Ban Apps In India 2020. India’s technology minister on Thursday termed the government’s surprise move a “digital strike.” The sudden ban on multiple apps including Bytedance’s Tiktok and Tencent’s Wechat comes two weeks after a violent border clash between India and China in eastern Ladakh that resulted in the deaths of 20 Indian soldiers. Last month, India banned 59 Chinese apps including TikTok, WeChat, and UC Browser after tension between both nations at the border. The country’s government is now inspecting to ban 275 more. India’s government banned nearly 60 Chinese mobile apps on Monday, including TikTok, citing national security concerns, after a deadly clash between their militaries this month raised tensions.
India is banning TikTok and several other well-known Chinese apps, saying they pose a "threat to sovereignty and integrity," in the latest indication of escalating tensions between the two countries. The government of India has banned 59 Chinese apps that it has found to be prejudicial to the sovereignty and integrity of India. The banned apps include TikTok, ShareIt, UC Browser and Club Factory.
July 5, 2020. Why India is boycotting Chinese apps and technology. 847. Dhruv Bhutani / @dhruvbhutani. India’s ban on 59 popular Chinese apps caught everyone off guard recently. The move came in.
Amidst the ongoing border tensions with Pakistan and now China, the Indian Army has decided to ban a total of 89 apps for the Army personnel on both Android and iOS platforms posing security threats. Though these apps would continue to remain accessible by civilians, the Army men will not be able to use these 89 apps henceforth. The Government of India has banned 59 Chinese mobile applications, including top social media platforms such as TikTok, WeChat and Helo, to counter the threat posed by these applications to the country’s “sovereignty and security”. ShareIT, UC browser and shopping app Clubfactory are among the other prominent apps that have been blocked amid rising tensions between India and China. India banned ByteDance Ltd.’s viral short-video service TikTok and 58 other Chinese apps, citing threats to its sovereignty and security as relations between the world’s two largest. Amidst the ongoing border tensions with Pakistan and now China, the Indian Army has decided to ban a total of 89 apps for the Army personnel on both Android and iOS platforms posing security threats. Though these apps would continue to remain accessible by civilians, the Army men will not be able to use these 89 apps henceforth.
