The banned Chinese apps—including TikTok, SHAREit, UC Browser, shopping app Club Factory as well as Tencents WeChat—had been served an interim ban order in June.
Centre set to permanently ban 59 Chinese apps
Centre set to permanently ban 59 Chinese apps
Last Updated: Wed, Jan 27th, 2021, 07:43:58hrs
New Delhi: The Union Government has decided to permanently ban 59 Chinese mobile applications including TikTok.
The development comes several months after the government had first banned Chinese apps temporarily in last June.
The government had sought responses from the companies on the show cause notices, but sources said that it is not satisfied with their responses.
According to people in the know, the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has sent notices to 59 apps including Tiktok.
The ministry suspended access to the apps in India last year amid the border tussle with China. It had said that these measures were undertaken on the basis of credible information that these apps are engaged in activities which are prejudicial to sovereignty and integrity of India, defence of India, security of state and public order.
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Published: January 26, 2021 2:14 PM IST
The Indian government could impose a permanent ban on 59 Chinese apps, including TikTok, which were banned in India in June last year under section 69A of the Information Technology Act. According to a report in Mint, which quoted a person aware of the development, the Ministry of Electronics and Information and Technology (MeitY) has issued fresh notices to the apps to impose a permanent ban on them in India. Also Read - Pakistan court orders Telecom authority to block TikTok in the country
Following the ban in June, the Indian government had sought responses from the banned companies, relating to the privacy and security of user data. “The government is not satisfied with the response/explanation given by these companies. Hence, the ban for these 59 apps is permanent now,” the person aware of the development told Mint. Further, according to the report, the notice was i
26 January 2021, 2:53 am EST By
After India s decision to temporarily ban TikTok and dozens of other Chinese apps, the country has finally decided to permanently block the short-video platform in the country, along with 58 other apps.
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TikTok, Other Chinese Apps, Banned in India
According to the Times of India, other apps that were banned in the country were WeChat, Baidu, BIGO Live, Mi Video Call from Xiaomi, Alibaba s UC Browser, and the shopping app called Club Factory, alongside a few more others.
Last year, the country has made an unprecedented move against a total of 267 apps, including the aforementioned ones, last June 2020.