origin, they may not. They simply don’t care.
Most people in the West are ignorant of China’s technology scene. Users of TikTok may know that the app is of Chinese origin, they may not. They simply don’t care.
It’s hardly for me to criticize anybody for downloading and using an app without first researching its founders, the company, its nationality, or for lying when they sign that box saying they’ve read and understood the terms of service when they clearly haven’t, which is a pity, because even if we haven’t bothered to read them, we should at least know that there are professionals who have and who have written about this or that aspect of the Chinese
The second list was released on September 5. It was even bigger with 118 apps in total. PUBG Mobile and PUBG Mobile Lite were both on it. The list also included several other games, versions of WeChat, and VPN apps that were giving access to TikTok.
The third list came out on November 24, which included 43 apps in total. Popular e-commerce platform AliExpress, delivery and Logistics service LalaMove, short video app Snack Video, which was seeing growth in tier-2 and tier-3 towns were all added to the banned list. TikTok had close to 200 million users in India before it got banned in June. (Image source: AP)