After TikTok, India considers banning PUBG, AliExpress, and hundreds more
Last month, India made the call of banning a total of 59 Chinese-origin apps after the tension between the two bordering nations escalated. As a result, TikTok, which had amassed over 200 million users in the country, was taken down, along with other popular apps like CamScanner, Shareit, and UC Browser. Incoming reports say that the South Asian nation has now banned 47 more apps, while some 275 additional apps, including PUBG and AliExpress, are also being considered for a similar ban.
The country’s state broadcaster tweeted earlier today that 47 new apps would be joining the banned list. These apps are said to have cloned some of the previously prohibited 59 apps to ride on their coattails and fill the void. While the authorities are yet to release the official list, most of the newly banned apps likely have some Chinese connection. Meanwhile, TikTok’s Indian alternatives such as Mitron and Roposo shoul