TikTok Banned in India: Indian Government has banned 59 apps in the country which are developed in China,including TikTok, UC Browser, We Chat amongst others.
The Government of India has 59 Chinese developed apps in India including major apps TikTok, UC Browser, WeChat, Shareit etc. The government has taken this action amidst border tensions between India and China.
Ravi Shankar Prasad, Minister of Law & Justice, Communications, Electronics & Information Technology in India tweeted saying, ‘For safety, security, defence, sovereignty & integrity of India and to protect data & privacy of people of India the Government has banned 59 mobile apps. Jai Hind!‘
Here’s the List of the Apps which are banned in India
- 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
There was an uproar in India recently against the use of popular social media app, TikTok, which saw its Google Play Store rating fall down to 1.9 stars after many Indians downloaded the app and gave a one star review. Google, later intervened and cleared all the reviews.
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